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The best breadmakers (and sellers) in Edinburgh and Glasgow

  • Source: The List (Issue 678)
  • Date: 7 March 2011 (updated 12 Apr 2011)
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The best breadmakers (and sellers) in Edinburgh and Glasgow

Falko Konditorei

Including Au Gourmand, Patisserie Dujardin, McGhee's Family Bakers, The Bavarian Bakehouse and Different Breid

The appearance of more small artisan bakeries points to an increasing awareness of and demand for proper bread, both from the public and the operations serving them. Around the sandwich shops of the capital Au Gourmand, the Gorgie-based but France-inspired wholesale bakery, is bought in by many discerning operations including Bread & Olives, Broughton Delicatessen and The Edinburgh Larder. Also seen is bread from the newer Patisserie Dujardin, based in Linlithgow, while neighbourhood bakeries such as The Manna House are selling wholesale as well as direct to the public from their own outlet.

Through in Glasgow, McGhee’s Family Bakers, based in the city since 1935, are the producers of the city’s famous crispy roll – a ubiquitous airy bap with a well-fired top. However a number of artisan bakers are making something a bit more special for sandwiches. Biggest among them is Tapa in Dennistoun, supplying its huge range of organic breads and cakes to establishments including Cherry and Heather Fine Foods , The 78, Cranachan, Café Alba (19 Main St, Milngavie, 0141 956 1163), and Artisan Roast, as well as its own two cafés. The Bavarian Bakehouse (Block 3 Unit 3 Milton Road, Kirkintilloch, 0141 7778577) is garnering a reputation for its speciality German and continental rye breads, with customers ranging from the upmarket Restaurant at Blythswood Square to newcomer Eati Boutiquie. One-man-show Andrew Wilson of Different Breid specialises in organic sourdough bread, which he makes in Heart Buchanan’s kitchen, supplying their café (380 Byres Rd) and the Ubiquitous Chip and Stravaigin restauraunts, as well as local cheesemonger Iain Mellis (various locations around Scotland, mellischeese.co.uk)

More: Life & style, Food & drink (Life & style), Artisan Roast, Au Gourmand, Bread, Bread & Olives, Broughton Delicatessen, Cafe Alba, Cherry and Heather Fine Foods, Cranachan, Different Breid, Eati Boutiquie, Heart Buchanan, Iain Mellis, IJ mellis, McGhee’s Family Bakers, Patisserie Dujardin, Restaurant at Blythswood Square, Stravaigin, Tapa, The 78, The Bavarian Bakehouse, The Edinburgh Larder, The Manna House, Ubiquitous Chip

