This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes.

Pre-orders for December are Online!

You can now pre-order your bread, mince pies and other goodies up to Christmas Eve.

We will bake as much as possible, but we will hit our capacities, so please pre-order online and help us to get the numbers right.

Pre-order your Bread and Pastries - choose your collection date and get yourself sorted for a merry Christmas! 🎁 🎁 🎁

🎄 Christmas Opening Hours 🎄

We will be open on Tuesdays throughout December!!!

⛄ Tuesdays – Friday: 12pm – 6pm

⛄ Saturday: 8am – 1pm

⛄ Christmas Eve: 8am – 1pm

We will then be closed from the 25th December right through until we re-open on the 10th January 2026 for a well needed rest!

Visit us at 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL (map)

_{Sweets This Week}

• Sticky Ginger Loaf (Ve)

• Chocolate Chip Cookies (Ve)

• Spiced Molasses Cookies (Ve)

• Pumpkin Pie

• Chocolate Cornflake Cake

• Cinnamon Bun Pudding

_{Saturday Sourdough Specials}

• Pumpkin Seed & Marmite

• Cranberry & Walnut

  No reservations - first-come, first-served.

This Week's Lunches

Tuesday

• Soup: Spiced Winter Veg with Sourdough (Ve)

Wednesday

• Tarka Daal with Sourdough (Ve)

Thursday

• Soup: French Onion (VE) with Optional Cheese Focaccia (V)

Friday

• Curry: Roasted Mushroom, Kale, Lentil + Coconut with Sourdough (Ve)

• Salt Beef with Pickles + Mustard on Challah

Wed - Fri

• Sourdough Pizza: Veggie N’duja, Red Onion, Mozzerella, Basil + Honey (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

Cookery School Update

Our January 2026 cookery school dates are now live, follow the links to book now! Spaces are selling fast with our Bread: Back to Basics already sold out so don’t hang about!

If you’re already thinking about gifts, our Cookery School Gift Vouchers make the perfect Christmas gift and can be redeemed anytime in 2026, once we’re settled in our new home.

All-Day 2026 Classes with Availability:

🥐 Sweet Breads & Viennoiserie 🥐

• Saturday 17th January 2026 9:30 - 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 🥖

• Saturday 24th January 2026 9:30 - 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:

🍝 Handmade Pasta 🍝

• Wednesday 21st January 2026 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.

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.

New Shop Giftcards!

We are excited to announce that over the Christmas period we will be selling some physical gift cards for use in our shop - to buy bread, pastries, sweets, equipment, groceries or merchandise.

You can load any amount onto these gift cards and we believe they are the perfect gift for any Loaf customer or customer to be!

Just ask a member of staff in our shop if you would like to purchase one.

Support our Crowdfunder!

A Huge Thank You! 💛
We’ve been absolutely blown away by your support - we’ve already reached 46% of our £25,000 target! Your generosity and enthusiasm mean the world to us.

There’s still a way to go - 54% to reach our goal - so please keep spreading the word and sharing our campaign with anyone who might want to get involved.

Gift Vouchers

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.

Update on Donations for the B30 Foodbank

For now we have stopped taking donations for B30 Foodbank. Those who need it can still claim a free loaf from the Pay it Forward donations pot and we still donate our leftover bread to Incredible Surpluss and the B30 Foodbank at the end of each day, but for now we need to focus on raising funds to move to Stirchley Co-operative Development early next year. If you still want to make a cash donation to B30 Foodbank you can do via their website here.

Tell Us What You’d Like to See in Loaf’s New Cookery School

Thanks to those who have already filled out the form below. I’m going to leave the link in the newsletter for a couple weeks in case anyone missed it last time!

We’re creating a new fully accessible cookery school, designed so that everyone can take part in our classes and events. We want to hear from our community - what kinds of cookery school classes, activities, and features would make the new space most welcoming and useful to you?

Please take 2 minutes to share your thoughts using our short survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUnjj2jpOR_62S7LlLFYV5DJIdCPa9OzmiiIhps5JVLJb1YQ/viewform?usp=header

Your feedback will help us design an inclusive, vibrant space that truly serves Stirchley.

Thanks for all your Continued Support

See you soon!

Rach, Neil, Molly, Mina, Pete, Kate, Dorit, Michael, Dave & Fliss

Address: 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL - map

Website: loaf.coop

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