Good afternoon dear readers, We will be closed on Sunday 5th April, then back open as usual on Wednesday the 8th. Following a successful trial last week, we will be now be offering home delivery three days a week, on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. With Easter week upon us we are busy stocking the counter and retail shelves with treats for the holiday weekend. We have kept fairly faithfully to the two main categories of bakes at this time of year, dried fruity and citrusy, or chocolatey, hoping there'll be something for everyone. Let's take the first category. It's the last week of hot cross buns for the year, and Friday is the big one. Not wishing to jinx ourselves but we've been especially...
Good afternoon dear readers, First off, some housekeeping. In partnership with Velocity Cycle Couriers, we are offering a local delivery service, starting on Thursday. If you would like a Hamblin Bread order delivered to your home, here's what you need to know: - This coming week, delivery will be available on Thursday only, to any of the following post codes: OX1, OX2, OX3, OX4 - Order as usual and select local delivery as an option when you check out - The delivery fee is £5 for all orders under £50 - Your order will be delivered between 12pm and 3pm on Thursday All being well, we will add more days next week. If you have any questions, please email info@hamblinbread.co.uk. Nothing puts the...
Good afternoon dear readers, First off, a little heads-up that we will be trialling a same-day, local delivery service on Thursday 26th March. Full details in next week's newsletter. On the pastry counter this week we have rhubarb and almond financiers and our Easter biscuits make their first appearance of the year; rich, pale shortbread, made with heritage wheat flour and Berkeley farm butter, studded with currants and flavoured with lemon zest and mixed spices. As Harriet says "The perfect accompaniment to a late morning cup of tea." With St Patrick's day coming up, we are showcasing a couple of our favourite Irish farmhouse cheeses this week. Coolea is made in County Cork and closely resembles a mature Gouda, smooth textured, rich and...
Good afternoon dear readers, Firstly thank you to everyone who came to see us on Wednesday. It was a very promising start to the five day week and the sunshine was on our side too. Coming up this weekend is Mother's Day, which we view as a chance to celebrate care-givers, mother figures and supportive mentors of all kinds. Aunties play a particularly key role in our lives and always have done, so we often use this as an opportunity to show them some love, usually with a bunch of daffodils and some British farmhouse cheese (we've got you, Auntie Clare). If your special person leans more towards the sweet than the savoury, we are taking care of afternoon tea. You...
Good afternoon dear readers, And so we embark on a new chapter, or a homecoming of sorts to the very early days of the bakery, as we open our doors on Wednesdays as of this coming week. We'll be open from 8am on Iffley Road, 10am at the Covered Market. And a reminder that our Iffley Road hours are to extend each day until 2pm. If inducement to come and see us were needed, we have happily timed this change to coincide with the arrival of the hot cross buns, always a highlight for the bakery, as the air fills with the unmistakable scent of our special organic spice mix, containing cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, nutmeg and allspice, all bar the last coming...
