Oh Boi! Bakery’s delight as it’s named among best
A NEIGHBOURHOOD bakery run by an all-female team has been named in a list of the best bakeries in the UK.
Long Boi’s Bakehouse in Levenshulme was praised in a list of the top 13 bakeries ‘worth queuing for’ published by The Telegraph national newspaper at the weekend.
The bakery opened in 2020 taking over a corner shop that had been empty for 16 years on Forest Range and Birdhall Grove, selling cakes and bakes to go.
It is run by Jenny Oakenfull and her team of seven women, with their mouth-watering baked goods sold from their Levenshulme shop and selected cafes across the region too. Long Boi’s was one of two bakeries featured for the ‘north of England’ in the feature, alongside Northern Rye in Newcastleupon-Tyne.
The Telegraph said it highlighted bakeries ‘notable for their ethical practices and imaginative flavours and often found in unexpected places’, that are ‘worthy of your time queuing and waiting’.
Jenny told the M.E.N.: “As we’re not a city centre bakery I think we can sometimes get overlooked when people are making lists about Manchester’s bakery scene, so it feels really great to be included in such a prestigious list alongside so many other people in the industry we look up to.
“The piece in the Telegraph was a complete surprise! I’m just feeling very proud that mine and the team’s hard work is being spotlighted.”
The article is based on the findings of author Milly Kenny-Ryder whose book ‘Britain’s Best Bakeries’ will be released on May 4. She wrote of Long Boi’s inclusion in the book that it offers ‘colourful, decadent baking at its best’.
Milly said: “There is a strong community and sustainability ethos here, and the amazing (all-woman) team are always working on a new special. Popular bakes include their vegan blueberry and dark chocolate babka and he picture-perfect lamingtons.”
Jenny added of the inclusion in the book: “I feel so proud that this little bakery in a slightly obscure suburb of Manchester is sitting on the pages next to so many people in the industry that we look up to and admire.”