Down to Cornwall, I dropped in early to see wood-fired oven baking at St Kew Harvest Farm Shop (google "real bread finder")

While down on a break, I found the Harvest Farm Shop at St Kew on the real bread finder, and met Jeremy, who has set up a lovely bakery with a 30 loaf capacity wood-fired oven. I went to join Jeremy at about 5 am on his early morning bake (he'd started the fire at 4.00), where he works alone to produce a good variety of yeasted and longer-fermented loaves. We enjoyed sharing a little baker's chat while he did the daily bake. The bakery is based in a farm shop he runs with his wife Antonina, stocked with lots of locally sourced produce and goodies.

New Farmers Market for Wirral Peninsular - check it out

Little Eye is part of a group of local producers working with Transition Town West Kirby to set up a new farmers market. WEST KIRBY FARMERS MARKET will begin in November 2012, and we'll keep you posted on who and what will be there. Links are:

Facebook and Twitter  - West Kirby Farmers Market
http://www.westkirbyfarmersmarket.co.uk/
www.transitiontownwestkirby.org.uk/farmersmarkets.html 

http://www.wirralfood.org.uk/

We will be there!

Real Food - Little Eye Sourdough is Rob's choice for his Lands End to John O'Groats charity ride

 

at about 6.00 am I made marmite sandwiches with the sourdough to eat mid afternoon - when energy levels were lowest and savoury was better than sugary snacks cos of the need for salt. The sourdough really hit the spot.

First 2 days through Cornwall and climbing Dartmoor were really tough and caused all sorts of ligament/tendon suffering -  for the remaining 10 days I seemed to settle down and became more and more comfortable with the 90-100 mile days. A fantastic experience and I have, thus far, raised just over £2,000 for Alzheimer's Society - all possible because of the wonderful generosity of very many people. www.alzheimers.org.uk

Little Eye baker Malcolm Williams featured in the local glossy 'Cheshire Life' - have a quick taste:-



http://cheshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/little-eye-bakery--sourdough-passion-in-west-kirby-41065/

Current Course Dates

 

Our August and September dates are now filled.

New summer and autumn dates for our popular one day Start It Up sourdough baking course:

august 19 (now fully booked)

september 30(now fully booked)

october 8 (monday)

november 11

for details see our Baking Classes page

* New sourdough bread class date on June 3rd - anyone not tied into the Jubilee weekend, come and join us on the Sunday * - 1 place left -  for details see our bread classes page

NEWS

- Remark of the Day - on March 4th, we were getting the baking going at Claremont Farm - our Start It Up sourdough class for March. With a group ranging from Steve who had never baked, to experienced bakers who wanted to know what sourdough is, we had a great time, and Nick said " I can't decide whether sourdough baking is really simple or really complicated". You got it, Nick!

 

"I enjoyed it all very much and will certainly give it go at the weekend!.  I baked the fruit loaf last night and have just enjoyed a slice with a coffee at my desk in work - it's gorgeous."

- Hoylake Food Fair on Sunday 26th Feb

We sold our 120 loaves in 2 hours - the fair was great, a very local bunch really interested in trying something new. The cheese and chilli was a fast seller.

http://www.wirralfood.org.uk/hoylake.html



- Our February sourdough class

- Growing wheat and baking with local schoolchildren
Little Eye Bakery is sponsoring and working with a local school to grow wheat, make flour and bake bread  - linked to the Real Bread Campaign 'Bake Your Lawn' project - info to follow soon