Aidan Monks collecting his award. Copyright: Lovingly Artisan
A quartet of awards for Real Bread
Four Campaign supporters triumph at the Baking Industry Awards.
Amongst the winners at the Baking Industry Awards (BIA) 2024 were:
- Aidan Monks, Lovingly Artisan: Baker of the Year
- Pettigrew Bakeries: Craft Bakery Business of the Year
- Stir Bakery: Speciality Bread Product of the Year for their Sprouted Ancient Grain Sourdough
- M’s Bakery: New Bakery Product of the Year four their Kimchi & Smoked Cheese Bear Claw
It's the second time that past Real Bread Campaign ambassador Aidan Monks has been named the BIA’s Baker of the Year, a category sponsored by fellow Campaign supporter Brook Food & Bakery Equipment. Adding it to the bakery’s ever-growing trophy cabinet, Aidan told British Baker: “Every award previously won is treasured.” He added, though: “the best achievement is the queues… our devoted customers queue consistently and patiently because they love and appreciate the loaves.”
Real Bread Campaign coordinator Chris Young said: "Congratulations to our supporters, and any other Real Bread bakers, who won awards last night."
He added: "Bit of a surprise to see a company that's under trading standards investigation being named 'Bakery Retailer of the Year', mind. Still, the award's for a retailer, rather than best in-store bakery, I suppose."
Invitation
The Campaign welcomes everyone to join, while all companies that make at least one additive-free product are invited to add their details to the free Real Bread Map.
Full details of all winners, including articles on why they won, can be found on the British Baker website.
See also
- Best bakery in Britain
- Real Bread wins Great Taste Awards
- Real Bread named Britain's Best Loaf
- Real Bread Campaign ambassador wins Britain's best artisan bakery award
- Real Bread Baker of The Year
- Real Bread scores Great Taste Awards hattrick
- Real Bread bakers make Britain’s best loaves
- Real Bread bakeries dominate UK’s best poll
- Slow Food UK names Peter Cook baker of the year
- MMM...Real Bread awards
- Real Bread Campaign ambassador named Baker of the Year
- Stars in their ryes
- Wild Hearth Bakery’s Highland hat trick
- Slow Food Awards honour Real Bread Campaigners
- Real Bread bakers scoop top awards
- Great Taste Real Bread winners
- Britain's Best Loaf is Real Bread
- Scottish Bread Championship winners announced
- Source of Success
- Bakers wear capes
- Best in dough
- Wholemeal sourdough named Britain’s Best Loaf
- Cereal champion
- World doughmination
- Real Bread rules! (again)
- Real Bread dominates the World Bread Awards
- A slice of the winnings
Real Bread Campaign: The Real Bread Campaign finds and shares ways to make bread better for us, better for our communities and better for the planet. Whether your interest is local food, community-focussed small enterprises, honest labelling, therapeutic baking, or simply tasty toast, everyone is invited to become a Campaign supporter.
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