14-05-2025
New high-end bakery opening in Oxford in time for summer
A new high-end bakery will be opening in Oxford city centre in time for the summer.
KNEAD Bakery, a growing bakery brand with three other stores in a neighbouring county, will be opening its first Oxfordshire store in High Street, Oxford this June.
The award-winning bakery will be taking over the former site of women's clothing brand Hobbs at 115 High Street.
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Serving up sweet treats like brownies, blondies and flapjacks, top notch coffee from Extract Coffee Roasters in Bristol will also be on offer.
To sample their award winning eats, customers can try their signature sausage rolls, Great Taste awarded pecan and maple danish and almond croissants, and Taste of the West awarded sea salt and rosemary foccaccia.
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KNEAD was founded by "The Baker Boys" John Hawes and Kris Briggs over their shared passion for baking and principles of tradition, quality and seasonality.
CGI image of the new KNEAD Bakery coming to Oxford in June (Image: KNEAD Bakery) The duo brought their experience from working together at a two-Michelin star hotel to the successful venture, which has three sites in Gloucestershire.
Since opening in 2020, KNEAD has also begun to offer KNEAD on wheels, a mobile bakery bringing lunch foods and sweet treats to workplaces and villages across the business's original county.
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Its first site in Oxfordshire, KNEAD Oxford will also offer home delivery via KNEAD by post, available on its website.
The company has hinted at further expansions in high streets across the South West and beyond.
KNEAD Oxford will be open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm, and Sundays 8am to 5pm, opening in June this year.
