Thomas the Baker - A Tasteem Review

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I have walked past Thomas the Baker several times during my lunch times walks into Skipton, North Yorkshire.

The image it portrays to me is of a copy of Greggs, who are a national baker and listed on the London Stock Exchange.

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Being a little late at past 1pm I was not sure if there was going to be anything left to buy. Bakeries in the UK are a very ‘morning’ and ‘lunchtime’ kind of store.

It’s a fine line for them to bake just enough to satisfy the demand. Too little and they sell out too quickly which can be better than too much which ends as waste.

On entering I was once more reminded of the most successful UK bakery. There is a Greggs in Skipton but being a market town, people seem to support the local products. Perhaps that is why there are some many independent bakeries in this town.

As I feared the shelves were quite empty, and I was just after a cake to go with my afternoon coffee!

As well as cakes the store sells all kinds of savoury options such as pies, pasties and sandwiches. It still amazes me that pasties are unavailable in the United States, or were in the Phoenix area where I lived in the 90’s.

The Chelsea Buns looked OK at 95p as well as the Small Bakewell Tart at 60p.

Jammy Gems are just 35p each? It’s not expensive, I will give it that!

The big loaf cakes looked good too, but I can’t eat so much. It might be an idea to bring one back for the team at some point.

Cream cakes are always temping but if you put them in a bag, half the cream sticks to it making a mess, not today.

There was a young bored lad serving but he’s missing from this photograph.

I settled for a Small Bakewell Tart in the end.

There was more on offer than my initial scan revealed. The young bored lad gave me a look as if I was quite insane when he spotted me taking this one.