FERGUSON PLARRE BAKEHOUSES

The Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses chain has been owned and operated by the Plarre family since 2012. But the family baking history extends more than 110 years … way back to 1901 when Mrs Ferguson advertised herself as a pastry cook, confectioner and caterer in Lygon Street.

As the Ferguson business grew, so too did the Moonee Ponds bakery set up by German-born Otto Plarre. The two families established themselves as household names in Melbourne’s bakery scene and combined forces in 1980 under the Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses banner. Franchising was introduced to the business in 1988 and the fourth generation of Plarres acquired the Ferguson interest in 2012.

The home of the traditional pasty, the Tiddly Oggie, Ferguson Plarre today has 71 bakeries across Victoria.