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The Commons Cafe, South Melbourne

Posted by brasseriemelb on December 22, 2011

Newly opened The Commons Cafe in South Melbourne is a wonderful place that will not be a secret for the locals much longer!  Once discovered (if not already) you will love coming back to this wonderful oasis in inner city Melbourne. On their delicious menu they are using various Brasserie Breads including our Quinoa & Soya Loaf, Sourdough [...]

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Fruit Mince Tart Giveaway!

Posted by brasseriemelb on December 16, 2011

I have long been a fan of a good fruit mince tart.  I don’t really like pudding or christmas cake but when it comes to a fine fruit mince tart I cannot say no!  Since first sampling Brasserie Bread’s fruit mince tarts my love has grown to greater levels!  I have since the beginning of [...]

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Twenty & Six Espresso

Posted by brasseriemelb on December 9, 2011

Twenty & Six Espresso opened just over 1 week ago in North Melbourne and is positively fabulous!  I walked in and was instantly struck with ‘oh yeah this is going to be good’ kind of feeling…  My woman’s intuition was on the money! Twenty & Six are new wholesale customers of Brasserie Bread Melbourne and are doing truly delicious things [...]

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A tasty menu to please all!

Posted by brasseriemelb on November 30, 2011

Almost two weeks have passed since we opened our doors in South Melbourne…how time flies when you are having fun!  Many new faces and many (now) familiar faces come through the door each day to enjoy what Brasserie Bread Melbourne has to offer. Helen, our Barista is pumping out fabulous Allpress coffees to the delight of our [...]

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We are officially open for business!

Posted by brasseriemelb on November 22, 2011

Last Wednesday night there were some people in Melbourne having trouble sleeping.  They were not stressed…they were not unwell…they were just SSSOOOOO EXCITED!  When the sun rose on Thursday morning (17th November 2011) the once building site of 150 Thistlethwaite Street was coming to life.  The barista was seasoning the shiny new La Marzocco machine [...]

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From this to this… we are almost there!

Posted by brasseriemelb on November 10, 2011

I remember my first visit to the Brasserie Bread Melbourne site in early August this year.  From then I have seen a non-stop flow of many people bringing the bakery & cafe to where it is today.  It is hard to comprehend even as I type this that in one week the builders will have put their tools [...]

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Meet our Head Baker…Ian Martin

Posted by brasseriemelb on November 2, 2011

Ian Martin our Head Baker joined the Brasserie Bread Melbourne crew in August 2011.  Ian has been baking for 34 years…he initially trained in Switzerland then went onto qualify at City & Guilds London.  Ian came to Australia in 1991 moving to Brisbane and working for a German bakery for 10 years where he said he discovered [...]

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Menu planning… Sourdough pancakes with stewed berries & honeycomb cream

Posted by brasseriemelb on October 26, 2011

Don’t you love it when you read a menu and you simply cannot decide because there are so many yummy options!  Menu planning for our cafe is awesome fun…so many ideas are being thrown about and one thing that is the paramount deciding factor…deliciousness (if that is a word, don’t care it works). There are [...]

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A launch night to remember

Posted by brasseriemelb on October 19, 2011

There was much planning, inviting, ordering & general organising to be done in the lead up to our big launch and when last Thursday night was upon us we were bouncing around excited in anticipation of the event!  The crew from Sydney had arrived from their ‘Wild Sourdough Road Trip’ with the all important Starter for our [...]

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Builders, bakers & party makers

Posted by brasseriemelb on October 14, 2011

The lead up to our launch party was huge this week…our South Melbourne site was bursting with activity in preparation for the party.  This post is all about showing you some of the faces involved in the building, planning, opening & making of Brasserie Bread Mebourne!  Next weeks post will be all about the launch PARTY!

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