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Wild Heath Bakery is now open (March 2024) on Comrie Main Street for award-winning sourdoughs, pastries & coffees. (Shop photo “borrowed” from Wild Hearth). This is the first time John has had a retail emporium and he still has his main production along the road at the Cultybraggan Camp.
Tortano (potato crowns) pictured won Reserve Champion at Scottish Bread Champion 2024 plus many Golds awarded. Joint Supreme Champion 2022, Double Scottish Bread Championship Champion at Royal Highland Show 2021, and Champion 2019 & multi Gold Award Winner in 2023. Slow Food Scotland Bakery of the Year 2021.Wild Hearth Bakery is an exceptional wood-fired artisan bakery on the edge of the highlands created by John Castley, Baker & Founder.
All John’s breads are created slowly, using nature and natural ingredients. They take many long hours to ferment resulting in fabulous flavours throughout his extensive range of products from ciabatta to croissants, seasonal stollen to seriously fruit & sesame (one of his Champion loaves) & panettone (Champion pictured) .…but, please be aware they do not currently retail from the bakery.
John also runs popular Sourdough Courses so keep an eye open for his next one over on his weblink. Gift Vouchers also available.
The community where these wonderful breads are made is collection of up-cycled WW2 Nissen Huts accommodating a range of enterprises alongside a colourful and plentiful array of allotments, one of which has a selection of heritage grains that John has planted that Comrie Primary School is visiting to see its progress from soil to sandwich. This project, Breaducation is bringing the journey bread makes from seed to plate to life, and interactive for the primary pupils. A very exciting project.
You can buy Wild Hearth products:
- from their retail shop in Comrie
- directly via web shop for home delivery (£5 delivery fee – minimum order £20)
- via your local community bread co-op (minimum order £10) – see JOIN A CO-OP for further information
- at a retailer – You can find our bread and pastries at retailers shown on the map
- at selected Perth & Dundee farmers’ markets
You can order Wild Hearth breads and pastries online here
Mail address for main bakery, NOT retail: 15a Cultybraggan Camp, Comrie, PH6 2HX
