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Orange Bakery

Coordinates: 51°38′43″N 1°00′17″W / 51.64522614652963°N 1.0047703996337038°W / 51.64522614652963; -1.0047703996337038
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Orange Bakery
Company typePrivate
IndustryBakery
Founded2019; 5 years ago (2019)
FoundersKitty and Alex Tait
Headquarters,
Websitewww.theorangebakery.org

Orange Bakery is an artisanal bakery and baked goods shop located in Watlington, Oxfordshire, UK. It was started in 2019 by Kitty Tait with the help of her father, Alex, when she was aged 15 and battling with mental health issues.[1][2][3][4]

What began as a private pastime and a form of self-care grew into a business, first in the form of a weekly pop-up shop, followed by the crowdfunded opening of a full-time bakery store in May 2019.[3][5]

The Taits have written a book, Breadsong: How Baking Changed Our Lives (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022), based on their experiences, which also includes baking recipes.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Watlington bakery started by 15-year-old girl". BBC News. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ^ "The Dish: Al and Kitty Tait on creating baked goods, new cookbook" (video). CBS News. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b Lewis, Tim (24 April 2022). "Dad, bread and me: how baking gave one teenager a new zest for life". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  4. ^ Morris, Sophie (8 May 2019). "This teenage baker is opening her first bread shop aged 15". iNews. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  5. ^ Silverman, Laura (24 December 2020). "Why The Orange Bakery in Oxfordshire has a queue down the road without fail". Country Living. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  6. ^ Fabricant, Florence (13 June 2022). "In 'Breadsong,' a Story of Baking Through Depression". New York Times. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Customers queue outside bakery for book signing". Henley Standard. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

51°38′43″N 1°00′17″W / 51.64522614652963°N 1.0047703996337038°W / 51.64522614652963; -1.0047703996337038