The city of Bath has long boasted one of the finest cheese emporiums in Britain. But only in the last few years has it also had a bakery to match.
French chef Richard Bertinet moved down to Bath in 2005, and opened a cooking school the next year. He also opened a very excellent bakery...
The problem was, it was only open on Saturday mornings.
Until recently, this once a week event was the only way to get hold of these fine breads and pastries.
With Easter not so far off now, one of the featured pastries is hot cross buns...
One thing about bakeries: the people running them tend to be very friendly and welcoming, No doubt it's because of that warm heady yeasty arorma perfuming their premises.
Bertinet's bread selection is not that extensive, but it's wonderful to buy it straight out of the oven.
Our favourite remains the sourdough campagne style loaf. One of these fellows is enough to last a week.
It's a loaf that the French master-baker Lionel Poilâne himself would have been proud of.
Just recently this range of Bertinet breads have become available daily from a deli in the centre of the city…
The word is out in this foodie city — and inevitably there is plenty of interest.
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