Location : Melmerby
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 613374
Melmerby, Penrith, CA10 1HE. Tel 01768 881811
Email: info@village-bakery.com
Since 1976 Andrew Whitley has been making outstanding organic bread and cakes using traditional baking methods and the retained heat of wood-fired ovens. A converted stone barn beside Melmerby's rolling green, with the Pennine hills behind, is the setting for the innovative village bakery and restaurant dedicated to baking bread and serving food with naturally vital ingredients.
The Restaurant enjoys a reputation for its good home cooking which makes use of produce grown on the 5 acre organic smallholding behind the bakery. Produce can be supplied by mail order, and also bought from various wholefood shops throughout Cumbria. Some of the flour used in the cakes comes from the nearby Little Salkeld Watermill.
Also available are two day training courses on bread-making, suitable for the experienced home baker, or the absolute beginner.
On Friday January 26th 2001, HRH The Prince of Wales flew in by helicopter to visit The Village Bakery where he opened the new Organic Restaurant and Shop facilities at Melmerby.
Aerial photo by Simon Ledingham.
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