Sourdough Sophia

Sourdough Sophia is a community-funded London bakery group started in lockdown 2020 by Sophia (a baker's daughter from Germany) and Jesse, who baked from their dining room until queues down the street and a 600-backer Kickstarter opened their first shop in Crouch End that December. Real bread of flour, water and salt, laminated pastries, coffee and an ever-changing menu of comforting classics, made with sustainable ingredients and artisan techniques. Crowdfunding rounds have taken it to seven bakeries — Crouch End, Essex Road, Highgate, Hampstead, Bermondsey (Spa Terminus), Primrose Hill and, from July 2026, Neal's Yard in Covent Garden — with a target of twenty, plus baking courses and wholesale. Hires in-store bakers and team leaders; perks include paid training, free lunch, coffee and bread daily, and wellbeing support.