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)
Mince Pies are coming…
At the end of September you may have seen a callout to one and all that we need apples for our Mincemeat. Well , we are happy to report that our mincemeat has been sat in the dark depths of the bakery curing away ready for December.
This year was a nice gathering of four of our bakers, including Michael and Mina, who are two of our newest. This will be their first Christmas at Loaf and we are really happy that they have gotten to see the whole experience of our Mince Pies from start to finish. Training to do the whole process begins soon! We are very excited for the shifts that will involve Christmas playlists, Christmas lights in the windows and many, many pie cases filled with over 100kg of mincemeat.
Mince pies at Loaf are an all bakery affair with many hands on deck to make them each year. We are delighted once again to have local brewery Attics stout and our communities apples that make our mincemeat extra special. Watch this space for the start date for ordering your mince pies this December. Both Vegan and Butter will be available in the shop and to pre-order once again in a few weeks time!
Special things this week
The sweet shift is baking this week the following:
Miso, hazelnut + choc chip cookies
Blueberry + pear buckle cake
Chocolate + orange marmalade croissant pudding
Cherry + almond olive oil cake
Raspberry + peanut butter blondie
Everything blondie! (chocolate, pretzel, marshmallows, smarties + sprinkles)
The Saturday sourdough specials are:
Garlic, parsley, lemon + pepper
Maple bacon
No reservations - first come first served.
This week's lunches
Wednesday
Tarka Daal with Sourdough (Ve)
Thursday
Butternut squash, Sweet potato and tomato soup, topped with Roasted pine nuts (Ve)
Friday
Peanut butter, chickpea, potato and spinach curry with sourdough (Ve)
Salt beef on Challah bun
Wed - Fri
Sourdough Pizza:Mozzarella, Parmesan, Scamorza, Cherry tomato and Basil
Ham and cheese croissant
Mushroom, Rocket & 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
New dates for 2025!!
Loaf’s all-day classes:
Bread — Back to Basics: Sat 18th Jan, Tues 28th Jan, Sat 15th Feb
Simply Sourdough: Sat 11th Jan, Feb 22nd Feb
Sweet Breads and Viennoiserie: Sat 1st Feb
Baking with Heritage Grains Will return in 2025.
Wholegrain Baking with Tom Baker: Sat 1st March
Haseen’s evening classes:
Lap’s all-day classes:
Sausage & Charcuterie: Sat 8th Feb
Seafood Masterclass: Sat 25th Jan
Lap’s evening classes:
Thai: Thur 6th Feb
Ramen: Thurs 30th Jan, Thurs 27th Feb
Dumplings: Wed 29th Jan, Wed 26th Feb
Knife Skills: Wed 5th Feb
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.
Vouchers are also available on our website.
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
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