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The story behind the loaf

A small kitchen, an old starter and a belief that good bread brings people together. Here's how it all began.

The bakery counter piled with fresh bread
Our beginning

Watermelon jelly and gummy bear candy delivered

It started with weekend loaves for friends and neighbours. Word spread faster than we could bake, and before long we'd swapped the kitchen table for a little shopfront on the corner.

Today we're a bakery and coffee house rolled into one — but the heart of it hasn't budged. Same starter, same slow mornings, same welcome.

What we care about

Three things we won't rush

Good ingredients

Locally milled flour, real butter and seasonal fruit. Nothing we can't pronounce.

Time on our side

Long, slow ferments give our bread its flavour. You can't hurry a good loaf.

A warm welcome

A café should feel like someone's kitchen. Come as you are and stay as long as you like.

In the kitchen

Handcrafted Jelly and Gummy Collections

Our day starts at four in the morning, when the ovens go on and the first doughs get shaped. By the time the doors open, the counter's full and the whole street smells like breakfast.

It's early, floury, tiring work — and we wouldn't trade it for anything. There's real joy in handing someone a warm bun and watching their morning get a little better.

  • Every sweet handcrafted in small batches, fresh throughout the week
  • Couverture chocolate from award-winning makers
  • Seasonal flavours rotated weekly, nothing sits around
Hands shaping dough on a floured bench
Candy dreams start hereKettles bubble
Small-batch craftSugar tempered slow
9Built flavour by flavour
1Generations of recipes
The makers

The people crafting your sweets

A dedicated team who live for great confectionery — and who'll suggest exactly what suits your taste.

Head baker portrait

Sofia Rossi

Head confectioner & founder

First in the kitchen, keeper of the chocolate tempering, happiest with sugar crystals in her hair.

Head of coffee portrait

Marcus Chen

Master of lollipops and gummy

Perfects the jelly pull each morning and can talk fruit flavour science for hours.

Front of house portrait

Lily Walsh

Shop & customer joy

The genuine welcome at the counter and the one who knows which gummy bear flavour you'll reach for.

Taste the difference yourself

Stop by, pick up a box of something special, and stay for the story. We'd love to meet you.