Rebecca Bishop

In 2013 Rebecca Bishop founded the Two Magpies Bakery in a beautiful Edwardian glass-fronted shop in Southwold, Suffolk, popular for its eccentrically charming pier, endless sandy beach lined and pretty painted beach huts. The shop set about converting this corner of England to the joys of long fermented sourdough bread, exquisitely glazed cakes and indulgent pastries.

Rebecca's first book invites the reader to step behind the scenes, bringing alive the atmosphere of a professional bakery. Documenting Rebecca’s journey from home baker to successful business owner and bakery teacher, the book intersperses stories of bakery life with popular, well tested recipes and beautiful photos of this undiscovered coastal idyll.

Emma Freud, a bakery regular, says:

“Two Magpies Bakery is the greatest thing to happen to Suffolk this decade. Rebecca and her team make the greatest bread, the most wholesome but imaginative cakes, and have a mission to use local ingredients which inspire game changing results.

Hers is the only shop I will happily queue in”