Popular Sheffield bakery prepares to open first permanent shop and coffee bar

Lovely Rita’s Bakehouse has a welcome addition in new coffee vendor Puck & Pollen at their home in Stag works, John Street, Sheffield.

Up until now customers have only been able to source Lovely Rita’s baked goods from other vendors throughout the city, at city market events or via an online Saturday order.

But with a very successful first year, reflected by an established clientele and growing social media following, the bakery is now preparing to open the doors to an adjoining shop, where customers will be able to purchase a range of 100 per cent vegan bread and pastries directly from the source, paired with a beverage from Puck & Pollen.

Alongside its coffees, Puck & Pollen will have an array of hot and cold drinks available on the menu, from flower tea, kombucha and sodas, housemade chai to their own unique servings, such as biscoff, ‘notella’ or peanut butter lattes.

Drinks and baked goods will be available for takeaway or to sit in, with limited seating available. The pair behind the businesses are Jim McGill Of Lovely Rita’s Bakehouse and Courtney Bordman of Puck & Pollen.

Both have over 10 years or experience respectively in their industries, as a baker and a barista/hospitality manager, and are excited at the chance to finally be working for themselves.

Courtney commented: “I have been hoping to open my own coffee shop for a long time but for one reason or another, the right opportunity has never appeared, until now. Jim and I met at a previous job and already know we can work well together and have similar visions of what we hope to achieve by teaming up.”

Jim added: “I have been running as a wholesale business for sometime now and I have a great network of loyal customers and businesses.

“But I have been really wanting to open to the public as a shop too, and after speaking with Courtney, we found that we were both at a similar point in our careers where we were ready to take a next step and decided that a collaboration could be a great idea and beneficial for both of us.”

Saturday September 16 will see the launch of the shop and coffee bar with a soft opening, offering a variety of breads, pastries and doughnuts, coffee and other hot and cold beverages. The first 50 customers through the door will also be able to enjoy 50 per cent of their purchases, as an opening day offer.

By Matthew Neville – Senior Correspondent, Bdaily

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