Birley Bakery
London, Chelsea - French - Bakery
'A slice of Paris' in desirable Chelsea Green, Vincent Zanardi's bespoke bakery bears all the hallmarks of a well-travelled ‘maître patissier’ who has worked in top-end restaurant kitchens in France and the UK. In true French boulangerie tradition, baking is done every day on site, using flour from an artisan farmer in Burgundy, while cakes and viennoiserie feature carefully sourced ingredients from around the globe: plump almonds from Valencia, sea salt from Brittany, honey from Bermondsey. Many recipes have taken up to five years to perfect, while others are contemporary twists on the classics. Birley's also runs a chocolate shop a few doors away.
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