The Best Bakeries in The North East to Visit This Winter
We can never say no to a freshly baked loaf or sweet treat - especially when it's from somewhere this nice!
Bluecorn Bakery
33 High Street, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees TS20 1AH
55 Wellington Square, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1NA
01642 533366
facebook.com/BluecornBakery
A family-run business that’s been baking fresh produce from scratch in Teesside for more than 20 years, Bluecorn Bakery has everything you need for the festive season. From artisan bread and festive pies to quiche, cakes and more, you can be sure of the quality here. Their flagship bakery can be found in Norton, and they also have a second location on Wellington Square in Stockton where you can sit and enjoy tea and cake during a busy day of shopping.
Northern Rye
4 Riverside Walk, Ouseburn NE6 1LX
0191 250 9716
A permanent fixture in Newcastle’s busy Ouseburn area, Northern Rye create small batch baked goods, with a speciality in sourdough breads and Viennoiserie. Using quality ingredients including organic flours, and following a slow fermentation process, their sourdough bread proves from 12 to 28 hours to ensure delicious flavours. Keep your eyes peeled for their new location coming to Harbour House in North Shields soon.
Deep North
Tynemouth, Newcastle and Sunderland
deepnorth.co.uk
Deep North make everything from scratch, from their dough to their fillings and glazes. They have three shops where doughnuts are served fresh daily and the menu changes to make the most of seasonal ingredients, though the brown butter sea salt is a highlight.
Karmic Cakery
North Greenwich Road, Spittal, Berwick TD15 1RG
A café-cum-bakery specialising in vegan treats (and enormous cakes made on site), the selection here is great and perfect for wowing your guests at Christmas without spending hours in the kitchen yourself. Available to sit-in, takeaway or for local delivery (as well as further afield) when contacted via social media, our current favourite is the lemon bramble, wonderfully tart and moist.
FAB Bakery
Gosforth and Fenham
07920 585510
FAB Bakery have taken the North East bakery scene by storm. They offer sourdough, rye bread, ciabatta, croissants and pain au chocolat daily, but their weekend specials are the real star of the show. Changing monthly, a selection of sweet, savoury and patisserie specials accompany their unique croissant cubes.
Burtree Puddings
Darlington
01325 463521
burtreepuddings.co.uk
With more than 15 years of experience crafting perfect puddings with love, Burtree Puddings are the destination for delicious desserts. Their sticky sponge puddings (in flavors such as ginger, golden syrup, sticky toffee and marmalade) have won Great Taste awards and come topped with melty sauce. At Christmas, Burtree offer a range of luxury Christmas puddings that aren’t to be missed. Shop the range online or find them at stockists across the region.
RISE Artisan Bakehouse
13 Horsemarket, Barnard Castle DL12 8LY
01833 908081
From Rise’s secret starter comes their amazing sourdough. Each week, they offer a different flavour of bread, with previous flavours including cheese and jalapeno, olive rustique and date and walnut. They also offer tasty tarts, flavoured foccacias and cakes, amongst other irresistible bakes.
PureKnead Bakery
Newcastle and Whitley Bay
0191 230 5857
PureKnead’s freshly-baked sourdough takes a whole 48 hours to make, using just flour, water and salt and traditional techniques. Their range of cakes, pastries and savoury bakes are all made with pure ingredients and passion, and they offer a bespoke cake service for special occasions, too.
Bread and Roses
Alnwick
01665 603054
You can find Bread and Roses at farmer’s markets across Northumberland, as well as on the menus of some of the region’s finest cafés and restaurants and at stockists regionwide. Their variety of traditional artisan loaves incudes white and fine grain levain, sourdough, rye and even Russian borodinsky, made using molasses.
Robineau Café and Patisserie
27 West Auckland Road, Darlington DL3 9EL
01325 489129
robineau.co.uk
Robineau mixes French cuisine with English bakes – a match made in heaven. Their savoury items include pies and sausage rolls and their patisserie encompasses rich flavours into eclairs, gateux and macaroons. Bread is baked fresh daily and their chocolates make a great gift.
Savour
205B Coatsworth Road, Gateshead NE8 1SR
0191 477 7710
savourbakecafe.com
Gateshead’s newest bakery, Savour, have a passion for innovative, top-quality pastries. From their hazelnut crumble puff to their lemon tart, each of their desserts is utterly decadent and they also offer fresh sandwiches and salads.
Pink Lane Bakery
Gosforth, Jesmond and Newcastle
0191 261 0606
Beautifully laminated pastries, artisan sourdough loaves and huge cinnamon buns – Pink Lane Bakery has it all. Since opening in Newcastle city centre in 2012, they’ve opened a Jesmond sit-down café and Gosforth outpost. All of their bakes are amazing, but for us, their sausage rolls are an absolute highlight.
Maple Patisserie
Unit 25, The Riverwalk, Durham DH1 4SL
07890 647754
Despite only opening in 2022, Maple Patisserie in Durham have already won awards for their impressive cakes and tarts. Dedicated to providing the finest coffee and pastries, they use locally-sourced ingredients to produce works of art that are almost too pretty to eat.
