Honest bread in Essex
Essex has 10 real bakeries listed on Honest Bread, in 9 towns. Every one bakes from scratch on its own premises.
Look for honest bread in Saffron Walden, Brentwood, Colchester, Felsted, Ingatestone and Leigh-on-Sea.
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Black Cat Bakes
Artisan sourdough micro-bakery on the High Street in Wivenhoe, delivering naturally leavened loaves to addresses in Wivenhoe, Colchester and surrounding CO postcodes.
Brownbread
Essex bakery established in 2007, making bread from flour, water, salt and yeast only , nothing else. Bakes from a farm unit outside Ingatestone and sells through farmers markets and direct delivery across Essex and East London.
De'aths Bakery
Long-established bakery in Manningtree where bread is hand-crafted on the premises from 4am each morning. Sourdough loaves are among the daily range.
Flour and Spoon
Micro bakery in Leigh-on-Sea making real sourdough from British flour, water, salt and an eight-year-old starter, cold proved for at least twelve hours and stone baked on the premises. No additives or preservatives. Named a Real Bread Campaign ambassador ba.
Levain Bakehouse
Specialist sourdough bakery on Ingrave Road in central Brentwood, making naturally leavened loaves, buns and pastries in-house. Open Tuesday to Saturday.
Mini Miss Bread
Artisan bakery on Church Street in Saffron Walden, founded by baker Megan Charnock in 2019, making slow-prove sourdough loaves and cinnamon buns, sold from Wednesday to Saturday until sold out.
The Blackberry Bakery
Artisan bakery in Stanway on the edge of Colchester, making hand-formed, additive-free, slow-ferment sourdoughs and other European-style breads baked in a stone-floor oven.
The Garrison Bakery
Family-owned bakery with three shops in Southend-on-Sea, baking its full range from scratch daily at its own Shoebury Bakehouse. Makes sourdough, morning goods and pastries.
The Little Artisan Bakery
Small-batch bakery on a farm in Felsted, open Thursday to Saturday. Makes sourdough over a two-day ferment and traditional baguettes, with seasonal specials baked in small quantities each week.
The Loaf Tin Bakery
A small bakery in Saffron Walden where everything is baked by hand and sold fresh to take away.