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Fresh eggs laid by our free-range chicken

A small kitchen, an old starter and a belief that good bread brings people together. Here's how it all began.

Display of fresh eggs and poultry products from our farm
Our beginning

Pasture raised poultry from our countryside farm

It started with weekend loaves for friends and neighbours. Word spread faster than we could bake, and before long we'd swapped the kitchen table for a little shopfront on the corner.

Today we're a bakery and coffee house rolled into one — but the heart of it hasn't budged. Same starter, same slow mornings, same welcome.

What we care about

Three things we won't rush

Chicken and Egg Direct from Our Farm

Locally milled flour, real butter and seasonal fruit. Nothing we can't pronounce.

Rooster-quality products

Long, slow ferments give our bread its flavour. You can't hurry a good loaf.

Organic farm excellence

A café should feel like someone's kitchen. Come as you are and stay as long as you like.

In the kitchen

Free-range chicken meat cuts at our farm shop

Our day starts at four in the morning, when the ovens go on and the first doughs get shaped. By the time the doors open, the counter's full and the whole street smells like breakfast.

It's early, floury, tiring work — and we wouldn't trade it for anything. There's real joy in handing someone a warm bun and watching their morning get a little better.

  • Fresh eggs and poultry delivered daily from our pasture-raised farm
  • Organic produce from our own countryside plots
  • Surplus eggs donated to local food banks, zero waste
Hands collecting eggs from our free-range chicken nests
5amCoops open
Free rangePasture rotation
9Three generations on this farm
1Heritage chicken breeds
The farmers

Pasture-raised chicken and fresh egg products

A small team who know every bird by name — and who'll tell you exactly where your egg came from.

Farm owner portrait

Free-Range Poultry Shop

Farm owner & head stockperson

Up before dawn, mending fences, hands-on with every animal, happiest in the countryside.

Farm manager portrait

Pasture-Raised Meat and Fresh Eggs Daily

Egg grading & farm products

Sorts and packs each egg with care and can talk chicken breeds all day.

Shop assistant portrait

Fresh poultry here

Farm shop manager

The friendly face at the till who knows regulars by name and their favourite natural products.

Countryside farm products

Walk around the pasture, meet the rooster, pick up warm eggs straight from the nesting boxes. You're always welcome.