Family run Ribble Valley business that supplies Booth's supermarkets and has national listing with Waitrose opens first shop

Studio Bakery, a family-run business that began with over 20 years experience in the food industry in a garden ‘studio’ in the Ribble Valley in 2017, has opened its first shop.
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Set up by Allison Metcalf with a passion for baking and innovation, the team specialise in creating deliciously creative hand made sweet treats, using no artificial preservatives or flavours.

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Within just four weeks of starting life in the studio, they outgrew it and moved premises to a larger rural factory setting ‘The Cow Shed’ in Bolton by Bowland. In 2020 they created a community orchard for the benefit of the community.

Allison Metcalf (right,) with her wife Lucy, and their son Ralph at their Studio Bakery shopAllison Metcalf (right,) with her wife Lucy, and their son Ralph at their Studio Bakery shop
Allison Metcalf (right,) with her wife Lucy, and their son Ralph at their Studio Bakery shop
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In 2022 Studio Bakery, which supplies into all 27 Booths supermarkets , secured a national listing with Waitrose for a range of traybakes that are in over 300 supermarkets and so a move to a bigger premises was required. It is now based in The Bake House, which is behind Clitheroe Auction, offering a range of sandwiches, quiches, coffees and iced drinks.