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:
Tue - Fri: 12-6
Saturday: 8-1
Visit us at 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL (map)
Special things this week
Special sweet things this week include:
Rhubarb and custard bread pudding!
Vegan date and coffee cake
and much much more 😀
The Saturday sourdough specials are:
Olive, thyme and lemon zest
Coriander, garlic and cumin
No reservations - first come first served.
It’s Real Bread Week!
Since 2010 there is one week each year dedicated to the celebration of additive-free bread and the people behind its rise. This year the Real Bread Week is celebrated from the 15 to 23 February 2025.
Neil, one member of our Loaf team joined the Real Bread Campaign as an ambassador last October and here at Loaf we are proud to be a Real Bread bakery, making bread from just the basic ingredients - flour, water, salt and yeast, without the chemical raising agents or processing aids that can be found in most mass-produced bread products. We also love sharing our passion and knowledge for real bread in teaching people how to make their own at home.
Real Bread Week is the annual international celebration of real bread and the people that make it, organised by The Real Bread Campaign. You can support the Campaign directly by becoming a supporter or buying books, equipment or merch from their online shop (their book Slow Dough: Real Bread includes the recipe for our very own Stirchley loaf!).
Check out #RealBreadWeek on social media to see what people around the world are up to and wherever you are please continue to support your local real bread bakeries!
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This week's lunches
Tuesday
Tarka Daal with Sourdough (Ve)
Wednesday
Soup: Spicy parsnip, white bean and sweet potato with Sourdough (Ve)
Thursday
Soup: Roast red pepper, tomato and garlic with cheesy focaccia (Ve)
Friday
Curry: Spring green curry with Sourdough (Ve)
Salt beef on Challah bun
Wed - Fri
Sourdough Pizza:
Ham and cheese croissant
Vegetarian 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 just been released!
Loaf’s all-day classes:
Bread — Back to Basics: Sat April 12th, Sat 10th May
Simply Sourdough: Sat April 5th, Sat May 17th
Sweet Breads and Viennoiserie: Sat 24th May
Baking with Heritage Grains Sat 29 Mar
Wholegrain Baking with Tom Baker: Sold out at the moment. More dates will be released very soon.
Haseen’s evening classes:
Lap’s all-day classes:
Sausage & Charcuterie: Sold out at the moment. More dates will be released soon.
Seafood Masterclass: Sat 26th April
Lap’s evening classes:
Thai: Weds 2nd April.
Ramen: Thursday 27th March, Weds 30th April
Dumplings: Weds 26th March, Tues 29th April
Knife Skills: Tues 1st April
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.
Give the gift of learning!
If you think 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!
Neil, Mina, Rach, Martha, Pete, Dave, Dorit, Molly, Michael, Andy, Kate, Lee & Zahrah
Address: 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL - map
Website: loaf.coop
Updates on: Instagram
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