Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival 2024
Where to even begin with this… Bella Scarr you absolutely smashed it this weekend as the Producer of the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival 2024. The calibre of the celeb chefs, the masterclasses and demos were incredible. The atmosphere was electric and it was so uplifting walking around seeing so many people enjoying themselves. The […]
Federation of Small Businesses
We have some rather exciting news. Our Suffolk family bakery has joined the Federation of Small Businesses. We are really looking forward to making the most of our membership and getting out and about to meet other fabulous businesses. Of course we’ll update you every step of the way with our progress! […]
Buy Women Built
We are so excited to reveal that we have been accepted to join the Buy Women Built community! My journey into learning more about this amazing and uplifting community began when I was asked by Alison Rose (CEO at the time of NatWest) to come to dinner to discuss the struggles I’d faced as […]
An allergen free brownie? No way!
🙌🏾 WE LOVE A CHALLENGE… We’re always listening to our wholesale customer’s feedback and thinking of ways that we can make their lives easier. An allergen free brownie? This particular type of brownie has been on our minds for many years, but we’re really pleased to be able to say that we now have a […]
We’re back to the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival!
It’s almost September and we are SO excited because it means our favourite festival of the year is almost here- The Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival! This is a time where we get to see all of our fabulous small biz buddies, meet loads of you guys and basically eat and drink ’til our heart’s […]
Wow…
Sometimes you have to just look back and say “wow”! I can’t believe how much we’ve packed into the last year. Not going to lie… there were times when it seemed impossible to conceive what our 5th year of business would look like. Boy, have we had some ups and downs along the way: the […]
We are family!
Everything you need to know about our family business! Luke and I both grew up in family businesses. Luke’s parents had a dairy farm in Hertfordshire. My parents had pubs in the Oxford area. Growing up in a family business is an unmatched experience. There’s always something to do and it’s very much a team […]
Update from BATB HQ
From brownies and blondies to chocolate logs (and much more)! So much has happened since we last caught up, so let’s start at the beginning. Our business turned 5… First and foremost, our business turned 5 years old! This feels like a huge achievement for us. To have survived a global pandemic and the fallout […]
5 years of press clippings
I was on a trip down memory lane as our 5th anniversary is approaching, so I’ve compiled a collection of all our press articles. In July 2019, our family business was launched. Brownie and the Bean was a mobile cafe operating across the Norfolk and Suffolk borders. Swiftly after our launch, the world […]
World Chocolate Day 2024
🍫 It’s World Chocolate Day 2024 and we want to celebrate in style! It’s been a VERY tough year for everyone in the chocolate industry as the crop of last year failed due to the rising global temperatures. The price of chocolate has risen by a whopping 300% this year and is set to rise […]