La Liste is a gastronomic guide that prides itself on recommending the finest hotels and eateries across the globe. Now, it has weighed in on the world of pastry. For La Liste’s Pastry Awards 2024, 25 patisseries and bakeries were recognised within 10 special categories, from Most Creative Chef to Discovery Gem.
Lannan Bakery, which is in Edinburgh’s Stockbridge area, was one of the winners of the Pastry Opening of the Year Award. The shop’s signature bakes include a Lannan apple pie and custard and a rhubarb, custard and almond cake.
Owner Darcie Maher told The Scotsman: ‘Having been open from less than a year, it’s an honour to receive the award from La Liste for best pastry opening of the year. My life long dream has been to own my own bakery and Lannan has surpassed anything I imagined it would be. To have the recognition cements all the relentless hard work that’s gone into every aspect of the bakery up until this point.’
On top of the main categories, the awards gave recognition to over 3,000 pastry providers that it considers the ‘crème de la crème of pastry shops, bakeries, coffee shops, afternoon teas and desert restaurants’ — 199 of those were in the UK. Here’s the full list of winners.
The full list of UK winners from the Pastry Awards 2024
- The Angel Bakery, Abergavenny
- The Apple Pie Cafe and Bakery, Ambleside
- Grasmere Gingerbread, Ambleside
- Wye Bakehouse, Bakewell
- Landrace Bakery, Bath
- Nash’s Bakery , Bicester
- Ten Four Bakehouse, Birmingham
- Loaf, Birmingham
- The Flour Pot Bakery, Brighton
- Julien Plumart, Brighton
- Real Patisserie Trafalgar Street, Brighton
- Farro Bakery, Bristol
- Hart’s Bakery, Bristol
- Hobbs House Bakery, Bristol
- Mark’s Bread, Bristol
- Wooster’s Bakery, Bury Saint Edmunds
- Baker & Graze, Cheltenham
- The Chester Grosvenor, Chester
- KNEAD Cirencester, Cirencester
- Peppina Sicilian Bakery, Dorchester
- Grain Culture – Bake Shop, Ely
- Baker Tom’s Bread, Falmouth
- Rye Bakery, Frome
- Bettys Café Tea Rooms, Harrogate
- Sugardough, Hove
- The Sourdough Revolution, Lechlade
- Nova Bakehouse, Leeds
- Live Love Loaf , Leek
- Fiona Cairns Online Luxury Cake Shop, Leicester
- Flint Owl Bakery, Lewes
- Baltic Bakehouse, Liverpool
- Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley, London
- Tarn Bakery, London
- The Connaught Pâtisserie, London
- Tea Lounge – The Biltmore Mayfair, London
- Afternoon Tea at Claridge’s, London
- The Ritz Club – The Ritz London, London
- Afternoon Tea at The Savoy, London
- Lounge at The Cadogan, London
- The Rosebery – Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London
- TWG Tea, London
- Philippe Conticini London, London
- Rosalind Miller Cakes Emperor House, London
- Cakes & Bubbles, London
- Basement Sate, London
- Mille Patisserie, London
- Dyce, London
- Crème, London
- Angelo Musa – Harrods, London
- The Carlton Tower Jumeirah, London
- Pierre Hermé Paris Covent Garden, London
- Ararat Bread – makhdoom, London
- Blondies Kitchen, London
- Quince Bakery, London
- Eric’s, London
- TOAD Bakery, London
- Kova Patisserie, London
- Violet Bakery, London
- SHIOK! Pâtisserie, London
- KURO BAKERY, London
- Donutelier by Roladin, London
- Cutter & Squidge, London
- Primrose Bakery, London
- Poilâne, London
- Little Sourdough Kitchen, London
- The Lily Vanilli Bakery, London
- Vida Bakery, London
- The Chinoiserie, London
- The Hansom, London
- Afternoon Tea at COMO, London
- Layla Bakery, London
- Aubaine Selfridges, London
- Afternoon Tea at The Parlour, London
- Palm Court at The Langham, London
- The Dorchester, London
- The Landmark London, London
- Afternoon Tea at The Orchid Lounge – Pan Pacific London, London
- The Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon at Fortnum & Mason, London
- Science Afternoon Tea at The Drawing Rooms (at The Ampersand Hotel), London
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Afternoon Tea, London
- Afternoon Tea at Sunborn Yacht Hotel London, London
