This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes - and informatiion about a special collab event coming up!
🍞 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
Cookie Brownie (Ve)
Choc Chip Brownie (Ve)
Coffee & Date Bundt Cake (Ve)
Crumblejack (Ve)
Choc Chip Cookies (Ve)
Cinnamon Bun Pudding
Blueberry Buckle Cake
Saturday Sourdough Specials
Cheddar & Chilli
Sundried Tomato & Herbs
No reservations - first-come, first-served.
This Week's Lunches
Wednesday
Tarka Daal with Sourdough (Ve)
Thursday
Focaccia Sandwich: Chickpea Chaat, with Kachumber & Raita on Nigella Seed Focaccia (V)
Friday
Curry: Potato & Carrot Massaman Curry (VE)
Salt Beef with Pickles + Mustard on Challah
Wed - Fri
Sourdough Pizza: Artichoke, Chilli, Basil 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
Cookery School Update
Our October & November classes are live and already filling up fast - so if you’d like a spot, don’t hang about!
We’ve just added a brand-new course with Haseen in November, and a couple of extra bakery workshops for this side of Christmas will be added soon!
All-Day Classes with Availability:
🥖 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- SOLD OUT
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!
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
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.
🍝 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 - NEW!
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:
We’re trying to squeeze in another Sweet Breads & Viennoiserie & Bread: Back to Basics course before the Christmas period - watch this space!
Mincemeat Course…
New Jams & Preserves Course
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
🐷 Sausage & Charcuterie 🐷
Roll up your sleeves for a full-day masterclass with Lap-fai Lee, where you’ll learn the craft of sausage making and the art of curing meats. From linking fresh sausages like merguez, boudin, Cumberland, and smoked garlic, to preparing pancetta, guanciale, salami, and chorizo, this course covers it all. You’ll enjoy a hearty lunch on the day, and once the curing process is complete, you’ll take home your very own charcuterie to share.
When? Saturday 25th October 10 am – 3:30 pm
Price: £160
Book here!
Birmingham Bike Foundry’s 15th Anniversary Pizza Party
We’re excited to be teaming up with Birmingham Bike Foundry for their 15th Anniversary Celebration at their Pershore Road shop! To mark the occasion, we’ll be supplying freshly baked pizzas for this special evening, delivered by cargo bike - with vegan and vegetarian topping options.
It’s also a goodbye to their current 1539 Pershore Road home, before their move to the new Stirchley Co-operative Development (and our soon-to-be neighbours) later in the year.
Come along from 5pm, enjoy food, tunes spun by former worker & NTS Radio DJ Matt, great company, and support BBF as they raise funds for a parquet floor in their new shopfront.
Tickets can be bought here. See you there!
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!
Neil, Molly, Zahrah, Mina, Pete, Andy, Kate, Dorit, Michael, Dave, Lee, Fliss & Rach
Address: 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL - map
Website: loaf.coop
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