Palmers Bakery

The Bakery was established in circa 1752 in the medieval village of Haughley

And is now the oldest Family run bakery in the County of Suffolk

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Today, after five generations and the reigns of Six Monarchs, the 16^th Century Bakehouse still stands on the Village Green of Haughley producing daily a variety of Fresh Bread and Confectionery and run by father and son team, Kenneth and Kieron Palmer (Fourth & Fifth Generations)

Our Bakers rise from their beds early in the morning to bake ‘your daily bread’ using traditional methods and recipes handed down by the family and fellow, Master Bakers.

We use traditional Ingredients in our products such as Flour, Butter, Sugar, Eggs and Yeast as well as other Locally produced ingredients

The Bread is Baked Daily in Our ancient Brick Ovens and ‘drawn’ from within by a ‘peel’. They are ‘fired’ to the correct temperature by flame to produce the perfect crust. The vaulted Brick Ovens retain their distinct flavour unmatched by commercial supermarkets and the Ovens never cool or they will crumble and collapse

 Early in the morning as people wake, the mouth watering sweet smell of freshly baked bread, rolls and other cakes is a familiar scent in the air and attracts ducks from the village castle moat to our door - as well as customers!

We produce a wide range of Bread from White, Granary & Wholemeal to Tomato, Rye and Olive Breads as well as an extensive range of Savoury, Freshly Prepared Filled Rolls, Patisserie and Bespoke Celebration, Wedding & Birthday Cakes & Sponges. We sell a range of locally produced goods from the Tastes of Anglia Group including Oils, Italian Products, Olives, Sweets & Toffees, Fresh Milks & Creams, Pink Lemonades, Dried Fruits, Brinkley Cereals, Hampers, Musk’s of Newmarket Sausages, Biscuits, Pickles, Stokes & Vineyard Chutneys, Butterworth’s & Fair Trade Teas, Coffees by Paddy & Scott’s, Free Range Eggs & Local Honey, Tyrell Crisps, Meats from Rolfes of Walsham, Flours from W H Marriages of Chelmsford, the entire range of James Whites of Ashbocking Organic Fruit Juices  and we are  the largest stockist of Wilkins of Tiptree Jams, Marmalade & Conserves in East Anglia outside Tiptree itself.

We produce and sell from our own Orchards in Haughley and the locality according to season fresh Fruits and Vegetables from Plums, Pears, Walnuts, Greengages & Damsons to Bramley & Russet Apples, Tomatoes, Quinces, Potatoes & Beetroots

We are stockist of Paxton & Whitfield’s of Jermyn Street, London – Cheesemongers to HM the Queen – a range of Cheeses, Biscuits & Pickles. From Hadleigh Maid  & Charbonnel et Walker of the Bond Street Arcade in London – Chocolates. 

We are members of the National Association of Master Bakers and keen supporters of the local church and community

We are also a retailer of the Suffolk Magazine, Rainbow Bird Feeds and Royal Mail Stamps

We have shops at Haughley, Stowmarket, Stanton, Woolpit and Meredith Road in Ipswich

Contact 01449 673286 for details or email vandenlecroix@hotmail.com

‘Real Bread from Real Bakers’