Companio Bakery

An afternoon in our cozy bakery learning how to make and bake cinnamon buns, that’s what February is for! Still have some slots available for Thursday class Visit event page on our website if you wish to book a slot or two #cinnamonbun#kanelbullar#bakingclass#artisanbakery#manchesterbakery

Two of our talented bakers are leaving us, we knew it was going to happen as Akiko is moving to another country and Pip is pursuing her career in nursing, still, we will miss them dearly and miss having their wonderful energy in the bakery. We will be posting all about their times at Companio but for now, we thought this video shows what a Saturday afternoon looks and sounds like at our bakery. We are on the hunt for two talented bakers, one for bread section and another for pastry. If this is you, or you know someone who is a professional baker, please head to our profile, the ads are at the top of our grid for more details. #bakeryjobs#manchesterbakery#artisanbaker#sourdough#viennoiserie

Taking a moment to reminisce over our OG site in Ancoats, where it all started 💛 35 Radium street is the soul home of Companio since 2015, where we became a team, baked throughout the COVID lockdown, learnt from mistakes, came out on the other site as a stronger team and a community that supported us and still do through it all. It is where we met some of our customers who turned into friends, customers who would stop for a coffee and chat after early morning dog walks, customers who would come to say hi after a night out on early Saturday bake shift, customers who would bring us ice cream during a hot summer day. We feel very lucky to have this little corner in Manchester that gives us an opportunity to do what we love most and share it with the wonderful community in Ancoats and beyond. We are finally able to refurbish the site, it will be re-opening from 29th of Jan to welcome you all, meanwhile please come and visit us at our NQ site on 📍60 Spear street #manchesterbakery#ancoats#artisanbakery#sourdough#croissant

BAKER’S DOZEN BERLIN Community • Endorphins • Baguettes So thrilled to have been able to take the Companio Baker’s Dozen to Berlin last weekend We all met early at @islacoffeeberlin for coffees and of course the bakers shared stories from each of our bakeries 😄 @albatrossberlin brought the pastries and baguettes on one of their fleet of cargobikes, several trips as there were many of them!! Led by @tomreynoldswriter on a beautiful sunny morning, the runners did a half marathon of 3 laps around tempelhofer feld. No time targets, a pace that everyone could enjoy, every lap met with pastries and coffee. The finishers medal; a baguette tied with shoe laces from @4t2.run ! (which some already finished half of it before getting it home 🫣) A cracking day! Thank you to all the wonderful people who helped organise the event and everyone who joined the run @Albatross & @companio Bakes @islacoffee & @allpress Brews @4t2 Shoes & Say-yes spirit @peter_j_duran Elite host 📷 @biancadallenogare @meso.palate

baker’s dozen berlin. a sunny sonntag saw the baker’s dozen head to europe. pastry-paced. no gels. no rush. just three slow-tempo laps of tempelhofer feld to earn ourselves a finisher’s baguette. half-marathon, full heart. thanks to everyone who helped bring a little pocket of manchester to das feld for the weekend. @albatrossberlin & @companiobakery bakes @islacoffeeberlin & @allpressespresso brews @4t2.run shoes & say-yes spirit @peter_j_duran elite host

The Baker’s Dozen is going to Berlin 🇩🇪 We are so excited to announce that we are taking the Baker’s Dozen to Berlin this spring on 10th of May. A 13-mile pastry-paced run. Start/finish at @islacoffeeberlin hermannstrasse 37, berlin, germany 12049 3 x 7km laps of tempelhofer feld Pre-run coffee from our pals @allpressespresso and 4t2 shoe trial and giveaways. As you might know, post-run finisher’s receive a baguettes as a medal made in collaboration between our team and wonderful people at @albatrossberlin 🥖 Thanks to @tomreynoldswriter for arranging this collab 🫶🏽 A fun day, fuelled by delicious baked goods, amazing coffees and great community vibes. There are only 100 places so please sign up through the link in our bio Can’t wait to see you all 💛

We’re joined by our favourite bakery @companiobakery this Sunday at Yan Tan Tethera’s 4th farmer’s market! Sunday 26th, 12-4 🥖 🥖 🥐 @trackbrewingcotaproom

