About us
What makes us different
We care – about our colleagues, about our customers and about our product. Our constant drive to innovate and be the best has been the driving force behind our evolution from a small traditional bakery to a thriving contemporary artisan bakery. We want to celebrate the joy of great baking so you will Love. Every. Crumb.
Passion
We are passionate about creating the very best products which showcase the finest ingredients, skill and innovation. Nothing makes us happier than producing amazing baked goods packed with freshness and flavour, delivered from our oven to your table.
Product
We are constantly innovating, developing and improving our range of mouth-watering products. We strive to keep ahead of food trends and bring our customers irresistible baked goods that can be trusted every time.
People
Our colleagues are the foundation of our business. We employ highly skilled, creative, passionate individuals in all areas of our community. It is they who bring alive the essence of Cavan Bakery, bringing you great customer experience and satisfaction.
Join us!
We are always on the look out for great people to join our ever-expanding team. If you are a team leader, baker, confectioner, driver, passionate about retail or just starting out and would like to be part of the Cavan Bakery family, please get in touch!
Our craft
The age-old craft of the artisan baker has been passed down through the generations of the Cavan family. Quality ingredients plus years of tradition, experience and skill all combine to produce the theatre and alchemy of Cavan Bakery.
Sourdough!
Did you know that sourdoughs are made with just flour, water and salt – no added yeast, fat or additives? Together with lots of time, time and more time a loaf of bread is produced which is as natural as you can get. As such it is nutritious, digestible and is filled with probiotics that are great for gut health. Our most popular bread is our plain sourdough but we make a fantastic range including Rosemary and Sea Salt; Olive; Multiseed; Malted and our own Cavan Rye. Try one today and discover for yourself just how irresistible they are!
Our story
The Cavan Bakery was founded by David Cavan in 1929 and the first shop was in Twickenham, south west London. Today the business employs over 130 colleagues, extends to a growing number of 10+ bakery shops, a café and serves over 100 wholesale customers. Throughout this time, quality, taste, pride and passion have ensured our longevity and we believe we are as relevant in the 2020s as we were in the 1920s.
Looking Forward
Here at Cavan Bakery we have a very keen eye on the future – developing and innovating new products, opening more shops, selling through our wholesale partners and taking our offerings online.
We pride ourselves in employing over 130 colleagues across our community. Our bakery products are truly local and we source our ingredients from local independent traders as much as possible, resulting in very low food-miles. We close the ‘keep it local’ circle by donating our daily food surplus to community kitchens, food banks, homeless shelters, breakfast clubs and similar initiatives. As well as continuing our long tradition of supporting the local community, responsibly redistributing our surplus in this manner reduces our food waste significantly.
Continuing the theme of sustainability, we insist that our packaging is both manufactured from recycled materials and fully recyclable wherever possible, and have recently introduced compostable bags to replace single-use plastic polybags. We also sell reusable coffee cups, cotton bread storage bags and jute shopping bags in all our shops to encourage cup and bag re-use. We started introducing electric vehicles to our fleet in 2019.
Supporting our community
We are proud to support local causes wherever possible. We donate surplus products to food banks and charities that combat food waste. Below are a few of the organisations we have partnered with
We are always on the look out for great people to join our ever-expanding team. If you are a team leader, baker, confectioner, driver, passionate about retail or just starting out and would like to be part of the Cavan Bakery family, please get in touch!
