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Celebrating ten years of Hart’s Bakery at Temple Meads
It may have Laura Hart’s name over the door, but Hart’s Bakery has long been a team effort.
It’s also almost a local by-law that a visit to the bakery now located within two archways on Lower Approach Road is compulsory before your train journey from Temple Meads.
Hart’s Bakery has been here for ten years, with some of the most popular bakes from that time making one-off reappearances on the menu from Tuesday to Saturday.
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Ahead of the bakery celebrating a decade at Temple Meads, Laura spoke to the Bristol24/7 Behind the Headlines podcast, where she was joined by her husband and business partner Pete Young, and head baker George Roberts:
Prior to founding Hart’s Bakery – originally selling her wares from the back of a bicycle – Laura had a career as a pastry chef in Bristol that took her from Quartier Vert to Bordeaux Quay, Ocean tapas bar, Arch House Deli and the Lido, before opening her first bakery on Hampton Lane off Cotham Hill.
“I’ve just always found that baking was a really fun, easy way to connect with people,” says Laura.
For Pete, it has been important that Hart’s Bakery “has stayed true to what we originally tried to do”.
Hart’s Bakery began when Laura Hart was made redundant from her job as pastry chef at the Lido – photo: Laura Hart
Laura Hart making Eccles cakes in 2011 at the original Hart’s Bakery on Hampton Lane off Cotham Hill – photo: Martin Booth
Loaves of bread in the bakery at Temple Meads – photo: Martin Booth
One of Hart’s Bakery’s famous mince pies – photo: Martin Booth
Laura Hart alongside her husband and business partner Pete Young (left) and Hart’s Bakery head baker George Roberts – photo: Martin Booth
Hart’s Bakery can be found within Arch 35 on Lower Approach Road – illustration: Donna Sarah
Thank you to our podcast partner Ditigal Bulls
Main photo: Martin Booth
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