Bakery

Artisanal Sourdough Bakery

Our artisanal bakery has been the heart of Newport Market & Deli since 1997, freshly baking sourdough bread the traditional slow way, along with a full range of pastries, every day, right here in Mouille Point, Cape Town. Every loaf goes through a slow, natural fermentation — no shortcuts. From crusty ciabattas and baguettes to our country white, rye, and gluten-free loaves, there's a fresh bake for every table. Pop in for a coffee and a warm pastry, grab a loaf on your way home, phone through an order for collection, or get it delivered with Uber Eats.

Sourdough bread is made by using a small amount of starter dough and mixing it with new flour and water. Part of this resulting dough is then saved to use as the starter for the next batch.

As long as the starter dough is fed flour and water daily, the sourdough mixture can stay at room temperature indefinitely and remain healthy and usable.

It is not uncommon for a baker’s starter dough to have years of history, from many hundreds of previous batches. As a result, each bakery’s sourdough has a distinct taste.

The combination of starter, culture and air temperature, humidity, and elevation also makes each batch of sourdough different.

Sourdough is leavened bread, which means the dough naturally rises as a result of gas which is produced as the grain ferments. While most commercial breads use baker’s yeast as the raising agent, sourdough is made using a sourdough starter