Sourdough in London
In London, Greater London, Honest Bread lists 12 bakers known for sourdough, each baking from scratch on its own premises.
Sourdough bakers in London
Bread by Bike
Sourdough bakery and cafe on Brecknock Road in north London that bakes its bread and viennoiserie on site using slow fermentation with natural starters, and delivers locally by bike.
Bunhead
A female- and Palestinian-owned bakery producing heritage sourdough buns naturally leavened from scratch, in flavours such as rose and cardamom and za'atar.
E5 Bakehouse
Independent organic bakery set in railway arches beneath London Fields station, baking sourdough and other loaves by hand each morning from stone-milled flour sourced from British farms. Founded in 2010.
Fabrique Bakery
Swedish-style bakery set in a railway arch near Hoxton station, baking sourdough bread and pastries such as cinnamon buns in stone ovens on site.
Jolene
Bakery, cafe and restaurant on Newington Green that mills much of its own flour and bakes bread and pastries on site, with satellite bakeries in Shoreditch and Islington.
Maya's Bakehouse
A microbakery started from a Brixton home in 2020, baking sourdough loaves and buns from scratch. The baker trained at Ballymaloe.
Pavilion Bakery
East London bakery founded in 2007 specialising in sourdough bread, pastries and coffee, with shops at Victoria Park and Broadway Market in Hackney.
Pophams Bakery
Artisan bakery and cafe with sites in Islington, Hackney and Victoria Park, making sourdough bread and laminated pastries such as croissants and pains au chocolat by hand.
Sourdough Sophia
Cafe and bakery on Essex Road in Islington selling freshly baked sourdough bread alongside croissants, cruffins and cakes. One of several Sourdough Sophia sites across north London.
The Dusty Knuckle
Dalston bakery and cafe known for its potato sourdough and sandwiches, baking its bread on site. It runs as a social enterprise offering job training to young people.
Toklas Bakery
Artisan bakery near Aldwych, attached to the Toklas restaurant, baking several varieties of sourdough on site using organic and heritage grain flours alongside pastries.
Yeast Bakery
Small Hackney bakery near London Fields baking sourdough bread and laminated pastries on site, selling directly to the public and supplying London venues.
Bake sourdough at home
No honest baker near you, or none baking today? The short answer is to bake your own. This is the bench most scratch bakers start with, nothing more.
Sourdough starter jar
A clear jar with a loose lid is all a starter needs to live on your counter.
Compare on Amazon ↗Banneton proving basket
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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