Artisan Roast
57 Broughton St, Edinburgh, EH1 3RJ
As the roasters and distributors of Scotland’s definitive coffee, it’s impossible to see beyond either branch of Artisan Roast as your first stop for a pick-me-up coffee buzz at any time of the day. Long black, flat white, espresso, macchiato or ice…
Au Gourmand
8 Murieston Lane, Edinburgh, EH11 2LX
Bread and Olives
17A Queensferry Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4QW
In a prime spot for office workers, shop staff and even shoppers who fancy a quick bite, the simply named Bread & Olives seems to be doing a deserved roaring trade. It doesn’t look like much, its dark green shopfront filled with old-fashioned wooden…
Broughton Delicatessen
7 Barony Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6PD
It’s rare for a café to try so hard to be all things to all people and not overstretch itself. Broughton Delicatessen doesn’t disappoint, though, with its front shop selling take-out snacks like baguettes, grilled sandwiches and crepes alongside cakes…
Cherry and Heather Fine Foods
7 North Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PW
An oasis of fine, healthy foods with a touch of style and Asian flavour in the heart of Cessnock. No doubt a magnet for local office workers (and hotel residents a hop across the river) who would otherwise have to travel a lot farther to find…
Cranachan
Unit 51, Princes Square, 48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 3JN
Creamy Cranachan. If a place can be judged on its signature dish then Cranachan is sweet and indulgent, perhaps lacking in a few ingredients. The theme is overall Scottish with quality, locally sourced fish, beef and cheese aplenty, which comes in…
eatiBoutiquie
231 Berkeley Street, Finnieston, Glasgow, G3 7HH
Opened in late 2010, Eati Boutiquie has grown out of co-owners Rachel Suttle and Emma Paris’s pop-up vintage shop and wholesale cupcakes and bespoke catering business Made With Love Finnieston. Part deli-café, part retro style and hand-crafted goods…
Edinburgh Larder Edinburgh Larder
15 Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1NB
Tucked just off the Royal Mile, Eleanor Cunningham’s café features a menu that's a roll call of Scottish food heroes. From Creelers’ smoked salmon to Great Glen venison, Rannoch smoked chicken and Cunningham's mum’s jam and dad’s chutneys, everything…
Heart Buchanan
380 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8AR
The small and perfectly formed Heart Buchanan offers some of the poshest takeaway food around. Dishes are made fresh each day with local produce, and the menu changes just as regularly. For a light snack there is soup and focaccia, salads and pastas…
IJ Mellis IJ Mellis
Unit B1 A, 78 Albion Road, EH7 5QZ
IJ Mellis Cheesemonger
149 South Street, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9UN
IJ Mellis Cheesemonger
201 Rosemount Place, Aberdeen, AB25 2XP
IJ Mellis Cheesemonger
30a Victoria Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2JW
IJ Mellis Cheesemonger
492 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 8EW
IJ Mellis Cheesemonger
6 Bakers Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6SY
The Manna House
22–24 Easter Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5RG
In its few short years on earth, the Manna House has become an institution beloved of ladies from Morningside, builders on their way to a job and all walks of life in between. A first-class bakery and patisserie, it’s also branched out of late into full…
Restaurant at Blythswood Square
11 Blythswood Square, Glasgow, G2 4AD
In Glasgow’s five-star Blythswood Square hotel, black and red lampshades dominate the cocktail lounge and restaurant – a light-hearted reference to the district’s former ‘red light’ reputation. On the menu, whole seabass, full spatchcock chicken and a…
The 78
10–14 Kelvinhaugh Street, Glasgow, G3 8NU
This charming laid-back café/bar has the feel of a country house – set incongruously just off Argyle Street. A long bar dominates the rustically informal room with a line of aged wooden tables, an open fireplace and comfy armchairs hogging its large…
Stravaigin
28–30 Gibson Street, Glasgow, G12 8NX
As this place pops up in most Glasgow guides, many a nationality can be found rubbing shoulders with die-hard regulars enjoying interesting Scottish produce given an international twist. Stravaigin’s well-known branding is ‘think local, eat global’. The…
Stravaigin 2
8 Ruthven Lane, Glasgow, G12 9BG
The younger Stravaigin, located near Byers Road, is an invitingly intimate space if lacking something of the character and quirkiness of the original. The food, however, is all you expect: imaginative combinations from around the globe impressively…
Tapa Bakehouse
21 Whitehill Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow, G31 2LH
Tapa is essentially a functioning bakery with a front of shop area for takeaway or sit-in sampling. Practically everything for sale in the cafe is made there. A wide range of organic loaves, savoury brioche, pastries, bagels, foccacia and unctuous…
Ubiquitous Chip
12 Ashton Lane, Glasgow, G12 8SJ
Few can lay claim to being a Glasgow foodie without sampling the delights of the famous ‘Chip’. An unusual bread basket, containing cheese biscuits, brown bread and white savoury muffins arrives along with a little tasting nibble, perhaps sweetcorn…

Comments

1. The Farmers Wife, Strathaven – 21 March 2011, 5:59pmReport

Can't believe that you've missed out Alexander Taylor's Bakery in Strathaven. They are the oldest in Scotland and make the best artisan breads and patisserie. Their oatcakes are just to die for, and their pure sour dough is sought after at Lanarkshire farmer's markets (Clyde Valley, Strathaven, Hamilton and Clarkston.) Oatcakes, wholemeal, rye and many other products are made with only organic ingredients. This is what bakeries should be like!"

2. Jacob, edinburgh – 27 March 2011, 2:05pmReport

Hello guys, what about us at Patisserie Jacob. You missed us!!!

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