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Café and new premises 4-week countdown

Less than a month to go until we re-open! Our builders have all been amazing working at break-neck speed and we marvel…

Café and new premises 5-week countdown

This bundle contains the tail end of our 2km (!) of electrical cabling! When we looked at the plans all those months…

Café and new premises 6-week countdown

With all the major structural work now finished by Balfour Beatty our builder Simon and his team from Primary…

We say goodbye to our old kitchen!

We leave you with an image from one of our many happy events run over the past 5 years of teaching and running…

Duke of Edinburgh cooking for Uni

Breakfast time for our final group of Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Residential students this summer. It is hugely…

Café and new premises 7 week countdown

Final shot of new unit while it is still in the hands of Balfour Beatty. Tomorrow we sign on the dotted line and will…

Swedish Fennel and caraway seed soda bread

One of the most popular breads we bake and a frequently requested recipe. This delicious bread takes 5 minutes to make…

Café and new premises 8-week countdown

As of this morning we have a front door! All that is missing is glass panes and a handle and then we can experience…

Chocolate lovers don’t miss out…

...on Master Chocolatier and Patissière Javier Cervantes' first appearance in Cambridge on Saturday 7th November. A day…

Café and new premises 9 week countdown

Very exciting to dip into single digits for our weekly countdown. We have an actual inside as opposed to a roof and two…

Baking in Sweden

In preparation for opening our new café and deli this autumn we are in Sweden this week baking with amazing artisan…

New premises and café 10 week count down

From destruction to construction - 10 weeks to go to our intended opening. Our wall of windows is starting to appear.…

New Bakery, Café and Deli 11-week countdown

We are looking at the frames for our replacement wall to wall windows which will form the front of the Cookery School…

New Bakery and Deli 12 weeks

The lovely old brick building which was the head quarters of legendary Cambridge stone masons Rattee & Kett is…