This month, it has been about the wild garlic at our bakery, we talk about it so much to our customers that some of them are so kind to bring us some from their garden or forage it for us when they out on their walks 💛 One of the delicious products that our bread team have prepared is the wild garlic, spring greens and walnut sourdough (VG) baked only on weekends throughout April as our Monthly Special Sourdough 🌼 Recipe by @gabybakes1708 Shaped by @emmahill88

Toorshi ܛܘܪܫܝܸܐ When I first attempted making something in the kitchen, I started with pickles. They have always been a staple on our table and at every Assyrian household. Maybe it was the ease of the process that didn’t involve any cooking or my scientific background, that I loved to measure everything precisely and wait a few days for results! This recipe is my mum’s, she learnt it from her elderly neighbour while she lived in Iran as a refugee during the 80s. My mum tweaked it for years after she returned to Iraq as she couldn’t find any tarragon which isn’t common in Iraq, then she gave me the recipe 10 years ago. I tried different vinegars, different spices and root vegetables (3rd & 4th photo) until last year I had the chance to prepare and make Toorshi with my mum and felt content 💛 I wrote the recipe and decided to make them at our bakery and have a chance to share them with our team and customers. In short, a jar is full of carrots, cauliflower, Jerusalem artichoke, tarragon, garlic, turmeric and vinegar. A jar of tangy deliciousness and crunchy veg that can accompany any meal 👌🏽 Sold on both sites at @companiobakery #toorshi #pickles#iraqifood #iranianfood#mamchesterbakery

OG COMPANIO GETS A NEW LOOK 🥖 No one’s really going to fight you if you say that @companiobakery is the best bakery in Manchester - not once you get a look at those fresh loaves, or fancy pastries, or stuffed maritozzo buns. 🤤 This place has been going strong for a decade, and although they have a fabulous bakery and cafe in the Northern Quarter now, the soul of Companio remains here in Ancoats. Their original bakery on Radium Street has recently undergone a bit of a refurb, with more space for eating in and shelves packed with both baked goods and other produce. If you get there fast, you can sink your teeth into their special lemon meringue danish. 🍋 🔗 Click the link in our bio for our list of the best bakeries in Greater Manchester #themanc #themanceats #ancoats #bakeries #manchester

We have teamed up again with our amazing neighbour @formlifestylestore to host a market at our bakery this Thursday and invite some of the brilliant independent makers to sell their products, all made by their hands at the market 🫶🏽 A great way to celebrate the arrival of spring and longer days in our city 🌼 A chance for our lovely customers to browse the market, buy Easter gifts and experience being at the bakery during the evening! We will be serving hot cross buns, special baked goods and seasonal drinks Come and see us this Thursday 🥐 #manchestermakers#ceramics#jewlery#embroidery#companioevents

Been meaning to write about Rhubarb since the forced rhubarb is in season in the UK currently. If you are wondering how much we love rhubarb in our bakery? I mean look at the wonderful range of products the pastry team have made this year so far and the first photo says it all! @amypastrymelon has it even tattooed on her arm! The product we make with rhubarb are Rhubarb compote and toasted milk powder custard danish Rhubarb and vanilla Pain Suisse and Rhubarb & Apple jam and Vanilla swirl What also becomes a point of discussion at the bakery is the Rhubarb that grows in different parts of the world, how different it looks in colour but it tastes exactly the same. Rhubarb in Middle East or what we call in Assyrian language ܝܡܝܨܸܐ grows in the wild, gets harvested usually by shepherds in spring and sold by the roads in mountains or in the villages. It is consumed raw as a snack, some people even dunk it in salt for extra savoury flavour. The last few slides show the wild rhubarb that grows in Iraq and how it is harvested and sold. Every time I see a baker preparing rhubarb at our bakery, I walk and take a piece of rhubarb and munch on it, everyone winces but I still haven’t convinced any of them to join my team of tart rhubarb 😅 but will keep trying! See you all this weekend for some rhubarb filled pastries and lots of other special bakes ✍🏼 @meso.palate #forcedrhubarb#rhubarbandcustard#viennoiserie#manchesterbakery#northerquarter