Warm welcome for healthy bakery
Town centre: The director of Les Marrons says people of Maidenhead have made her feel at home
A new bakery has opened up in the Nicholsons centre – offering a range of products including vegan and gluten free healthy goods.
Les Marrons is in Unit 82 of the centre, next to Cafe Nero. It opened last Monday, March
8.
The range of 30 products includes a variety of free-from products, from gluten-free to dairy-free or vegan. These include a variety of breads, cakes and biscuits among other items.
Director Ece Senyurek came to the UK from Turkey in 2018 with her two children and her husband.
Baking from home at first, Ece started making bread and cakes, then began to bake for a coffee shop before starting her
own business.
The business had planned to open earlier, then COVID-19 hit.
“It was a shock for us. All our plans had to stop,” said Ece.
Ece is the sole baker and hopes to hire someone else in the future to help out, which will allow the bakery to potentially expand their range.
“At the moment we don’t do drinks like coffee, because if you can’t make it really delicious, you shouldn’t do that,” she said.
“We offer healthy bakery. We eat healthily and I want my kids, other people and especially other people’s kids to eat healthily.”
Ece said setting up during COVID-19 has been a challenge because of all the health and safety requirements – but felt this was the right time, as things are starting to return to normal.
“We need to be careful and go slowly, step by step,” she said.
Eventually, Les Marrons hopes to introduce three or four tables, depending on
‘The people who live here – I feel like I’m in my home’
council permissions, which will allow customers to sit when COVID-19 restrictions lift.
So far the bakery has had positive experiences.
“We didn’t have high expectations
but fortunately it was better than expected – people loved our products,” said Ece.
“I love Maidenhead, and the people who live here – they are so friendly, I feel like I’m in my home and they are my family.”
The Fi.Fest 2021 music festival is all set for summer, starting on Sunday, August 29 in Forest Green Road.
Fi.Fest ’21 will feature a main stage of music acts, a KidsZone and multiple bars and food stands.
For the live music, there will be some famous faces from the 90s and 00s.
The 2021 line-up includes
The Lightning Seeds, The South, Toploader, Chico, !Daft!, These Certain People, The Briefcase Blues Brothers and more.
The event will total 10 hours of entertainment.
The Lightning Seeds album
Jollification was released in 1994 and was their most accomplished album, selling in excess of 900,000 copies. They are currently writing and recording the first Lightning Seeds album for many years.
Since forming in 1997, Toploader have more than two million album sales to their name and a string of top 20 hits both home and abroad.
Their debut album, Onka’s Big Moka, sold more than one million copies and remained in the Top 5 of the UK album chart for over six months earning them four Brit Award nominations.
Their second album, Magic Hotel, reached number 3 in the UK Albums Chart.
The South are a nine-piece band who feature former members
of The Beautiful South including singer Alison Wheeler and lifelong sax player Gaz Birtles.
To celebrate their 10th anniversary and 30 years since The Beautiful South released Song For Whoever, The South feature as part of the Fi.Fest 2021 completing the line-up.
The KidsZone will host children's groups running events
like Creation Station, an award-winning brand with three crafts for children to make and take home as souvenirs.
There will also be a pop-up play village for role-play, a large sandpit, a soft play area and a kids’ disco.
Tickets for the festival are available now from www.fi fest.co.uk/tickets