Knead It! Artisan Bakery

OK… it might be because I'm freezing cold and tired but I am a tad fed up that, yet again, we have orders not collected. To a small business (in fact, to any business) it is very annoying to save goods for someone and then be left wondering when/if they will collect. I can't sell them in case they turn up... PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE: If you place an order, put a reminder in your phone to collect it. We are open from 8am until 2pm. If you can't collect, please let us know. I... am not going to chase the people concerned or dwell on it for a moment longer as, quite frankly, I don't have the energy. On a positive note, a huge thankyou to the 95% of our customers who did collect and came along to support us. We appreciate your social distancing and consideration for each other today. We also were touched by how many thanked us for continuing to bake for you. Stay well, look after each other, enjoy your goodies and we hope to see you next Wednesday and/or Saturday. Thankyou again x
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Last few orders to be collected…. Please come soon as we are freezing with the kitchen door open since 8am!!! 🥶

For clarification purposes: * If you have placed an order with us for tomorrow (Saturday 28 March) and we have acknowledged your order, please come and collect it. * We do not have any bread or buns available to sell to anyone who has not already ordered. There will be cake available! * We are open from 8am until 2pm - please don't all come at the same time or before 8am! * Please respect the 2m distancing requirement - we will not be managing this aspect so it is up to... you. You can wait in a queue in the garden or on the roadside if it is busy. * If someone is coming up/down the path beside the house, please allow them to pass before you join the pathway. * We will be serving from the doorway - no entry into the bakery so please come prepared to wait outside. This is to protect us all. * We are trying our best to stay open and meet demand so please be patient with us! * If you have symptoms of COVID-19, please do not visit us but get someone else to collect unless prior arrangements have already been made with us. Thankyou, thank you, thankyou… See you tomorrow. Take care and stay well x
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We are blessed to have a fabulous chef living in Tiddington. Mark is currently available and very willing to help anyone in need of some home-cooking. See attached photo of his post offering help. You can contact Mark via Facebook. PS We know he is an amazing chef as we've eaten his creations!!

For all you cheese lovers, please see photo below. Rollright Cheese is made by David Jowett, a local young man who has set up his own creamery. He has a lot of cheese in stock as his restaurant customers have had to cancel orders. If you would like some, please contact Kingstone Dairy in The Cotswolds. It is a lovely cheese at a very good price and will help avoid food waste and financial loss for another small business.

SATURDAY 28 MARCH - every loaf is reserved, many buns are reserved but there will be cake available!! If you have reserved bread, etc, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put a reminder in your phone/diary/calendar to collect it. We will not be taking any more orders for Saturday - if you would like slices of cake, please just come along between 8am and 2pm and make your selection. Thankyou for your support and we look forward to seeing you (from a safe distance) on Saturday :)

SATURDAY 28 MARCH UPDATE: NO BREAD AVAILABLE - just buns & cake!
We have had a shed-load of orders come in which we have now responded to. Sorry to those who just missed the boat for some breads but we are limited by oven space. We now have the following available: Cheesy Herby Soda Bread x 2 = SOLD OUT... Pumpernickel Rye x 2 = SOLD OUT Seeded Sourdough x 1 = SOLD OUT Pain Rustique x 1 = SOLD OUT Tiddington Tin x 2 = SOLD OUT Tiddington Tiddler x 2 = SOLD OUT We will continue to take orders until we are at capacity… Thanks for your amazing support Xx
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Don't panic! We will be baking on SATURDAY 28 MARCH. Here is the list of breads, buns & cakes: Alveston Granary (SOLD OUT) Cheesy Herby Soda Bread Italian Focaccia (topped with tomatoes, red onion, garlic, herbs, rock salt) Garlic Focaccia (topped with garlic & rock salt)... Pumpernickel Rye Bread Seeded Sourdough Pain Rustique Stratford Loaf Tiddington Tin & Tiddler (large & small white tin) Wholemeal Chelsea Buns, Cinnamon Buns, Lemon Buns Cakes by the slice (£1): Gingery Ginger, Victoria Sponge, Nutty Flapjack, Belgian Chocolate Brownies, Amaretti Bites (50p) Home-baked Granola - oats, seeds, fruits baked in organic coconut oil and sweetened with maple syrup (£5/350g bag) Please reserve your breads, etc to collect between 8am and 2pm on Saturday. The last buns will be baked by 10am. Please note that we will be asking you to respect the Government guidelines of 2m spacing; we will pre-wrap the breads; you will need to queue outside so please wrap up if it is cold or wet! If you have the correct money, you will be superstars! If you have symptoms of COVID-19, please ask someone else to collect on your behalf. Many thanks for your support - we look forward to baking for you and your family :)
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Thankyou - all loaves for tomorrow are now reserved. Please remember to collect between 11am and 2pm. It would be great if you have the correct change when you get here - sorry but we don't have electronic payment facilities. Please be mindful of others in the queue and keep the recommended 2m space between you. We will be serving from the doorway so, if it is raining, please bring a brolly as you will be waiting outside. We apologise for these changes and for not welcoming you into the bakery kitchen but, for health and safety reasons, we feel that this is necessary. Of course, when our normal world returns, we will welcome you with open arms and a beaming smile! Thankyou again.

