This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes.
🍞 Pre-order your Bread and Pastries 🥐
Pre-order the bread and pastries to ensure you get what you want. Summer is done - we will have Pain au Chocolat available on Wednesdays and Thursdays again!
Despite our Pay it Forward scheme being paused for now, you can still give money and food donations to B30 Foodbank through us. We’ll be totting up these monthly and sending them on to B30 Foodbank. Just ask at the till if this is something you would like to do.
Our opening hours are:
Wed-Fri: 12-6
Saturday: 8-1
Visit us at 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL (map)
Sweets This Week
Double Chocolate Cookies (Ve)
Orange Polenta Cake
Plum Cake
Nanaimo Bars
Gingerbread
Peanut Butter Crispy Squares (Ve)
Saturday Sourdough Specials
Sage & Onion
Semolina & Seasame
No reservations - first-come, first-served.
This Week's Lunches
Wednesday
Tarka Daal with Sourdough (Ve)
Thursday
Focaccia Sandwich: Fig + Olive Tapenade, Tomato, Rocket, Toasted Walnut (Ve) with optional Goats Cheese (V)
Friday
Curry: Moroccan Harira with Sourdough (VE)
Salt Beef with Pickles + Mustard on Challah
Wed - Fri
Sourdough Pizza: Aubergine, Basil, Pine Nuts, Parmesan and Mozzarella (V)
Wed - Fri
Ham and Cheese Croissant
Rocket Pesto & Cheese Croissant (V)
Wed – Sat:
Sausage Roll
Vegetable Roll (Ve)
Lunches are made fresh weekdays from 12 noon.
Our menu for the week — with ingredients and allergens — is on the website.
Cookery School Classes
October & November Cookery School Classes - Filling Up Fast!
Our autumn courses are now live and places are already being snapped up, so don’t wait too long if you’d like to join in.
Keep an eye out - more courses with Haseen will be added soon, as well as a couple more Saturday all-day bread workshops.
All-Day Classes with Availability:
🍞 Bread: Back to Basics 🍞
Saturday 1st November 2025 9:30am - 4pm - 2 places remaining!
Bread: Back to Basics is a day-long bread experience. In a world where real bread is so hard to come by, this course will equip you to make consistently good, wholesome bread at home. This hands-on course takes bread back to its essential ingredients - flour, water, salt and yeast - and teaches you a great repertoire of beautiful breads based on these basic building blocks.
🥖 Simply Sourdough 🥖
Saturday 27th September 2025 9:30am–4pm - one place remaining!
Saturday 11th October 2025 9:30am – 4pm
Saturday 15th November 2025 9:30am – 4pm - one place remaining!
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.
🦞 Seafood Masterclass 🦞
Saturday 18th October 2025 10:30am – 4pm
A hands-on course with Lap-fai Lee exploring all things seafood. You’ll learn how to prep and cook everything from mackerel, seabass, and lemon sole to squid, prawns, oysters - with both Asian and European techniques.
🐷 Sausage & Charcuterie 🐷
Saturday 25th October 2025 10am – 3:30pm
In this course led by Lap-fai Lee, you’ll learn to craft and link fresh sausages like merguez, boudin, Cumberland, and smoked garlic, as well as curing your own guanciale from pig head, pancetta from belly, and dry-cured salami and chorizo. You’ll even take home your cured creations once they’re ready!
🥐 Sweet Breads & Viennoiserie 🥐 SOLD OUT - MORE DATES TO COME!
Saturday 8th November 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.
Evening Classes with Availability:
🔪 Knife Skills & Maintenance 🔪
Tuesday 23rd September 2025 6:30-9:30pm - 2 places remaining!
Tuesday 14th October 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.
🍝 Handmade Pasta 🍝 - all dates selling fast!
Wednesday 15th October 2025 6:30-9:30pm - only 2 places remaining!
Wednesday 5th November 2025 6:30-9:30pm
Wednesday 26th November 2025 6:30-9:30pm
This course will teach you the skills to make fresh pasta at home, with fillings and sauces to accompany it. We will be showing you both hand rolling and cutting techniques as well as using a pasta machine. Recipes include a making fresh egg pasta to pair with classic sauces. We will make a classic carbonara, puttanesca and tortillini filled with ricotta and spinach.
🥟 Dumplings 🥟
Tuesday 21st October 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 22nd October 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.
🌶️ Thai 🌶️
Wednesday 29th October 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!
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.
Cookery School Class Spotlight
🦞 Seafood Masterclass 🦞
Dive into flavour and finesse with our all-day Seafood Masterclass led by expert Lap-fai Lee. Whether you’re nervous about filleting, curious about shellfish, or just looking to expand your cookery skills, this one’s for you. You’ll work with fresh fish & shellfish - think seabass, prawns, oysters, even live crab or lobster (seasonal) - and explore both Asian and European preparation styles. All materials are provided, and you’ll sit down to enjoy a delicious seafood feast made by you.
When? 10:30 am – 4:00 pm, Loaf Stirchley
Price: £185
Suitable for pescetarians. Book here!
Spaces are limited and this masterclass fills up quickly - don’t miss your chance!
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!
Rach, Neil, Molly, Zahrah, Mina, Pete, Andy, Kate, Dorit, Michael, Dave, Lee & Fliss
Address: 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL - map
Website: loaf.coop
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