Bob Wright has been baking the same Yorkshire treacle loaf for about forty years. A colleague passed him the family recipe, and it's still on the table at Bob's Bread Bakery in North Walsham, a one-man microbakery in north Norfolk turning out around a hundred loaves a week. Bob spent his working life as a civil engineer. His mother baked most of the family's bread, and he's baked at home for decades, but the bakery started almost by accident. When the North Walsham Farmers' Market launched, nobody could find a baker for it, someone remembered Bob made bread, and he said yes. Redundancy became early retirement, and he started baking several times a week. Lockdown doorstep deliveries did the rest, and many of those first customers still buy from him. There are seven or eight breads, traditional loaves and sourdoughs, mostly slow-made with a sourdough starter or a small amount of yeast. The sourdough takes two days. The bread carries the Real Bread Campaign's Loaf Mark, which means no additives. He sells at farmers' markets and bakes for a local bistro and deli, and some loaves go out on his three-wheeled cargo bike. A lot of what you find that calls itself sourdough is made in a few hours, which gets you a sourdough aesthetic rather than a real loaf. This is the real loaf, baked by a man who plans every batch like an engineering project.

Awards and Recognition

Real Bread Campaign Loaf Mark

Social Media

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bobsbreadbakery/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Bobsbreadbakery-100063689044651/

Can people visit or buy direct?

Yes. Bob sells at farmers' markets, including North Walsham Farmers' Market, and delivers locally, some of it by cargo bike. He also supplies a local bistro and deli. Check Instagram for market days.

Website

https://www.instagram.com/bobsbreadbakery/

Address Summary

North Walsham, Norfolk