NEW OPENING
Bread Ahead
BAKERY Matthew Jones (pictured) is bringing his Bread Ahead Bakery (www.breadahead.com) to the historic Southwark Cathedral in a return to the borough where it all began...
BACKGROUND Bread Ahead is the realisation of Matthew Jones’ combined experience working in some of the country’s best kitchens with his passion for making great breads easily accessible for all. Since launching Bread Ahead in 2013, has gone on to establish himself as one of the nation’s best bakers supplying London and the UK with the freshest breads and finest patisserie from his London bakeries. Back in 2013, the business was initially set up as a wholesale bakery and retail outlet. A year later saw the introduction of the Bread Ahead Bakery School that has led bread making workshops to over 25,000 people in person as well as an additional 34,000 online across 50+ countries. These courses offer insight into how to make various different types of bread from all over the world as well as sweet patisserie options too (there are currently five London sites - three of which house the Baking Schools with more planned to open soon). Matthew Jones says that he became interested in cooking at a very young age. Seasonality and locality were also both of utmost importance for him growing up, he emphasises, as most of his meals were governed by what was ripe and available from his family allotment, thus creating a respect for organic produce which has helped shape the ethos of Bread Ahead today.
46 September 2021 www.sandwichandfoodtogonews.co.uk
