When you step inside Manchester's oldest family-run craft bakery, it's easy to see why the businesses has been a firm-favourite in the local area.
Grace always knew she wanted to be a baker, and asked her dad for a full-time job at the firm straight out of high school. Unfortunately, he said no, and she had to head off to college to finish her A-levels before she was able to ask again, and finally given a job at the family business. David still does deliveries and a lot of the paperwork for the firm, whilst Grace has been getting used to running the business - which is quite different to her life as a baker. Working so closely to her family, and then spending time with them outside of work, has been tough at times, but the family always make it work.
The coronavirus pandemic was tough for the bakery, with the shop shutting completely for six weeks during the first national lockdown. Their customers were keen to see them reopen though, with dozens of messages asking when they'd be back, if they were closed for good, and telling the team how much they missed the baked goods.
"Going through covid shook up everybody and made you think, if this was going to be your last week on Earth have you spent enough time doing the things you enjoy? I've learned how important it is not to just put 100 per cent into work and to make sure you've got that work life balance as much as possible when you run a business."
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