I Want to Bake Free

WHAT A YEAR!
If you've taken the time out to read this, there's a fair chance you'll know that we are at a historic moment for the Bakery.
It is a calm moment sitting here writing this, I feel focussed and optimistic. I rediscovered a couple of kinda negative ‘draft post musings’ sitting in my inbox since I last posted in 2016 that never saw the light of day and never will....

So the order for these images may be a little bit out... but follow along and you can get an idea of the progress in rescuing and restoring our stunning property 595 Cowbridge Road East, Victoria Park, Cardiff
Opening Pettigrew Bakeries in Spring 2016...

So we bought a building... a shop that has been trading for 82 years selling hardware, pet food and everything in between. It was 1933 when Arthur Oliver Janes opened the doors of 595 Cowbridge Road East as a gardening shop. His sons, John and Cliff...

"Work on the business not in the business"
Pettigrew Bakeries is the name of our new bakery which is going to open in 595 Cowbridge Road East, Victoria Park, Cardiff this coming spring 2016.
The brief is straightforward, we are expert bakers, we love all things baked, we make as much as we can ourselves from awesome local producers in our (very) little home in Pettigrew Tea Rooms, Bute Park. We use a serious amount of bread and have always...