Unprecedented times require unprecedented action so here's our suggestion to help: Would anyone be interested in freshly baked breads on WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH? We will offer a reduced selection, pre-order only. Breads available: Stratford Loaf £2.50 - SOLD OUT! Tiddington Tin (White) £2.50... UPDATE: Alveston Granary £3 = SOLD OUT!! If you would like to reserve some loaves, please place your request here by 11am tomorrow (Tuesday 24 March). COLLECTION TIME is 11am until 2pm. If you are self-isolating, we will deliver within Tiddington and Alveston free of charge. Thankyou!
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A massive thankyou to everyone who came along today. You were very considerate towards each other and patient with us as we tried to serve you as quickly as possible. We wish you all a good week ahead and hope to see you next weekend for more doughy delights! Stay safe and well xx

Thankyou for all your amazing orders!! All of our bread and buns are now reserved so we can not take any more orders. If you pop in, we will have slices of cake, brownies, nutty flapjacks and shortbread available. We're off to get some sleep before the baking starts in the small hours of the night….. See you all tomorrow, hopefully not all too early! Goodnight 😴👨‍🍳👩‍🍳

Following on from Boris' Briefing this afternoon, we confirm that we are open tomorrow and ongoing until the world changes direction yet again….. We have lots of orders to be collected and, as previously said, will be doing our best to minimise risk to everyone (including ourselves as, without us, there'll be no doughy delights on offer!). Please remember to not crowd into the bakery but leave space between you and others. You are welcome to wait in the garden/patio area if it is busy inside. Thanks in advance for being patient and considerate xx

SATURDAY 21 MARCH - UPDATE! All bread is now reserved so we will not be taking any more orders. We will have available Cinnamon Buns and Lemon Buns, some cake (Victoria Sponge, Spanish Orange Polenta Cake, Shortbread Rounds, Chocolate Brownies) and bags of Homemade Granola. Please do pop in if you would like some sweet treats to get you through these crazy times! PLEASE REMEMBER: Some people are (quite rightly) concerned about being too close to others so we request that you give each other a little extra personal space when in and around the bakery. We will leave the door open so that you don't have to touch the handle and we will be cleaning the surfaces and our hands as often as possible. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Thankyou, lovely customers, and stay safe and well xx

UPDATE: Well, we have an immense response and our order book is almost full for Saturday 21 March. We now have available to order: 4 x Cheesy Herby Soda Breads 2 x Olive Oil Plait (soft white, no olives in it) Buns and cakes... Homemade Granola - oats, seeds, dried fruits baked in organic coconut oil and sweetened with maple syrup (£5/350g bag) Thankyou for your support and custom and we'll see you on Saturday!
Here's the bread selection for Saturday 21 March - orders welcome: Stratford Loaf - SOLD OUT! Pain Rustique - SOLD OUT! Alveston Granary - SOLD OUT! Weekly Special - GARLIC & SEASALT or RED ONION, TOMATO & GARLIC FOCACCIA! - SOLD OUT! Tiddington Tins and Tiddlers (white) - SOLD OUT! Cheesy Herby Soda Bread Wholemeal Loaf - SOLD OUT! Olive Oil Plait Pumpernickel Rye Bread - SOLD OUT! Seeded Sourdough (Sunflower, Linseed and Sesame seeds) - SOLD OUT! CAKEYWAKEYUPDATEY: Spanish Orange Polenta Cake Victoria Sponge All-butter Shortbread Rounds (50p) Nutty Flapjack Belgian Chocolate Brownies Chelsea Buns, Cinnamon Buns, Lemon Buns Reserve your doughy delights and cakes to collect at the weekend... Open Saturday 8-2!
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COVID-19 Notice: Many of us are concerned about the situation with Corona Virus and, as a small business supported by and dedicated to our local community, we wish to continue to bake for you and to provide a low-risk environment. As a result we WILL BE OPEN on Saturdays (8am-2pm) with just a few changes: * To help protect us all, we plan to leave the door open so that you can enter and leave the bakery without touching the door handle. * We will pre-wrap as many loaves ...as possible as they cool down. * We will sanitise the surfaces regularly during opening times * We regularly wash our hands when baking and serving and we will continue to do so in line with the government guidelines. * Please don't be offended if we don't shake hands or greet you with a hug - the warmth and friendship are still there! * We ask you, our lovely customers, to respect each other and give a little more personal space so that we can avoid close proximity. * If you believe that you may have symptoms of Corona Virus or are in a period of isolation, please do not visit us - this is in everyone's interest. You are welcome to place an order but please ask someone else to collect it for you. Thankyou for reading and we look forward to your continued support and custom. Jane & Craig
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Dates for your diary - upcoming courses and events at Knead It! Bakery: Wednesday 25 March - Breadmaking Course (2 places available) Sunday 5 April - Spring Floristry Workshop (3 places available) 💐 Good Friday 10 April - Hot Cross Bun Day! Sunday 17 May - Breadmaking Course (1 place available)... Sunday 7 June - Breadmaking Course (4 places available) Sunday 28 June - Breadmaking Course (5 places available) Come and join us for a fun and informative course to learn how to make stunning breads and buns, or to create a beautiful Spring table arrangement.
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Phew - another sell-our Saturday! Thanks for all your orders and custom - we sold every last crumb today. If you missed out on the goodies, you can always put an order in for next weekend either on here, on email kneadit@icloud.com or text/call 0797 430 5577. The list of breads and cakes available will be posted on Wednesday evening so keep those eyes peeled and get your orders in!