Julian Carter

Head Baker

https://www.hambletonbakery.co.uk

Biography

I come from a family of bakers and confectioners that stretch back over ten generations ,moving from green street Bath to Upper Duke street Liverpool in1835 when the port was the gate way to Europe and full of new businesses. My aim and passion is to bring the British bakery up to date and not to try to replicate a French patisserie, there are so many great British cakes and breads that just need a face lift. The principle is simple no additives and only use the best ingredients because if you only put good things in you only get good things out, and be seasonal, also You would not put additives in your cooking and baking at home, and they are not for the benefit of the consumer only for the producer so why would you eat them. We are a local bakery and very much part of the community and always buy are ingredient locally this helps to keep the money in the local economy ,and keep other craft food producers to prosper Hambleton Bakery, Cottesmore Road, Exton, Oakham, Rutland LE15 8AN

Manna

Walter Banfield

A great old book from between the wars everything about British baking is in there and it works.

Nose to Tail Eating

Fergus Henderson

This is how I like my food and Philosophy about food.

The Roux Brothers on Patisserie

Albert Roux and Michel Roux

This is a classic eighties book, well used with the pages stuck together on the best recipes (cake porn).

Ottolenghi: The Cookbook

Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi

Påtés & Terrines

Edouard Lonque , Michael Raffael , Frank Wesel and Friedrich Ehlert

For pies, sausage meat, pasty.

English Bread and Yeast Cookery

Elizabeth David

She has collected information and recipes from rare books in history tested them ,she put a lot of time into her research ,you would be mad not to read it.

The Bakers' A B C

John Kirkland

A classic.

Tartine Bread

Chad Robertson

What a modern bakery should strive to achieve in the way its principles and image.

Bread Matters

Andrew Whitley

If you care about what's in your food and environmental issues this is a must read

The Handmade Loaf

Dan Lepard

The book I bought when I first wanted to start a bakery that inspired me to do lots of different breads from around the world

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What's playing in Julian's kitchen?

I bake to my own play list which is made up of all the song in my life past and present.