The Artisan Collective

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Revealed: Britain’s best artisan bakeries of 2025

28 January 2025By

Lovingly Artisan is named by industry experts as the best artisan bakery in Britain for the third year in a row, but there are plenty of new entrants in the top 13 list

Bakers' Dozen 2024

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Revealed: Britain’s best artisan bakeries of 2024

31 January 2024By

British Baker reveals the 2024 Bakers’ Dozen – the top 13 artisan bakeries as voted for by industry experts

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How to find your bakery tribe (and sell more loaves in the process)

20 February 2024By

Aidan Monks and Catherine Connor from award-winning bakery Lovingly Artisan offer a masterclass in how to build and connect with your bakery’s community

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In pictures: The Artisan Collective 2024

7 February 2024By

Passion, skills, and community spirit were in abundance at The Artisan Collective 2024, which took place at The Compound in Birmingham on 30 January

News from the artisan collective

  • Bakers grab golds at Farm Shop & Deli Product Awards 2025

  • Spicy kebab pie crowned champion of British Pie Awards 2025

  • Waterfields lined up to rescue seven Oddie’s shops

  • The Crusty Cob shuts all nine shops with over 100 jobs lost

  • Grange Bakery in Cumbria shuts all four shops

  • Historic sandwich shop in Rugby up for sale

  • Sweet success: five reasons to enter Britain’s Best Cake

  • Mud Foods quadruples pie making capacity with new Chichester site

  • Revenues soar at Cornish Bakery amid ongoing expansion of retail estate

  • How bakeries can handle the pressure of going viral