It’s truly wonderful to see new emerging bakery businesses starting up and especially in our home town. Bart and Nicole opened Aran Bakery and Café just two weeks ago in Barrack St. Kilkenny and what a whirlwind it has been for them both. The ambitious couple have thrown their heart and soul into their new business and it’s paid off.

The couple sold out of stock everyday for the first week and had queues out the door so long, they had no choice but to turn customers away. On day one it was a husband and wife team, on day thirteen they had seven members of staff. Sourdough is their speciality using Kells own Olands flour grown and milled just 10 miles down the road. We can highly recommend the Nutella on toast! Bart and Nicole, we wish you continued success! 

It’s officially summer and time to dust off the BBQ to enjoy some alfresco dining. The next couple of months is all about eating with friends and enjoying a glass of wine with fantastic tearing breads, flat breads and dips… 

Kells has a whole range of summer bread options to help you maximise your product offering during this period.

Foccacia Tear-and-Share with friends

3903 Kells Krusty White Mix makes excellent tear-and-share focaccia breads and flat breads allowing bakers to add their own toppings and flavours to bring the bread to life. 

Simple floury baps, BBQ breads, sliders or pizza

3901 Kells Bap Mix is the basic building block to allow your imagination to ‘run wild’ and create a variety of bakery goods with one great mix!

Contact Kells for its ‘Summer Sizzlers’ suggestions via their website and follow Kells on LinkedIn.

Part-baked pastries and doughnuts are continuing to do well in the sweet bakery category, so why not add sweet waffles and crepes to your range to maximise the business opportunities?   

With options to sell them prepacked or made to order in-store, in cafes or other food service outlets, creation of waffles and crepes can deliver theatre, fresh smells and excitement to customers and allow bakers and the food service industry to differentiate from their competition.

Kells offer two products in this area:

3810 Kells Premium Waffle Blend 

A quick and easy blend that works excellently in providing a base to compliment any topping, such as a simple dusting of icing sugar for a hand-held snack, or for a more elaborate plate served dessert with ice cream or yoghurt and fruit and sauces. 

3800 Kells Crepe Pancake Blend 

Kells Crepe Pancake blend is quick and easy to use and is the perfect base for a huge dessert offering. Chefs and bakers and can use fruit compotes, chocolate spreads, cream, ice cream and even yoghurt to top their Crepes.  

If you are interested to offer more selection, contact Kells about their blends and information on baking equipment or visit their website. You can also follow Kells on LinkedIn.

Kells is delighted to announce that its European milling partner, Moulin’s Soufflet, has opened its first dedicated organic flour mill in Lozanne by the Rhone river. Kells will be stocking French Organic Flour from the mill reference 6057 French Organic Flour – T65 MS Bio (25kg).

This flour is suitable for most purposes such as sourdough bread production and several other bakery goods. 

The mill officially opened on the 4th April 2019 and has a production capacity of 24,000 tonnes of flour a year, making them one of the major players in the organic wheat sector in France. 

This recent development in Lozanne gives Kells a secure access to white organic flour in volume that is ‘Brexit’ safe for customers in the Republic of Ireland. 

Kells recently received its certification as an Organic Trader and Distributor, meaning they can offer organic flours through a secure supply chain. 

Kells also continues to stock UK organic flours Marriages Organic Strong White Flour 16kg (6017) and Marriages Organic Strong Wholemeal Flour 16kg (6016). 

If you wish to explore organic bakery production, be sure to talk to Kells by visiting the website! You can also follow Kells on LinkedIn.