How we started.....
After noticing a lack of handmade, traditional doughnuts in Newcastle, after a personal search for our favourite kinds yielded nothing but chain bakery offers, we decided to turn our hand to making them ourselves in 2017. After testing out our doughnut recipe on family and friends, we started to sell them on a little stall at Tynemouth Market.
The doughnut proving process takes 18hrs minimum depending on the time of year, so after a long over night prove and an early morning frying session, we would fill doughnuts fresh on the stall in Tynemouth and change the flavours weekly!
After a successful year in Tynemouth we made the move to the Quayside Market in Newcastle to reach new customers. It was really important to us that we build up a strong community of customers and fellow doughnut fans before we considered taking on a premises of our own!
How it's going....
In the summer of 2018 we opened our doughnut kitchen in an industrial unit in Hoults Yard. We wanted to create a space where our customers could visit for doughnuts, see the kitchen they were being made, filled and glazed and also have the chance to grab a coffee or hot drink to accompany them.
On a tiny budget we built our kitchen (comprising of 1 fridge, 1 table and 1 small fryer and a few shelves, minimal was the vibe!) and a small counter area to display the doughnuts and opened for the first time in August 2018.
After adding to the kitchen bit by bit, we also started to build our team of talented bakers, baristas and front of house servers. We are proud and quite chuffed to have worked with lots of talented people in our bakery the past few years – our team of two has grown to seven!
We underwent a bakery refit in the summer of 2023, working with Scottish based company Splintr to completely re-work the kitchen and customer area, and we now have a much brighter and spacious layout for us all.
We have worked hard on our doughnut and proving recipe over the years to make the best doughnuts we can, and change the flavours monthly to reflect the season, special times of year, childhood sweet food memories or just our favourite flavour combinations that month!
We use high quality & where possible local ingredients and make everything from scratch right here in our kitchen.