Who runs Corner Roast
Corner Roast is run by Maren Holt, who bakes, and Tobi Asante, who runs the coffee bar. This page has the bakery hours, from the first oven at 3.30 to the dough for tomorrow, and the people we buy from.
The bar and the bakery
Maren Holt trained as a baker in a hotel kitchen and spent six years making bread for restaurants before she opened the bakery. Tobi Asante worked behind coffee bars for ten years and met Maren when he bought her bread for the cafe he managed.
In 2019 they took over the old hardware shop at 1 Alder Street. The bakery is in the back room, where the stock used to be, and the counter is where the till was. You can see the ovens from the window seat.
There are seven of us. Two bake, four work the bar and the counter, and one washes up and makes the jam on Mondays.
Bakery hours
The bakery works a different day from the cafe. This is a normal weekday, from the bakers arriving to the dough for tomorrow.
- 3.30
Bakers inNext
Maren and one other baker arrive. The ovens go on and the sourdough shaped last night comes out of the fridge.
- 4.30
Bread in the ovenNext
Country sourdough, wheat and rye, and the baguettes. The first loaves are out by 5.30.
- 5.30
Croissants shapedNext
The dough was laminated yesterday. It is cut, rolled and left to prove for an hour.
- 6.45
First croissants outNext
Butter croissants and pains au chocolat go on the counter.
- 7.00
Doors openNext
The coffee bar opens. On Saturday we open at 7.30 and on Sunday at 8.00.
- 9.00
Second trayNext
More croissants, and the almond croissants from yesterday's batch.
- 11.00
Lunch bakeNext
Focaccia for the sandwiches and the spelt sourdough.
- 14.00
Cake outNext
Crumb cake, tarts, muffins and the lemon drizzle.
- 16.00
Bread half priceNext
Whatever is left on the shelf is half price until closing.
- 17.00
Doors closeNext
Leftover bread goes to the community fridge on Pell Lane.
- 18.00
Tomorrow's doughNext
The sourdough is mixed, shaped and left in the fridge overnight.
The people we buy from
Most of what we use comes from within 70 km. The lines below are drawn to a log scale, so the roaster two streets away still shows up.
Pell Lane Roasters
Coffee
0.4 km from the shop
Our espresso blend and a monthly filter coffee. They roast on Tuesdays and we collect on foot.
Community fridge
Leftovers
0.1 km from the shop
Where our leftover bread goes at the end of the day.
Market Square greengrocers
Fruit and vegetables
1.1 km from the shop
For the soups, salads and the berry compote. Bought on Monday and Thursday mornings.
Ashby Farm
Eggs
15 km from the shop
Free range eggs, delivered on Tuesday and Friday.
Brook Farm Dairy
Milk and cream
22 km from the shop
Whole milk and cream, delivered every morning at 6.00.
Hollin Mill
Flour
38 km from the shop
Stoneground wheat, spelt and rye flour, delivered every Monday.
Fernside Creamery
Butter
64 km from the shop
Cultured butter for the croissants, 25 kg a week.
Coffee from two streets away
Pell Lane Roasters roast our espresso blend every Tuesday in a 15 kg drum roaster. Tobi tastes each batch with them on Wednesday morning before it goes on the grinder. The blend is two thirds Brazil and one third Ethiopia, roasted medium.
Coffee prices