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

We are back from Saturday!

Hey there,

Thank you for your patience during our winter shutdown. We had a good rest and will start working in the bakery from Thursday. You can place your pre-orders on our website till Thursday morning 10am for collection on Saturday 10th January (open from 8am)!

Opening Hours 2026

Wednesday - Friday: 12pm – 6pm (closed this week)

Saturday: 8am – 1pm

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

_{Sweets on Saturday}

• will be a surprise!

No Lunches this week!

There won’t be any lunches on this week, but we will have sausage rolls and vegetable rolls on Saturday.

The next lunch menu will be for Wednesday 14th January 2026.

We will keep crowdfunding

Our crowdfunder for our move into the Stirchley Co-operative Development collected 15,217 so far. Thank you!!!

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Our goal is £25,000 and those will help us to pay for the fit-out in our new building like ovens, cooking stations and shop fixtures. It will also help us to cover our moving costs (including the mammoth amount it’s going to cost to move and fit our bakery ovens). We will use the money to buy equipment (not just big stuff, but the many little bits that make daily life work smoothly). And we want to improve our accessibility tweaks so our cookery school is welcoming for everyone.

This crowdfunder is a crucial part of making the move happen. With your help, we can move forward and grow while keeping Loaf rooted in Stirchley for many years to come.

Stirchley Wassail!

The people from the Fruit & Nut Village will bring back their Stirchley Wassail at Birmingham Brewing Co. for 2026 on the 17th January and it will be bigger than ever! They will have a fantastic line up of music, poetry, and dance, as well as stalls from charities around Birmingham.

Maybe you can even get your hands on some cinnamon buns from Loaf!

The main purpose of Fruit & Nut Village is to bring people together to develop individual growing spaces into a collection of connected food-abundant spaces, by working with local communities to develop a range of edible landscapes. Working with the local community is really important one of their key elements - they run volunteer events regularly, with sometimes more than 50 people attending; usually numbers are around 10-20. Local people come together to learn and work with each other, often weeding, planting, mulching and pruning trees, creating new growing spaces and watering fruit trees.

The Wassail will be on Saturday 17 Jan 2026, 14:30 – 19:30 at Birmingham Brewing Company, Unit 17, Stirchley Trading Estate, Hazelwell Rd, Stirchley, Birmingham B30 2PF.

Cookery School Classes

At the moment you can book classes for January and February 2026, just follow the links to book!

We will schedule more classes for the rest of the year as soon as we have a solid date when we will be able to move into our new site. You can sign up to be alerted when we release new classes here!

All-Day 2026 Classes with Availability:

🦞 Seafood Masterclass 🦞

• Saturday 7th February 2026 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.

🍞 Bread: Back to Basics 🍞

• Wednesday 31st January 2026 9:30am - 4pm

Learn how to make bread with our baker Neil.

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Evening Classes with Availability:

🔪 Knife Skills & Maintenance 🔪

• Tuesday 3rd February 2026 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 4th February 2026 6:30 - 9:30pm

Explore Thai cuisine through authentic spice blends, curries and sauces. Hosted by Lap-fai Lee.

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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 Vouchers - give the gift of skills: our cookery classes make brilliant presents for bread lovers, home cooks, or anyone wanting to learn something new. 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.

  

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!

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

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

Website: loaf.coop

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