Before opening The Bread Company, brothers Mike and Dan Bronswyk honed their pastry- and bread-making skills as apprentices in European bakeries. To get to the root of their passion for baking, though, you have to go back a few hundred years. The Bronswyk family have been bakers for five generations, a line that stretches back to a bakery in the Netherlands in 1851.

Today, the brothers put the same care into the craft as their meticulous ancestors. They use filtered water and 100 per cent vegetable or olive oil to create The Bread Company’s lineup of artisanal breads, following some recipes that incorporate organic flours. Before baking on the hearth, the dough is allowed to age for 16–24 hours to develop flavour, texture, and the personal integrity needed to hold a sandwich together through adversity. The brothers also carefully craft pastries, cakes, and gourmet sandwiches, all of which can be served with fair-trade Cherry Hill Coffee organic coffees.