Who We Are
We Love Baking
Our approach to baking is very simple – we bring together the best elements of traditional baking skills and modern food trends to create stunning breads and sweet bakery products.
We hand-craft our breads wherever possible to add that personal touch and to keep real bread making skills alive. We only use the best raw ingredients, carefully sourcing our key ingredients, like flour from family millers and rapeseed oil from local farmers. We love what we do and we like to think that you can taste that in our products.
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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
Some bakeries focus on producing huge quantities of the same product. Some bakeries focus on producing the cheapest product and some bakeries focus on making everything by machine. We like to be different. By using bakers instead of machines, we are more flexible and we love nothing more than coming up with a new idea and then watching it grow.
Hand crafted
We Love British Ingredients
Wherever we can, we support British farmers. Our key ingredients like flour and oil, all come from Red Tractor assured farms.
We Support British Farms
Wherever we can, we support British farmers. Our key ingredients like flour and oil, all come from Red Tractor assured farms.
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 our customers
Ultimately, we’re here to support our customers, whether that be the wholesaler or the chef, we’re happy to help. We’ll always pull out all the stops. We’re so confident in the quality of our products that we think the best way to experience our breads is to eat them. Therefore, we’re always sending out free samples to customers up and down the country so that they can experience our breads first hand. We do everything we can to showcase our products in this brochure and on the website, but you can’t beat eating the real thing. Trust us, we eat it every day.
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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!
Download our BRC certificationMeet the Team
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
Simon Cannell
Managing Director
Favourite bread: Pugliese
Where Charlie’s dream was to a chocolate factory, Simon’s dream was to run an artisan bakery. He’s Speciality Breads’ Willy Wonka (but with slightly better dress sense – he thinks!)
Steve Shingleton
Sales Director
Favourite bread: Pugliese
Oversees all matters relating to our customers including, sales, customer services, promotions, exhibitions, marketing and strategic direction.
Neil Smith
National Accounts Development Chef
Favourite bread: Small white dough piece
Responsible for all national accounts and menu developments. Works in partnership with many national brands and specialises in bread pairings.
Les Romney
UK and Midlands Sales Manager
Favourite bread: Sourdough & onion roll
Looks after the heart of the country including Wales and the Channel Islands as well as coordinating wholesale consortia and promotions. Particularly interested in casual dining and quirky street foods.
David Willson
Southern Sales Manager
Favourite bread: Ciabatta
Takes care of the south of the country from Land’s End to North Foreland. Many years of experience in the foodservice industry and has a particularly good eye for spotting emerging trends.
Kevin Hall
Scotland Sales Manager
Favourite bread: Rustic Baguette
Point of contact for our customers in Scotland and the north of England. Lifelong passion for all foods, particularly regional specialities.
Paul Johnston
Ireland Sales Manager
Favourite bread: Ciapanini
Responsible for the island of Ireland. A baker by trade and a great source of knowledge of all matters baking. Works with some of the finest establishments in the land and an expert in catering for celebrations.
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