In just six years, Lockdown Bakehouse has become a fully fledged southwest London institution. It started life in a small kitchen in 2020, suppling flour, eggs, loo roll, bread and pastries to locals and NHS workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Then, it opened a pop-up café. After that it found a permanent home in Wandsworth. Since then, it’s launched four other locations south of the river and started supplying fresh bakes to more than 180 other cafés across London from its Wimbledon bakehouse.
Now, Lockdown Bakehouse is gearing up to launch its sixth branch. It’ll open the doors to its brand new Putney café on Wednesday June 3.
On opening day, the café will be giving away coffee and pastries for just £1 all day. The menu also includes £5 focaccia sandwiches, full Aussie breakfast, shakshuka and American pancakes. In the past, the baked goods have included TimTam doughnuts, smoked salmon and cream cheese pin wheels and lemon and pistachio slices.
Chris Brumby, who founded Lockdown Bakehouse with his wife Dawn, said: ‘South West London has always been home for us, Dawn and I have lived here for 17 years and every site we’ve opened has been built around the local community that supports it.
‘So many of our regular customers have followed our journey from those early lockdown days and Putney felt like a natural next step. It’s a neighbourhood with a real sense of community, where people genuinely care about independent businesses, quality food and places that bring people together – which is exactly what Lockdown Bakehouse is all about.’
Once launched, Lockdown Bakehouse Putney will open from 7am until 4pm from Monday to Saturday and 8am until 4pm on Sundays. Lockdown’s other branches can be found in Wandsworth, Barnes, Clapham, Earlsfield and Raynes Park.
Lockdown Bakehouse, 79 Lower Richmond Road, Putney SW15 1ET.
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