Who We Are
We Love Baking
We pride ourselves on supplying wholesalers and national accounts across the UK with delicious, simple bread done right. We follow a simple approach to baking that combines traditional techniques with modern food trends to produce exceptional breads and sweet bakery products.
Many of our bestselling products are hand-crafted to preserve the art of real bread making. All our breads contain the finest ingredients. Our wheat flour is from family-owned millers, while our rapeseed oil is sourced locally. Both these key ingredients come from Red Tractor accredited farms to support British farmers.
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Real bread
making skills
Innovation and creativity are at the heart of our business and having the freedom to create almost whatever we want is what gets us out of bed in the morning.
We love being different
While we focus our time and energy on making the best bread, sweet treats and frozen doughs we can, we also focus on making our products as delicious and accessible as possible. This is why in 2019 we removed all nuts from our bakeries. The following year we replaced all sesame seeds with linseeds, a tasty alternative that still gives a bun that classic seeded look. We want to go further though and believe plant-based is the future. By 2024 we’ll have a plant-based version for every product we sell, so all our products will be suitable for vegans all the way to meat-eaters.
Hand crafted
We Love British Ingredients
Wherever we can, we support British farmers. Like buying all our wheat flour from Red Tractor assured farms.
We Support British Farms
We also buy all Red Tractor assured rapeseed oil from Kentish Oils, based near our bakeries.
We use Marriages Flour
Everything we produce is Red Tractor certified from start to finish, field to plate, including our core ingredient, Marriages flour. Their wonderful award winning British flours are the heart and soul of our artisan breads.
We love our people
We take bread making very seriously but ourselves less so. We run a very relaxed office and you won’t find anyone wearing a suit. Many of our team have worked here from day one and that’s testament to the very friendly family atmosphere. When we say we’re a family we really mean it. We have several generations of various families working in different departments within the business. We think it’s a great place to work and we love to show off our bakery to those customers who are kind enough to pop down and visit us in sunny Margate.
Meet the team
We’re a
family
Many of our team have worked here from day one and that’s testament to the very friendly family atmosphere.
We love sustainability
In 2022 we worked with a team from Normative to calculate our carbon footprint, setting us off on the journey to go Net Zero by 2030. There are several ways we are planning to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions including: switching to renewable energy and electric ovens, using heat recovery technology to heat our offices, introducing an entirely electric company car fleet and going fully plant-based. Once we’ve gone fully plant-based our total eq emissions will reduce by 18%, a huge chunk of our emissions. These changes together, along with our other plans, will make a significant impact.
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Quality products
We Meet BRC Global Standards
Because our entire organisation operates to the BRC Global Standard, striving for excellence in every direction, our end products are as good as they possibly can be… completely and totally delicious!
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The next best thing to eating bread is talking about it. If you’d like to try some of our products or just discuss how they’re made, please pick up the phone to one of our friendly team.
What a team
Graham Graves
National Accounts Manager
Favourite bread: Sourdough & onion roll
Passionate about all things bread, Graham manages our national accounts. There’s nothing he enjoys more than working to create bespoke SKUs for our clients.
David Willson
Southern England Sales Manager
Favourite bread: Rustic Baguette
Our UK Sales Manager, David is responsible for the Independent Sales Team and also takes care of the Southwest. With many years of experience in the foodservice industry, he has a particularly good eye for spotting emerging trends.
Kevin Hall
Scotland and Ireland Sales Manager
Favourite bread: Large White Dough Piece
The point of contact for our customers in Scotland, Ireland, and the Channel Islands. Kevin has a lifelong passion for all foods, particularly regional specialities.
Gary Simpson
Midlands, Northern England and Wales Sales Manager
Favourite bread: Brioche loaf
Originally spending 20 years in wholesale Gary’s always been a food enthusiast and is continually looking forward to bringing great bread to Wales, Midlands, and the North.
Join our team
We are always looking for good new candidates to join our team. Get in touch to tell us about your specific skills and the types of roles you would be interested in and we will get back to you to discuss possible opportunities.
careers@specialitybreads.co.uk