Sourdough in Bristol
In Bristol, South West, Honest Bread lists 9 bakers known for sourdough, each baking from scratch on its own premises.
Sourdough bakers in Bristol
Assembly Bakery
Artisan bakery with sites in Old Market and Wapping Wharf, specialising in slow-fermented sourdough, handmade cakes and breakfast pastries. Sources ingredients from local suppliers and runs bread-making courses.
East Bristol Bakery
Craft bakery and cafe in Easton, among the early Bristol bakeries to focus on sourdough. It bakes bread and handmade pastries on the premises alongside an all-day brunch menu.
Farro Bakery
Bakery on Brunswick Square open since 2019, specialising in sourdough loaves and viennoiserie such as croissants and kouign-amann. Built on simple ingredients, local suppliers and traditional methods.
Guild of Dough
Neighbourhood bakery in Bishopston with an on-site bakery and shop, known for its sourdough and other artisan breads. Bakes on the premises at its Ashley Down Road site.
Hart's Bakery
Artisan bakery set in a Victorian railway arch beneath Temple Meads station, baking sourdough, pastries and savouries on site. Founded by baker Laura Hart with an open kitchen.
Joe's Bakery
Long-established Gloucester Road bakery with bread baked on the premises daily, from traditional English loaves to award-winning sourdough. Run by Martin and Jane Hunt since 1990 on a site that has baked for well over a century.
Mark's Bread
Artisan bakery founded on North Street in Bedminster in 2009, known for its Southville Sourdough alongside a full range of breads and pastries. Supplies a number of local shops and restaurants.
Pinkmans Bakery
Independent bakery on Park Street specialising in wild-yeast baking and sourdough, with everything made fresh on the premises. Known for its hand-rolled sourdoughnuts and listed in the Sunday Times Top 25 bakeries.
The Bristol Loaf
Multi-site sourdough bakery and cafe that began in Redfield in 2017 and now bakes organic sourdough and pastries for retail and wholesale. The Bedminster site combines the bakery with a greengrocer and wine shop.
Bake sourdough at home
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Sourdough starter jar
A clear jar with a loose lid is all a starter needs to live on your counter.
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Holds the shape of a wet dough through its long final prove.
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Scores the loaf so it bursts where you choose, not where it likes.
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Traps steam for the blistered crust real sourdough is known for.
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