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2010 The Grocer Gold Awards - Specialist Wholesaler of the Year - Winner 

We are  extremely proud to have won this prestigious award in only it's second year, having already been runner up last year.

The reason this award means so much to us is that it recognises our passion for great bread and our high level of innovation with top chefs and restaurants.

The competition this year was fierce and to be recognised amongst giants of the food industry for our specialist approach is what we come to work for.

 The Bread Factory - Specialist Wholesaler of the Year 2010

 

This year, the judges recognised how our personal, innovative and enthusiastic approach has thrived in a market dominated by major wholesalers.

They recognised how seriously we take craft baking at The Bread Factory and how our ability to work and innovate with our customers puts us ahead of the pack.

The judges were especially impressed with some of our new products, including our Norwegian Bloomer, Mixed Olive Sourdough and Sour Cherry Loaf.

 

2009 Baking Industry Awards - Winner of the Craft Business Award

Sometimes an award comes around that you just know you should win…and this was one of them.

The Bread Factory team has worked extremely hard over the past few years to create what the six judges called a ‘special place’ where the marriage between truly artisan bakers and a ‘bunch of men and women who love bread’ has been tried and works.

Those of us who can not bake have made it our mission to give seriously great bread a serious voice. We believe that fantastic bread is the centre of what we do and we know that without the best bread on the planet, we are nothing.

 

 

We also know, however, that just getting great bread out of the oven is not enough. Our customers want good service, a strong IT backbone, a dependable ordering and delivery service and world class food safety and facilities.

We think that craft baking does not just stop at our doors – it must get to the final customer…and it is this final customer that needs to say WOW.

We are trying to make sure that our customers get the best bread and also the best service – and we know that both count.

 

2009 Grocer Gold Award - Specialist Wholesaler of the Year - Finalist

             

Two years ago we started an experiment with Waitrose to see if people really cared enough about bread to pay for a truly handmade fresh artisan loaf.

We started in the upmarket Marylebone branch and things have taken off from there.  We now serve over 30 stores directly every morning in the London area.

We are happy to see that so many people are willing to pay a little extra for an outstanding handmade loaf that you can normally only get in top restaurants and hotels. We call it our GAIL's range because you can find the same loaves in our shops.

2009 Great Taste Awards - Winner of 10 Gold Medals

The Guild of Fine Foods, equivalent to the Michelin Star awards for restaurants, awards the UK’s best products and manufacturers with Gold Stars and we were big winners in 2009, the first time we entered. We are proud to be amongst the best food producers in the country.

Some of our Gold Star products:

2007 Bakery Industry Awards - Food Manufacturer - Special Merit

2005 British Baker - Speciality Bread Award

This was an award for the best artisan bread in the UK and we successfully won it with some of our favourites, like Potato & Rosemary and our Caramelised Garlic loaves.

Our sourdoughs are truly out of this world – and the best in the UK.

        

2004 London Business Awards - Turnaround Business of the Year

     

This business was started in the early 1990s, but like many craft businesses it was struggling with the demands of tighter food safety and HS&E regulations and needed some help to raise the commercial aspect to the same high level as its world-class bakers and products.

A few of us got together, decided to turn this business into something special instead of letting it languish with sub-standard service levels and poor business practices.

It worked and we got noticed by the people at the London Chamber of Commerce who don’t usually pay attention to craft bakers.

It was a great award for all of us because it was the first time we were singled out for doing something different.