Helene bakes sourdough, pastries and cakes in small batches each week. Collect on Wednesday afternoon in Mears Ashby or Saturday morning at the butcher's in Earls Barton. She also teaches full-day sourdough workshops.
Free to join. Helene posts each week's bake list there first.
These are the planned days. If Helene is on holiday or running a workshop there may be no table, so check the WhatsApp group for the next sale.
What's baked changes every week. Helene posts the list in the WhatsApp group a few days before each collection.
The bake list goes up a few days before each collection, with any specials.
Message Helene to put something aside for you.
Wednesday in Mears Ashby or Saturday in Earls Barton. Cash or card.
The breads and bakes that turn up most often. The WhatsApp group has this week's list and prices.
A classic white sourdough from a firm wholemeal starter. Slowly fermented, crisp crust, soft crumb.
The house white loaf: Shipton Mill white flour with 15% Diversity Blend. Long, slow ferment, crisp crust, open crumb.
Every week
A big stone-baked country loaf with deeply developed flavour, a crisp crust and a hand-stencilled tree.
Soft, fluffy sourdough buns rolled with cinnamon and brown sugar.
Sweet
Italian rosemary and olive oil loaf, scattered with sea salt. Lovely with soup or cheese.
Laminated by hand: buttery, flaky layers around dark chocolate.
Sweet
Rich, savoury rye with caraway warmth and a chewy crumb. Built for piling high.
Studded with Kalamata olives. Briny, soft and moreish.
Sunflower, linseed and pumpkin seeds folded through the dough and crusted on top.
Every week
Filled with crème pâtissière and lemon curd, topped with a swirl of meringue.
Sweet
Rich and creamy with a deeply caramelised top. By the slice, or whole to order in 6", 9" or 12" sizes.
SweetGet this week's bake list on WhatsApp
It's free, and the list goes up a few days before each collection.
I originate from an ancient village in Cyprus where the residents still bake in the old fashioned way… In all the years here in the UK I have not tasted anything close to what we bake in the village… until now.
The sourdough bread is unreal – proper crusty on the outside, soft and full of flavour on the inside, and her large loaf is LARGE.
Helene’s bakes are the best I’ve ever had! From her signature sourdough to the cheese and marmite one, every loaf is just the best.
Hands down the best sourdough and sweet treats in the area. Helene is such a talented baker and everything she makes is fantastic.
Picked up some muffins and they are absolutely the best, crisp outside, lovely soft crumb & perfect flavour.
I love the Sweet and Sourdough Bakery! The bread could not be fresher… I am a particular fan of Helene’s Vollkornbrot.
I honestly don’t know how one person can work so much magic with Sourdough. Helene is so dedicated… not just one but several varieties of specialty bread!
Fantastic tasty bread and sweet treats! Give it a try you won't be disappointed. Every variety of bread has been so so good.
Some of these are regulars and some were one-offs. If you'd like one again, ask in the group.
Mears Ashby Village Hall, Vicarage Lane, NN6 0EE
2.30pm to 5pm
DirectionsE. Lee & Sons Family Butchers, Earls Barton
8am to 12.30pm
DirectionsThese are the planned days, but there's no table when Helene is on holiday or running a workshop. Check the WhatsApp group for the next sale before you set off.
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Ordering more than 10 items? Helene bakes custom quantities for cafés, events, weddings, weekends away and birthdays.
Ask about a bulk bakeWe were searching for a new bakery to provide some sourdough and am so glad we found Helene… some of the best bread we have ever had the pleasure of serving.
A full day in Helene's microbakery in Mears Ashby, learning to make sourdough you can repeat in your own kitchen.
A relaxed, hands-on day in a small group. You'll learn the whole sourdough process, from caring for a starter and mixing your dough through to shaping, scoring and baking, with a homemade lunch in the middle. You go home with a San Francisco-style boule and a seeded loaf you shaped yourself, ready to bake, plus your own sourdough starter and recipes. Beginners very welcome.
Workshop details and questions
A workshop place makes a lovely present. Helene also runs sessions for community groups, social prescribing, people with learning difficulties and fundraising events. Ask about a group session.
My granddaughter and I attended a sourdough workshop yesterday. It was a lovely day with no pressure… The patience and knowledge imparted were beyond expectations – I highly recommend this course.
Helen is a fantastic host and a brilliant teacher with a true passion for baking… You will come out with knowledge and skills and you will be able to bake sourdough at your own house.
Me and my mum both loved the Sourdough course. Neither of us had made sourdough before, however we now make it each week since completing the day with Helene.
I was fortunate enough to be gifted a place on one of Helene's Sourdough Workshops. What an amazing day from start to finish! Helene is a great teacher and talented baker.
Helene is a trained pastry chef and a qualified teacher. She bakes everything by hand in her microbakery in Mears Ashby.
Helene studied at Tresham College and has kept learning ever since: with The Sourdough School, specialising in Baking as Lifestyle Medicine, with Wayne Caddy's Sourdough Slingers, and at The Artisan School of Food.
Everything is made by hand in small batches, with slow fermentation and good ingredients, in a microbakery with a food hygiene rating of 5.
It's a free WhatsApp group. Helene posts the week's bake list there first, along with specials, any change to collection days and new workshop dates.
