The Baker
As you walk towards Gerry’s Bakery there is an enticing and heart warming smell of bread, cumin, figs and roasted caraway seeds! Gerry makes good bread – it’s wholesome, unpretentious, very tasty, unique and genuine. The bakery/cafe is equally inviting – simple, welcoming and a place that draws people in. If you’ve been there you’ll most likely know what I mean and if not and you live near Walkley give it a try and see what you think… What’s your story of getting into baking bread? I’ve always cooked but I fancied making bread – I wasn’t very good though! A friend bought me some flour and I tried it but it was a disaster. I tried a year later and it was still a disaster…But after nine attempts I got a dough that was manageable and actually looked like a dough. Once I’d done that I couldn’t stop. I…