{"id":90175,"date":"2026-07-25T12:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/90175\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T12:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:36:25","slug":"brough-bakery-on-the-rise-after-bagging-britains-best-loaf-honours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/90175\/","title":{"rendered":"Brough bakery on the rise after bagging Britain\u2019s Best Loaf honours"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Shaking up the local bakery scene one sourdough at a time\u2019\"Luke<\/p>\n

Luke Jenneson, founder and director of Luke\u2019s Bakery; Luke’s Malted Granary bagged a silver medal in its debut year of entering Britain’s Best Loaf (Image: lukesbakery.co.uk)<\/p>\n

An East Yorkshire bread maker has received national recognition for its sourdough in the 2026 Britain\u2019s Best Loaf competition. Luke\u2019s Bakery<\/a>, based in Brough<\/a>, was awarded two medals in its first year of entering \u2013 silver for its Malted Granary Sourdough and bronze for its White Sourdough.<\/p>\n

The annual Britain\u2019s Best Loaf, run by British Baker magazine, recognises the expertise, dedication and skill of the nation\u2019s bread makers, with medal winners \u201camong the very best the industry has to offer\u201d. All loaves entered are evaluated by a panel of expert judges from across the baking industry and assessed on their external appearance, internal structure, technical execution, aroma and taste – and this year saw a record number of entrants in the competition.<\/p>\n

Luke\u2019s two winning medals are the latest in a rising batch of awards for its popular range of sourdoughs<\/a>, which are all slow-proved and baked fresh in East Yorkshire from top quality, local ingredients. The bakery now boasts a handful of Great Taste and Deliciously Yorkshire awards and was named the winner of the \u201cLocal Producer\u201d gong at the Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

Luke Jenneson, founder and director of Luke\u2019s Bakery, said: \u201cWe are over the moon to have been awarded two medals in the prestigious Britain\u2019s Best Loaf competition. As a proud Yorkshire bakery, it means a lot to us to have gained national recognition for our loaves, competing with reputable bread makers across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I left a career in banking in 2021 to develop my signature sourdough recipes, I could never have imagined that five years later we\u2019d be an award-winning business. Our mission was always to bake the best bread in the North, so to now be named among \u2018Britain\u2019s Best Loaves\u2019 is a dream come true.<\/p>\n

\"Luke<\/p>\n

Luke Jenneson, of Luke\u2019s Bakery, Brough(Image: lukesbakery.co.uk)<\/p>\n

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Luke’s Bakery handmakes all its sourdough loaves at Brough, East Yorkshire(Image: lukesbakery.co.uk)<\/p>\n

\u201cThese wins are a testament to the hard work and dedication of my team. I\u2019m so grateful to them and excited for everything we have planned for the second half of this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amy North, editor of British Baker magazine, said: \u201cSecuring two medals at Britain\u2019s Best Loaf is a huge achievement, particularly as all loaves in the competition are judged blind meaning our expert panel of judges don\u2019t know which bakery made them. The quality of these loaves really is testament to the hard work of Luke and the team at Luke\u2019s Bakery.<\/p>\n

\u201cLuke was a finalist in the Rising Star Award category at the 2025 Baking Industry Awards, and it\u2019s great to see that he is living up to his mission to shake up the local bakery scene one sourdough at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Shaking up the local bakery scene one sourdough at a time\u2019 Luke Jenneson, founder and director of Luke\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,35150,3488],"class_list":["post-90175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-britain","tag-britain","tag-brough","tag-good-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116980651837746276","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}