bakery

La Madre Bakery Giveaway!

December 9, 2011 ⋅ 63 comments

Following on from my carb-fest at La Madre Bakery recently I am excited to offer a giveaway of a selection of La Madre‘s new Christmas range! The sweet and savoury treats come presented in a reuseable cookie tin and inside you’ll find a sample of: Vanilla Snowflake Shortbread made from Heilala Vanilla vanilla paste and topped [...]

HOT: Beechworth Bakery, 316 Maroondah Highway, Healesville

December 1, 2011 ⋅ One comment

I didn’t realise that the Beechworth Bakery had stretched beyond to town of Beechworth to other parts of the state – but it’s pretty handy that there’s one in Healesville. Beechworth Bakery prides itself on being ‘Australia’s greatest bakery’. That’s a tall claim! But it is an old-fashioned bakery filled with old-fashioned British style bakery items [...]

HOT: Phillippa’s City Store, 15 Howey Place, Melbourne

November 17, 2011 ⋅ 6 comments

When I worked in the CBD one of my shopping challenges was finding a good loaf of bread. I rarely had time in my lunch hour to travel to Queen Victoria Markets or battle the lines at David Jones Foodhall, which meant often I had to be organised enough to buy my bread on my [...]

HOT: Brunetti, 194 – 204 Faraday Street, Carlton

August 31, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

There’s something to be said for revisiting old favourites. Before I moved to Melbourne, every time I visited the city I’d make a pilgrimage to Brunetti. Back then it was only a single store in Carlton, half its current size. I loved the European atmosphere, the mirrored walls and the glass cabinet full of cakes. [...]

HOT Chat: Greg Ferrington of Westgate Community Initiatives Group Inc and LoveLuvo

August 5, 2011 ⋅ 4 comments

Regular readers will know that I love finding out about social enterprise businesses in Melbourne (such as STREAT, Charcoal Lane and The Social Studio) and recently I was told about LoveLuvo, a retail store with environmentally friendly products for the home and body (as well as a manufacturing business) which provides employment for those with [...]

HOT: Chez Dre, Rear of 285-287 Coventry St, South Melbourne

July 14, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Happy Bastille Day! While it’s not our national holiday, why not use it as an excuse to pop into new French boulangerie and patisserie Chez Dre? Right near the bustle of South Melbourne Markets and down a bluestone laneway you’ll find a little bit of pastry heaven. Chez Dre is a large space which makes [...]

HOT: Fatto a Mano, 228 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

April 21, 2011 ⋅ 7 comments

Every year around this time I do a little taste-run of hot cross buns in Melbourne. Ostensibly it’s to provide blog readers with information but really it’s just an excuse to eat a lot of fruity, spicy, sticky bread (I’m a purist – chocolate chips should not be found in hot cross buns!). Sadly this [...]

HOT: Noisette, 84 Bay St, Port Melbourne

February 2, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Noisette is reknowned for its French-style cakes and pastries and no doubt you would have eaten its products at many of Melbourne’s restaurants and cafes (such as Coin Laundry and Hausfrau). Their cafe and retail store is located in villagey Bay Street and attracts a steady clientele of pastry fanciers and coffee drinkers. By the [...]

HOT: Joy Cupcakes, Shop E7B, Southern Cross Lane, 127 Exhibition St, Melbourne

November 7, 2010 ⋅ One comment

It’s hard to think of something that could be more JOYful for JOYce than Joy Cupcakes. OK. Enough with the JOY puns, let’s cut to the chase. Joy Cupcakes sell some of the best cupcakes I’ve eaten so far from a commercial bakery in Melbourne. And I have pretty high cupcake standards given I have [...]

HOT: The Cupcake Bakery, Cnr Flinders Lane and Elizabeth St, Melbourne

July 13, 2010 ⋅ 9 comments

Where can one find the best cupcakes in Melbourne? This is a question which seems to occupy a lot of space on places like the Vogue forums, and the opinions are wide-ranging and strongly held. I don’t really have anything to contribute to the debate as frankly, I think the best cupcakes in Melbourne come [...]