This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes.
🍞 Pre-order your bread and pastries 🥐
We’ll have plenty on the shelves all week, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.
Our opening hours are:
Wed - Fri: 12-6
Saturday: 8-1
Visit us at 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL (map)
Autumn term emerges at Loaf’s Cookery School
The first of our classes for this autumn have been released. So far we’ve locked in four Simply Sourdough classes along with one each of Bread and Viennoiserie. More of these to come once we confirm the baking rotas – sharing tutors with the bakery involves some careful juggling to make sure Stirchley still gets its bread!
We’ve also pinned down Lap for the next Seafood Masterclass and the first of the winter Sausage & Charcuterie classes – the latter only runs in the colder months.
Evening classes will be announced as soon as possible - watch this space!
View all the upcoming classes on our calendar or scroll down to see the dates.
Last class before the summer break
This was going to be a section pushing the remaining classes before we close the cookery school for the summer break, but they’re nearly all sold out. Thanks! The only one with a few spaces left is Thaali on Wednesday 24th July. Book here.
Special things this week
Sweet bakes available this week include Bakewell tart, lemon tart, cinnamon bread pudding and plenty of vegan cookies.
On Saturday the bakers will be making two sourdough specials:
English mustard, cheddar, pumpkin seed crust
Green olive, fig and lemon zest
No reservations - first come first served.
This week's lunches
Wednesday
Curry: Tarka daal with sourdough (Ve)
Thursday
Sandwich: Cuban Black Beans, Avocado, Salsa, Lime & Coriander Slaw on a Jalapeno Sea Salt Focaccia (Ve) w/ optional Manchego (V)
Friday
Curry: Roast Aubergine, Baby Spinach, Mushroom and Chickpea w/sourdough (Ve)
Salt beef on challah bun
Wed - Fri
Sourdough Pizza: Artichoke, Sun-dried Tomatoes, Mushroom, Capers and Red Onion (V)
Ham and cheese croissant
Tomato, spinach and cheese croissant (V)
Wed – Sat:
Sausage rolls
Vegetable rolls (V)
Lunches are made fresh weekdays for 12 noon.
Our menu for the week — with ingredients and allergens — is on the website.
Cookery school classes
The following classes have spaces as of this newsletter being posted.
Loaf’s all-day classes:
Bread — Back to Basics: Sat 14 Sep
Simply Sourdough: Sat 13 July, Sat 7 Sep, Sat 28 Sep, Sat 5 Oct, Sat 26 Oct
Sweet Breads and Viennoiserie: Sat 20 July, Sat 12 Oct
Baking with Heritage Grains returns in the autumn
Wholegrain Baking with Tom Baker: returns in the autumn
Haseen’s evening classes:
Lap’s all-day classes:
Sausage & Charcuterie: Sat 19 Oct
Seafood Masterclass: Sat 21 Sep
Lap’s evening classes:
Thai: returns in the autumn
Ramen: Wed 11 Sep
Dumplings: returns in the autumn
Knife Skills: returns in the autumn
We run classes throughout the year (except August and December) and schedule new dates as soon as possible. You can sign up to alert lists for specific classes here.
Thanks for all your continued support.
See you next week!
Dorit, Pete, Michael, Molly, Mina, Rach, Neil, Dave, Sarah & Martha
Address: 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL - map
Website: loaf.coop
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