BEST BREAD IN THE UK UNWRAPPED

For the first time in three years, stars of the bread-baking world gathered together at St John’s Church, Hyde Park, London on Wednesday 26 October 2022 for the much-anticipated announcement of the winners of this year’s Tiptree World Bread Awards with Brook Food, the UK’s leading celebration of the art of bread-baking. 

Pain au Levain by Marta Nagy of M’s Bakery in Pokesdown, Bournemouth was declared the Overall Winner by Stephen Hallam, Chair of the Judges. Marta was presented with a cheque for £1000, a Tiptree hamper, KitchenAid equipment and trophy by Scott Goodfellow, Joint Managing Director of Wilkin & Sons Ltd.

Pain au Levain, which is the bakery’s signature white sourdough, made simply with flour, water and salt, had first won the Brook Food Plain Authentic Sourdough category. M’s Bakery also took home the People’s Choice Award, which is voted for by the public for their favourite baker or bakery.

Scores of judges gathered at Cathedral Hall, Westminster to assess the hundreds of loaves submitted from around the UK for this year’s Tiptree World Bread Awards with Brook Food. Credit: Henry Kenyon

“It is great to be reunited with the bread baking community in real life, we welcomed some new judges to the family and were very impressed as always, by the expertise and passion during the judging process,” said Scott Goodfellow. “The standard of loaves submitted was very high, reflecting the excellent quality of the UK bread industry.”

Tiptree World Bread Awards with Brook Food, launched in January 2013, is open to all bakers: amateur and professional, young and old. “What a joy to be back in the ‘real’ world,” says Caroline Kenyon, Director of the Awards. “Seeing the remarkable array of bread on display at Cathedral Hall when we held our Judging Day, it was clear the UK bread industry has really held its own despite all the slings and arrows. What heroes they are.”

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FULL LIST OF CATEGORY WINNERS

Overall Winner (and Brook Food Plain Authentic Sourdough)
Pain au Levain by Marta Nagy, M’s Bakery, Pokesdown, Bournemouth   

Brook Food Authentic Sourdough with Added Ingredients
Toasted Sesame Seed Sourdough by David Sargent, Sourdough Dave the Artisan Bread Man, Matlock, Derbyshire

Ciabatta
Ischia Sourdough Ciabatta by Carl Ashworth, Boys Bakery, Quedgeley, Gloucestershire

Flatbread
Turkish Pide by Gulsum Genc Koc, Mill Hill Artisan Bakery, London

Food NI Potato Bread in memory of Charles Campion
Potato Bread by Mark Douglas, Krazi Baker, Dromore, Northern Ireland

Fruit
Organic Fruit Bread by Michael Engler, Daylesford Organic, Daylesford, Gloucestershire

Gluten-Free
Blood Orange and Chocolate Chip Brioche by Vicky Robertson, The Little Bakery of Happiness, Welford, Northamptonshire

Irish Wheaten Loaf supported by Andrew Ingredients
Wheaten Loaf by Scott McDonald, Olive Tree Bakes, Bangor, Northern Ireland

KitchenAid Home Baker - Open
Farmhouse Loaf by Graham Kinnear, Isham, Northamptonshire

KitchenAid Home Baker - Sourdough
Olives Sourdough by Borislav Petrov, London

People’s Choice
M’s Bakery, Pokesdown, Bournemouth

Real Bread Campaign sponsored by Shipton Mill
Heritage Wholemeal by  Maisie Collins, Hearth, London

Speciality Savoury
Sourdough Simit - Turkish Sesame Rings by Gulsum Genc Koc, Mill Hill Artisan Bakery, London

Speciality Sweet
Brioche Bun by Sandor Bagameri, Stir Bakery, Cambridge

The Edinburgh Butter Co. Baguette
Tradi Baguette by Bassem Yahia, Chocolatine Bakery, London

Tiptree Patisserie Trainee Baker Award
Kai Green, Oxfords Bakery, Alweston, Dorset

The Tiptree Showstopper
Marmalade and Dark Chocolate Bun by Nicola Cooper, Blake's Kitchen, Clanfield, Oxfordshire

Vegan
Potato & Thyme Sourdough, Artur Wroblewski, Capital Bread, Greenford, Middlesex

Wholegrain
Rye 3 Grains by Dorian Grudzien, Polish Village Bread, Hayes, Middlesex

Wright’s Flour Great British White
White Tin by Paul Jones, Paul's Bread, Penzance, Cornwall