This is the weekly-ish 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)
Sweets This Week
Apricot, Raspberry & White Chocolate Pudding
Lemon & Blueberry Drizzle Cake
Strawberry Poke Cake
Salted Caramel Brownie
Peanut Butter & Chocolate Cookie Sandwich (Ve)
Strawberry Cheesecake
Vanilla Cheesecake
Saturday Sourdough Specials
Rosemary, Olive & Lemon
Parmesan & Pine Nut
No reservations - first come first served.
This Week's Lunches
Wednesday
Tarka Daal with Sourdough (Ve)
Thursday
Salad Box: Bulgur wheat salad with baba ganoush + za’atar flatbread (VE), optional feta (V)
Friday
Curry: New potato + mangetout Thai green curry with Sourdough (Ve)
Salt Beef with Pickles + Mustard on Challah
Wed - Fri
Sourdough Pizza: Cherry tomatoes, artichoke, basil, pine nuts, mozzarella + parmesan (V)
Wed - Fri
Ham and Cheese Croissant
Rocket Pesto & Cheese Croissant (V)
Wed – Sat:
Sausage Rolls
Vegetable Rolls (V)
Lunches are made fresh weekdays from 12 noon.
Our menu for the week — with ingredients and allergens — is on the website.
Cookery School Classes
Thanks to everyone who’s booked onto our upcoming classes - it’s shaping up to be a busy season. A few courses are nearly full, so if there’s something you’ve had your eye on, it’s worth getting booked on sooner rather than later!
All-Day Classes with Availability:
🍞 Bread: Back to Basics 🍞 - NEW!
Tuesday 5th August & Tuesday 9th September 2025 9:30am – 4pm This course focuses on slow fermentation techniques to develop flavour, texture, and nutrition, and covers everything from choosing ingredients to using the right equipment. With expert guidance, a vegetarian lunch, and plenty of bread to take home, you’ll leave confident and ready to bring the joy of real bread into your own kitchen.
🌾 Wholegrain Baking with Tom Baker 🌾
Saturday 6th September 2025 9am – 4pm As well as all the practical hand-skills needed to handle doughs with a higher proportion of wholemeal in, Tom Baker (one of the founders of Loaf) will help you to gain an understanding of the biology of grains (wheat, rye and spelt) and the value of using and eating whole grains in terms of both nutrition, economics and politics.
🥐 Sweet Breads & Viennoiserie 🥐 - NEW!
Saturday 20th September 2025 9:30am - 4pm
A hands-on course exploring sweet breads and viennoiserie. You’ll learn to laminate dough and bake treats like cinnamon buns, cardamom knots, hot cross buns, croissants, pain au chocolat, danishes, and more.
🥖 Simply Sourdough 🥖 - NEW!
Saturday 16th August & Saturday 27th September 2025 9:30am–4pm
Spend a day learning the art of sourdough where you’ll cover everything from caring for your starter to kneading, shaping, proving, and baking both wheat and rye sourdough loaves. You’ll take home your own dough to bake the next day, plus starters and full recipes to continue baking confidently at home.
Evening Classes with Availability:
🍝 Pasta 🍝 - NEW!
Tuesday 19th August & Wednesday 10th September 2025 6:30–9:30pm
You’ll explore hand-rolling, cutting, and using a pasta machine, with recipes including classic carbonara with Loaf-made guanciale, heritage einkorn pappardelle, and delicious filled pastas with sauces.
🥟 Dumplings 🥟
Tuesday 16 September 2025 6:30–9:30pm
You’ll learn to make dumpling dough and fillings from scratch, including vegetarian, pork, Sichuan lamb wontons, and crispy fried dim sum-style wontons.
🍜 Ramen 🍜
Wednesday 17 September 2025 6:30–9:30pm
A workshop with Lap-fai Lee that dives deep into the art of broth, noodles, toppings, and seasoning. Expect rich flavours, smart technique, and the know‑how to recreate at home.
🔪 Knife Skills & Maintenance 🔪
Tuesday 23 September 2025 6:30–9:30pm
Learn how to prep with precision. Lap will guide you through essential knife grips, cutting techniques, sharpening, honing, and care—skills that elevate every kitchen routine.
🌶️ Thai 🌶️
Wednesday 24 September 2025 6:30–9:30pm
Explore Thai cuisine through authentic spice blends, curries and sauces. Hosted by Lap-fai Lee.
Coming Soon:
Baking with Heritage Grains - more dates will be released.
New Jams & Preserves making course - dates to be released soon!
Sausage & Charcuterie (with Lap-fai Lee): More dates will be released for autumn.
Seafood Masterclass (with Lap-fai Lee): More dates will be released for autumn.
Booking Info:
All equipment, recipes, aprons & refreshments provided.
Please check the individual class restrictions for dietary requirements and allergies and get in touch with any queries.
Spaces are limited and booked on a first-come-first-served basis upon receipt of payment. We require 100% payment in advance for all of our courses.
Support No Sweat’s Crowdfunder
Fighting Sweatshops, Stitch by Stitch
We’re proud to source all our merch from No Sweat, a brilliant workers’ rights campaign fighting exploitation in the garment industry. Their “Stitch by Stitch” project supports a worker-led garment factory in Bangladesh, providing decent jobs and fair pay in an industry too often built on the opposite.
They’ve just launched a crowdfunder to grow the project and support even more workers, and we think it’s well worth backing. If you’ve ever picked up a Loaf tote or tee, you’ve already supported this campaign in a small way — and if you haven’t yet, this is a great excuse to grab one from our shop!
Give the Gift of Learning!
If you’re thinking of gifting one class but you are not sure which one would be preferred you could buy a gift voucher instead.
Our vouchers can be purchased in any value you like for redemption against future bookings. Vouchers purchased online will give you a downloadable pdf which can be emailed to the recipient directly, or to you for printing and giving to them by hand. Alternatively you can come to us and buy vouchers in the shop.
Thanks for all your Continued Support.
See you soon!
Michael, Dave, Lee, Fliss, Neil, Molly, Zahrah, Mina, Rach, Pete, Andy, Kate & Dorit
Address: 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL - map
Website: loaf.coop
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