Sourdough Sophia is truly a bakery born in the community.

During lockdown founders - Sophia & Jesse set up a micro bakery from their dining room as a way to support and connect with the community.

Sophia, having grown up as a baker's daughter in Germany, and having been an obsessive home-baker throughout her life, had always secretly wanted to own a bakery of her own in order to be able to share her delicious creations.

The lockdown dining room bakery turned out to be the perfect opportunity to bring this to life!  Within a couple of weeks they attracted huge queues down the road from their little flat, and quickly ran out of space.

They began baking sourdough bread and laminated pastries for the locals with a couple of key values that still continue to set her bakeries apart today.

Sustainable quality ingredients, artisanal techniques, innovative and ever-changing menu, and a homage to the comforting classics - food that make you feel good!

So, with the help of a successful kickstarter campaign and nearly 600 backers from the local community, they opened the doors to their very first high street bakery in 2020, only 8 months after they baked baked theyr very first loaf from home. 

The queues grew, the team grew, and pretty soon they ran out of space. So in March 2024 they opened their second bakery on Essex Road in Islington with the help of a few incredibly successful crowd funding rounds. This gave their bakery production the bigger home that it deserved! 

This year (2025) they have opened two more beautiful neighbourhood bakeries, in Highgate and Hampstead! Sophia, Jesse and the team are looking forward to joining further communities over the coming years. 

Awards & mentions

Sourdough Sophia has won two world bread awards for their delicious wholemeal loaf and our focaccia. 

Theuy've also won three great taste awards for their N8 Loaf, Wholemeal loaf their our house Kimchi!

They're also in top five finalists for the UK high street shop of the year award! 

They are also super proud to have been featured in various publications such as Bloomberg, Timeout, BBC News and many more.