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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 10:05 AM |
Local favourite artisan baker Simon Thomas, of the Staff of Life bakery, has greatly expanded his capacity and range by converting a listed former Smokehouse in Kendal into a new bakery with a fantastic 25 tonne wood fired brick oven. The oven reaches as much as 450° C when it is first heated up, according to Simon. "We pile wood to the top of the fire box to start out and after only 3 or 4 minutes of burning we have to put more wood in again".
The impetus to set up the new bakery came when regional food and drink store chain Booths wanted to sell more Staff of Life bread than what they were already taking from Simon's existing shop/bakery in Berry's Yard. Simon has developed four loaves, which are all stone baked at the Smokehouse, exclusively for Booths: Pain Artisan, a naturally leavened white bread; a German inspired Sauerkraut Sourdough; Tirolean fruit and nut loaf and a wheat free Real Rye Bread. The new breads are available in 13 Booths stores, including Kendal, Windermere, Kirkby Lonsdale, Ulverston and Keswick. Of course, Staff of Life still sell their old favourites, including the wonderful Omega Wholemeal and filled loaves such as Pistachio, Olive and Pesto through their shop in Berry's Yard as well as through several Booths stores.
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