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
Pear & Chocolate Frangipane Tart
Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies
Lemon & Blueberry Loaf Cake
Birthday Cake
S’more Brownie
Peanut Butter & Chocolate Cookie Sandwich (Ve)
Pastel de Nata (Rach has just come back from a holiday in Lisbon and can confirm these are so tasty)
Saturday Sourdough Specials
Marmite, Pumpkin Seed & Maple
Sprouted Black Wheat Grains
No reservations - first-come, first-served.
This Week's Lunches
Wednesday
Tarka Daal with Sourdough (Ve)
Thursday
Soup: Leek & Potato Potage with Tarragon, served with White Sourdough (Ve)
Friday
Curry: Roasted Butternut Squash, Red Pepper and Green Bean Yellow Curry (Ve)
Salt Beef with Pickles + Mustard on Challah
Wed - Fri
Sourdough Pizza: Quattro Formaggi (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 October & November classes are live and filling up fast - so if you’d like a spot, now’s the time to book!
We’ve just added three extra bakery workshops - these are the final all-day bakery courses we’ll be running in 2025. No more new dates will be added until 2026 when we’re in our new home, so don’t miss out. And just a reminder that we always sell gift vouchers for our cookery school (see the bottom of this email) which make perfect gifts for Christmas and will be redeemed in our new space across the road!
All-Day Classes with Availability:
🥖 Simply Sourdough 🥖
Saturday 11th October 2025 9:30am – 4pm - one place remaining!
Saturday 22nd November 2025 9:30 - 4pm - NEW!
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.
🥐 Sweet Breads & Viennoiserie 🥐
Saturday 29th November 2025 9:30 - 4pm - NEW!
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.
🍞 Bread: Back to Basics 🍞
Saturday 6th December 2025 9:30 - 4pm - NEW!
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.
🦞 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!
Evening Classes with Availability:
🔪 Knife Skills & Maintenance 🔪
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.
🥟 Dumplings 🥟
Tuesday 21st October 2025 6:30–9:30pm - 2 places remaining!
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 - 3 places remaining!
Explore Thai cuisine through authentic spice blends, curries and sauces. Hosted by Lap-fai Lee.
🍝 Handmade Pasta 🍝
Wednesday 15th October 2025 6:30-9:30pm- SOLD OUT!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.
🥘 Thaali 🥘
Tuesday 18th November 2025 6:30–9:30pm
Join Chef Haseen and learn the secrets of another Indian speciality - Thaali - popular in India, Nepal, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Singapore. A hands-on workshop where you can feast on all the dishes you make family-style, so arrive hungry!
Coming Soon:
Mincemeat Course (2025)
New Jams & Preserves Course (2026)
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
🔪 Knife Skills & Maintenance 🔪
Join us for a focused class, taught by Lap Fei-Lee where you’ll sharpen your essential kitchen skills and learn how to care for your knives for years to come. In this session, you’ll practice correct grip, cutting techniques (julienne, chiffonade, dice, brunoise), and how to use and maintain sharpening stones, honing rods, and strops. You’ll leave with more confidence, safer handling, and the knowledge to keep your blades performing beautifully.
When? Tuesday 14th October 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Price: £95
Book here!
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.
Thanks for all your Continued Support
See you soon!
Molly, Zahrah, Mina, Pete, Andy, Kate, Dorit, Michael, Dave, Lee, Fliss, Rach & Neil
Address: 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL - map
Website: loaf.coop
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