the loaf - bakery deli café
the loaf - bakery deli café
a scone-tastic offer
To celebrate our new jam supplier,
Charlie’s Country Garden, the following offer will be available in store:
1 x jar of jam (flavours subject to availability)
4 x scones : plain, cherry or sultana
2 x jars of clotted cream
All for £6.00
Add a box of teabags from Northern Tea Merchants to this bundle and pay just £8.00.
From Charlie’s Country Garden, we also stock a wide range of delicious chutneys and salad dressings, all available on our deli shelves.
To be kept in the loop about upcoming events and release dates for our bread courses, make sure you sign up to our newsletter.
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Only a couple of hours to get your order in for a takeaway pizza before the big game...01773 857074 #pizzascominghome
— the loaf (@theloafltd) July 11, 2018
For more than two years the country has stagnated as we have argued about Brexit. Politicians on all sides need to stop delivering self-serving soundbites and start earning their money by working as a parliament to strengthen our country for the future. https://t.co/PDq0EEwZF3
— the loaf (@theloafltd) July 9, 2018
welcome to the loaf
A little bit about us
Welcome to the loaf.We are a busy and vibrant artisan bakery, delicatessen and café in Crich, Derbyshire.
We opened way back in October 2008 (oh how the time has flown!) Since then, we have expanded our bakery and supply to over 30 other businesses, attend farmers' and food markets five days a week, run pizza nights every Wednesday evening, run bread baking courses on Sundays and even cater for events such as weddings and birthdays... all this whilst still baking seven days a week, you could say we like to keep ourselves busy
To keep yourself bang up to date with what we are doing, sign up to our news letter or follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
Opening hours
Monday: closed
Tue: 8am - 5pm
Weds: 8am - 5pm : pizza night 6pm - 9pm
Thurs: 8am - 5pm
Fri: 8am - 5pm
Sat: 8:30am - 4:30
Sun: 9am - 4pm
news from the loaf
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Beware of sourfaux
19 July 2018
As members of the real bread campaign, we are very proud to produce proper bread - this means no flavour enhancers or additives.
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Crich Parish Well Dressing 2018 - Sow Seeds of Peace
06 July 2018
The loaf marks its tenth year in Crich by taking part in the 2018 Crich Parish Well Dressing event. In commemoration of the end of World War One, we aim to 'Sow Seeds of Peace'.
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We did it!
22 June 2018
The final day of Andrew and Rob Auld's epic cycle from East to West across Britain and Ireland raising money for Prostate Cancer UK. Dunmore Head in their sights and some of Ireland's beautiful scenery to cross.
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Pizza night
Wednesday night is pizza night
Come and enjoy delicious fresh pizzas either in the comfort of the café or to take away. We are open from 6pm until 9pm every Wednesday. Tempt your taste buds with a delicious special pizza which changes every week. On Wednesday 25 July the weekly special is our meat feast. You can see what I have got planned for the weekly special by looking just below at the schedule . If you have any suggestions for new pizzas to try, just drop me an email on enquiries@theloaf.co.uk ! We are regularly fully booked, so do phone to reserve your table if you fancy a pleasant evening of good food and convivial company. View the pizza menu here and though we don't have a licence, you are welcome to 'bring your own'. Call 01773 857074 to book a table or order a takeaway pizza.
Pizza Night Specials
July 2018
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Wednesday, 4th July 2018
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Wednesday, 11th July 2018
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Wednesday, 18th July 2018
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6:00 PM
Summer on a pizza
Caramelised onion, peach, prosciutto crudo and goat’s cheese
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6:00 PM
Summer on a pizza
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Wednesday, 25th July 2018
Bread baking courses
If you are interested in baking and would like to learn new skills or brush up on what you know already, why not consider a course with Andrew Auld, the loaf's owner and head baker?
Andrew offers a variety of bread baking courses, from 'All about the dough' an introductory course to baking, all the way up to Sourdough and German baking...visit our courses page for more information.
"Excellent course, paced well with clear instruction, support and great breads to take home!" Mo
"Hands on and chance to make different things with the same dough" Gaynor
"Great value for money" Colin
"Hands on involvement at all stages" Chris
"Masses of new knowledge - excellent session" Brenda
more about our breads and what we do
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our breads
read more about the breads we bake
From sourdough to soft roll, rye to ricotta bread, this is where you will find out all about the huge range of breads we produce at the loaf.
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where you can find us
our location, where we sell and who sells for us
More about places that you can find us or our bread. We have wholesale outlets across Derbyshire, we attend weekly and monthly markets and there are many businesses that use our bread.
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what else do we do
the services we offer
Pizza night, the café, wholesale and catering services... we have you covered.
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about us
history, values, detail
From where we started to where we are now