Is there another sourdough bakery in Chatham?

There is, and they run a proper shop with a counter and coffee, which is a different thing from what we do. We bake to order one day a week, so nothing we make has been sitting out. If you want a coffee and a pastry on a Tuesday, go to a shop. If you want a loaf baked for you on a named Saturday, order from us.

Do you deliver to Chatham Maritime and Dockside?

Yes, both are inside the delivery area. Add your flat number in the notes at checkout so we are not standing outside a block of two hundred flats guessing.

How late can I order for this Saturday?

Thursday. The dough goes on before the weekend, so anything ordered on a Friday goes into the following week's bake. The checkout will tell you which Saturday you are ordering for before you pay.

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Bakery in Chatham

Chatham is the busiest of the Medway towns and the one most people pass through rather than stop in. That is a shame, because it is also where a lot of our orders come from. You collect on the Saturday morning or we bring it to you, with no shop overheads priced into the loaf.

A buttery croissant sourdough loaf, baked fresh each Saturday for Chatham

Order for Saturday, 5 September 2026

Order by the Thursday. Baked and out to you on the Saturday morning, 8am to midday.

Collection and delivery in Chatham

Collection

Chatham is a short run from where we bake, and it is the easiest town in Medway to reach on public transport if you are collecting without a car. Pick up on the Saturday between 8am and midday.

Running late? We hold your order until 12:30.

Local delivery

All Chatham postcodes are covered. Order over twenty pounds and delivery is free on the Saturday morning, and we will ring before we arrive rather than leaving bread on a doorstep.

Free over £20.00. Your postcode is checked against the real Medway boundary before you pay, so you will never be promised a delivery we cannot make.

What we know about Chatham

The Historic Dockyard built and repaired Royal Navy ships for over four hundred years before it closed in 1984. It is a museum now, and one of the biggest weekend draws in Medway, which shapes what people want on a Saturday morning.
Fort Amherst above the town is a surviving Napoleonic-era defence work with tunnels cut into the chalk. Chatham's geography is genuinely hilly in a way that Strood and Rainham are not, and it changes how we plan a delivery round.
Chatham Maritime and Dockside sit on the reclaimed dockyard land by the river, and the flats there are full of people who cook but do not have a proper local baker within walking distance.
The Pentagon Centre and the bus interchange make Chatham the transport hub for the whole of Medway, which means collection here is easy for anyone coming in from the surrounding towns without a car.
Chatham has more student and young professional housing than the other Medway towns thanks to the universities at the dockyard, and that shows up in what gets ordered: smaller loaves, more pastries, fewer big family bakes.

What we bake

Eleven things, done properly, rather than forty done adequately. Slow fermented sourdough loaves, croissant sourdough, focaccia, brioche and pastries, all made by hand by Hillary Kongwa and made for the Saturday you choose. Feeding a crowd in Chatham? Our catering and events side builds a menu around the day rather than selling you a set package.

Questions people in Chatham ask

Is there another sourdough bakery in Chatham?: There is, and they run a proper shop with a counter and coffee, which is a different thing from what we do. We bake to order one day a week, so nothing we make has been sitting out. If you want a coffee and a pastry on a Tuesday, go to a shop. If you want a loaf baked for you on a named Saturday, order from us.
Do you deliver to Chatham Maritime and Dockside?: Yes, both are inside the delivery area. Add your flat number in the notes at checkout so we are not standing outside a block of two hundred flats guessing.
How late can I order for this Saturday?: Thursday. The dough goes on before the weekend, so anything ordered on a Friday goes into the following week's bake. The checkout will tell you which Saturday you are ordering for before you pay.

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