From baking in his mother’s kitchen, to running an enterprising Bakery that continues to grow – the last 14 years have been anything but quiet for Tom Hazzledine.

Tom’s passion for traditional baking and excitement for new flavours has made Baker Tom’s Bread what it is today; a much loved favourite with our loyal customers.  We now have five shops and a fleet of vans, delivering award winning bread to businesses across the South West of England.

It’s hard to believe it all started with two loaves of bread on Tom’s bike, but here’s how it all began…

Tom moved to a small bakery unit, and, with the help of a small van, he delivered to farmers markets and farm shops nearby.  Baker Tom’s Bread was now truly fledged. Working long hours baking by night and early mornings delivering, Tom’s hard work had only just begun.

Wholesale enquiries steadily rose, and with a few bigger customers coming on board, things went from strength to strength. Tom realised he couldn’t do it alone, and the time had come to start building a team around him that could help grow the now flourishing business.

With his current bakery no longer able to cope with the demand of the growing new contracts, Tom moved production to a new unit in Redruth in central Cornwall.

An exciting time for the business: new speciality bakers and drivers joined the team – helping Tom deliver more products to customers across the county, and also stocking his growing number of shops. Indeed, it wasn’t long before the Bakery would once again be on the move to a larger site in Wilson Way in Pool, our home today.

Today Tom has three shops across Cornwall and a fleet of vans delivering Baker Tom’s Bread to farm shops, independent retailers, restaurants, cafes, pubs, hotels, caterers, street food vans and food box schemes, such as Cornish Food Box, across the South West and further afield.  The Bakery is also the packing, logistics, accounts, marketing & sales and retail hub of the business.

Whilst the business has continued to steadily rise, the baking techniques have remained the same as the traditional ones Tom used in his mum’s kitchen.  All our bread is crafted by hand by Tom’s team of specialist bakers, without the addition of any improvers or additives; producing wholesome bread that’s full of flavour.

This traditional approach has seen our loaves receive the highest of accolades; in 2019 our Organic White Loaf and won gold in the Taste of the West Awards and our Rosemary and Sea Salt Focaccia won gold at the Great British Food Awards.