Northwest based bakery Lovingly Artisan, which operates at Plumgarths, near Kendal, and at Altrincham Market, Manchester, have won two top bakery awards at the inaugural Bakery Business Magazine National Bakery awards.
Owners Aidan Monks and Catherine Connor attended a swanky red-carpet celebration at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly, in London, on the evening of Tuesday 04th June, hosted by television presenter Mark Durden-Smith, where they were officially crowned winners of Northwest Regional Bakery of the Year and National Bakery of the Year.
Commenting on their win husband and wife, Aidan Monks and Catherine Connor, owners and bakers at Lovingly Artisan, said: ‘’We didn’t expect to win Best Northwest Regional Bakery and certainly didn’t expect to win the overall award as the UK’s Bakery of the Year.
“We can’t get over it, it’s such a huge pat on the back for all of us, we’ve all worked so hard to create the best possible artisan
On the evening the county bakery winners from across the UK eagerly waited to find out if they had been named as winners of one of the 14 regional bakery awards and who had also won through to be crowned the UK’s National Bakery of the Year.
The winners of each category are listed below:
- National Bakery of the Year – Lovingly Artisan
- Outstanding Contribution Award – Sara Autton
- Scottish Bakers Young Baker of the Year – Sam Ireland-Taylor
- CBA Young Baker of the Year – Owen Morris
- ABIM Young Baker of the Year – Christina Gibbons
- East Midlands – Hambleton Bakery
- West Midlands – Live Love Loaf
- East of England – Flour & Spoon
- Yorkshire & Humber – Pie Bakery
- London – Paul Rhodes
- South Scotland – Lough’s Home Bakery
- North East – Sweetharts Bakery
- Central Scotland – Fisher & Donaldson
- Northern Scotland – Casella-Polegato
- North West – Lovingly Artisan
- Wales – The Pudding Compartment
- South East – Warings Bakery
- Northern Ireland – Ditty’s
- South West – Patisserie Mark Bennett
