About us
Avenue Bakery has been supplying the wonderful town of Harrogate with unrivalled customer service and bakery goods since 1943, and thats a long time! We are the third generation continuing the hard work that was started in 1943.
ARTISAN CRAFT BAKERY
We pride ourselves on being an Artisan Craft Bakery and we never let our customers down. Even when the shop closed for refurbishment in 2014 we carried on supplying our customers from a marquees erected outside the shop!
OUR PASSION
Our passion is to always provide great quality products at affordable prices using Yorkshire ingredients wherever possible. We still use a lot of the same traditional recipes today exactly as they were used when the bakery first opened.
FANTASTIC SELECTION
We provide bakery goods, sandwiches, cakes, savouries, tasty treats, jams, biscuits, drinks, confectionary, business breakfasts, business lunches and much more to the local community as well as to our lovely wholesale customers.
Our Collection
Past
The “Avenue Bakery” was born in 1943 by John William Forrest Doyle. Originally trained in the North East he moved to Northumberland and Scotland and became a notable Master Baker.
His wife Emma Doyle joined him in 1944 and their son John Doyle joined at the tender age of 16 (1961) marking the second generation. Having attended Thomas Danby College he also attained the title of Master Baker.
The Bakery grew from strength to strength and survived through recessions and winters of discontent.
The third generation, one of John’s sons, Robert J Doyle, joined age of 16 (1984). Sadly he never worked with his granddad (John William who retired at the age of 73), but he had successfully learned the secrets of his baking and confectionary.
On the 19th October 1997 the Bakery appeared in HEARTBEAT, Episode 8, Season 7, “The Friendly Fire”, the bakery staff were extras in this episode and John had a line to say, The Bakery was also to appear in another episode later in the series.
The Aidensfield Bun was created by John Doyle and is still available today! Emma Doyle finally retired in 1992 aged 82, but she did stay living next door to the bakery and popped in every day until the age of 99 years!
Present
The Bakery is moving with the times whilst still keeping traditional values and baking styles. The recipes have been passed down through the generations only being slightly tweaked to make the products even more scrumptious and moreish.
Robert has been running the business from 2005 and has steadily been expanding. It now employs 5 full time Bakers and a Bakery Assistant, 1 part-time Bakery Assistant, and 10 shop staff.
To move with the times Robert has launched Business breakfasts and lunches as well as providing our wholesale customers.
Roberts youngest son Ben joined the team in August 2020 after he went off to pursue qualifications and gain experience as a chef, which he was very successful at, he would like to incorporate these skills into the family business sometime in the future
All of our produce available is supplied locally and as usual, all the Bakery produce is made with traditional styles of baking and confectionery making.
Future
The Future! Who knows what this will hold! Robert has two other sons who all have had a taster of the bakery. They all want to be part of the bakery in time.
In the meantime Rob and Jan will carry on with this successful, long-running family business!
Meet the team
Robert
Favourite bakery product:
Viennese
Favourite car:
Selby Mustang
Favourite film:
Notting
Hill/Gone in 60 seconds
Favourite actor:Tom Hanks
Favourite book:
Amanda
Holden’s autobiography
Favourite place
:St Ives
Favourite pop group: Madness
Jan
Favourite bakery product:
Caramel Crispie
Favourite car:
Maclaren F1
Favourite film:
Beaches
Favourite actor:
Hugh Jackman
Favourite book:
Harry Potter series
Favourite place:
Jamaica
Favourite pop group:
Any soul or Motown
Steve
Favourite bakery product:
French Pastry
Favourite car:
Lamborghini Murcielago
Favourite film:
Star Wars
Favourite actor:
Samuel L. Jackson
Favourite book:
The Twits
Favourite place:
Australia
Favourite pop group:
The Wild Hearts
Debbie
Favourite Bakery Product:
Cheese scones
Favourite Car:
Aston Martin
Favourite Film:
Lord of the Rings
Favourite Actor: Anthony Hopkins
Favourite Book:
Hobbit
Favourite Place:
Home
Favourite Pop Group:
Any Northern Soul
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