- Mad Hatters Afternoon Tea 50 Berners Street, London
- The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, London
- Afternoon Tea at The Rubens 39, London
- Anges de Sucre, London
- Aux Pains de Papy, London
- Baban’s Naan, London
- Beigel Bake Brick Lane Bakery, London
- Cake Boy ltd, London
- Comptoir Gourmand Bermondsey, London
- Dunn’s Bakery 6, London
- The Dusty Knuckle Bakery, London
- E5 Bakehouse , London
- Fabrique Bakery Hoxton, London
- Fortitude Bakehouse, London
- Jolene Bakery & Restaurant, London
- Karaway Bakery, London
- Little Bread Pedlar, London
- Pavilion Bakery, London
- St. JOHN Bakery Neal’s Yard , London
- WA Cafe (Ealing), London
- Birley Bakery, London
- Pophams, London
- The Old Post Office Bakery, London
- Chinatown Bakery, London
- Le Deli Robuchon Mayfair, London
- Margot Bakery, London
- Miel Bakery, London
- Aries Bakehouse, London
- Ole & Steen, London
- WA Cafe (Covent Garden), London
- Buns From Home, London
- Söderberg Soho, London
- Luminary Bakery, London
- Alma Mill & Bakery, London
- The Proof, London
- Sourdough Sophia, London
- Cake & Flowers, London
- Whipped London, London
- Chestnut Bakery, Covent Garden, London
- Tetote Factory, London
- Yasmina Restaurant and Bakery, London
- Patisserie Sainte Anne, London
- Little Bread Pedlar – Pimlico, London
- Bageriet, London
- Bake Street, London
- Wood Street Bakery, London
- Arôme Bakery – Covent Garden, London
- Happy Sky Japanese Bakery, London
- Afternoon Tea at The Goring, London
- Karma Bread Bakehouse, London
- St. JOHN Bakery, London
- Cliveden House, Maidenhead
- The Waterside Inn, Maidenhead
- Long Boi’s Bakehouse, Manchester
- Pollen Bakery Cotton Field Wharf, Manchester
- Companio Bakery, Manchester
- Teatime Collective, Manchester
- Alex’s Bakery, Manchester
- The English Rose Bakery, Manchester
- The Black Cat Cakery, Manchester
- Barbakan Delicatessen Ltd, Manchester
- Oast, Margate
- Kuma-San Bakehouse, Matlock
- Northern Rye, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Bread Source, Norwich
- Hamblin Bread, Oxford
- Ben’s Cookies, Oxford
- Gatineau Artisan Patisserie & Bakery, Oxford
- GAIL’s Bakery Summertown, Oxford
- Proof Social Bakehouse, Oxford
- DoreDore Bakery&Cake, Oxford
- GAIL’s Bakery Jericho, Oxford
- Millefeuille, Oxford
- St Agnes Bakery, Saint Agnes
- St Ives Bakery, Saint Ives
- Sol Bakery & Cafe, Salisbury
- Forge Bakehouse, Sheffield
- Oxfords, Sherborne
- The Almond Thief, Totnes
- Da Bara St Mawes, Truro
- St Mawes Bakery, Truro
- The Italian Bakery, Wareham
- Stoberry House and Gardens , Wells
- Grain & Hearth Bakery, Whitstable
- Haxby Bakehouse, York
- Cosgriff and Sons, York
- Bluebird Bakery, York
- Little Arras, York
- Ursa Minor, Ballycastle
- Cookie Jar, Newcastle
- The Earth’s Crust Bakery, Castle Douglas
- ARAN Bakery, Dunkeld
- Bostock Bakery, East Linton
- Twelve Triangles, Edinburgh
- Hobz Bakery, Edinburgh
- Lannan Bakery, Edinburgh
- The Pastry Section, Edinburgh
- The Palmerston, Edinburgh
- Bakhoos Bakery, Fortrose
- Cottonrake Bakery, Glasgow
- Partenope, Glasgow
- Bad Girl Bakery Cafe, Muir of Ord
- The Newport Bakery, Newport-on-Tay
- Bostock Bakery, North Berwick
- Birch Cafe, Portree
- Bandit Bakery, Aberdeen
- Two.Eight.Seven, Glasgow
- Outlier 38, Glasgow
- kaf Coffee, Glasgow
- La Barantine, Edinburgh
- HAVN, Stirling
- The bakery by Zique, Glasgow
- The Bakehouse & Crannog, Mallaig
- Falko, Haddington
- Brød – The Danish Bakery, Cardiff
- Ground Bakery, Cardiff
- Crwst, Cardigan
- Popty’r Dref, Dolgellau
You can find the list of global winners here and read more about the London bakeries and pastry shops here. Can’t get enough of mille feuille, croissants, éclairs or macarons? Make sure you check out Time Out’s list of London’s best bakeries, take a peak at our coverage of Britain’s best artisan bakeries, and read all about how ‘hype bakes’ have become the new streetwear.
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