From humble beginnings…
Studio Bakery is a family-run business that began with over 20 years experience in the food industry in a garden ‘studio’ in the heart of Lancashire back in 2017. Set up by Allison Metcalf with a passion for baking and innovation, the team specialise in creating deliciously creative sweet treats by hand, using no artificial preservatives, or flavours - only natural, good quality ingredients that you would use at home. Handmade is central to our philosophy.
Check out these articles which feature us!
Lancashire manufacturers invest £7.6m in tech with Made Smarter | LBV Hub (lancashirebusinessview.co.uk)
Meet Lancashire’s women who spark joy in the kitchen | Great British Life
Bakery and oven supplier backed by Made Smarter programme | News | British Baker (bakeryinfo.co.uk)
Clitheroe bakery make ‘dupe’ of TikTok viral Bruce cake | Lancashire Telegraph
Family run Ribble Valley business that supplies Booth's supermarkets and has national listing with Waitrose opens first shop (burnleyexpress.net)
Woman, 25, to reopen Lock Stop Café in Barnoldswick | Lancashire Telegraph
Within just four weeks of starting life in the studio, we outgrew it and moved premises to our larger rural factory setting ‘The Cow Shed’ and we are still growing. An eco and community conscious business, The Cow Shed is an ecobuild made with durisol blocks and reclaimed timber. We use LED lighting in our main areas to keep our environmental impact as low as possible. Studio Bakery take pride in using local businesses where possible for any outsourcing needs. In 2020 we started to create a community orchard for the benefit of the local community and the local environment - for more information on this exciting project click below…
Forest of Bowland
We are located in the Forest of Bowland which is designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. ‘Arguably the most attractive village in the Ribble Valley, Bolton-by-Bowland was first recorded in the Domesday Book in 1087 as ‘Bodeton’, a derivative of bothl-tun which is Old English meaning an enclosure with dwellings; in other words a hamlet. The village’s next claim to fame arose in 1464 when Henry VI sought shelter with Ralph Pudsey at Bolton Hall after his defeat by the Yorkists at the battle of Hexham during the ‘War of the Roses’. A somewhat strange haven, for Henry was a Lancastrian and in 1464 Bolton-by-Bowland was in the Craven District of Yorkshire! Legend has it that during the twelve months he spent at Bolton Hall, Henry is alleged to have found a natural spring by dowsing, and the well is still within the Bolton Estate.’ (www.bolton-by-bowland.org)
“Driven by passion, an environmentally conscious business, constantly working on exquisite innovation.”
Take a look at where our major production began…
At the end of July 2022, we moved into our new manufacturing site called The Bake House!
Located on Clitheroe Industrial Estate, The Bake House is now the home of the Studio Bakery where we now manufacture all our delicious treats. Visit our ‘Contact Us’ page to find out how you can get in touch, or check our social media pages to find out more!
The Bake House Shop
On 1st June 2023 we opened our first shop! Located at our Clitheroe manufacturing site, the Bake House shop sells cakes, cupcakes, traybakes, doughnuts, scones and cookies as well as sandwiches, pasties, quiche and a selection of hot and cold drinks! We also have a ‘Pick ‘n’ Mix’ stand filled with all your favourite traybake bites for you to choose from to fill a jar! We are so excited to be able to share this with you and we hope to see you soon!
Open Mon-Tues 8:30am-4pm, Weds-Fri, 8am-4:30pm!
We use local suppliers for bread and a local milkman for our milk and cream.
Penny’s Meats supply us with chicken and sausages which are reared on UK farms
All our coffee is Rainforest Alliance certified.
Fresh sandwiches made every day!
