Now a household name in East Anglia, Rebecca and Two Magpies Bakery have grown to become emblematic of modern baking in the area. This growth included the opening of the hugely popular Two Magpies Bake School in 2019, which hosts classes covering everything from ‘‘An Introduction to Sourdough’ to ‘European Baking’. An experienced and empathetic teacher, Rebecca shares her love of baking with hundreds of enthusiastic pupils every month.
Rebecca Bishop is a baker, food writer, award-winning bakery founder and baking teacher. Her love for long fermented bread and pastries led her to open Two Magpies Bakery, a bakery, cafe and shop, in a small seaside town in Suffolk in 2013. This first location was an ode to modern baking, with the open plan bakery allowing customers to watch as crusty sourdough loaves were pulled steaming from the deck oven and delivered straight to the shop counter.
From there the Two Magpies team opened numerous new shops in Suffolk and Norfolk, all of which proudly represent Rebecca’s love of slow baking, big flavours and quality, local ingredients.
In 2023, a decade after the doors first opened in that sleepy seaside town, Rebecca’s first book ‘Two Magpies Bakery - stories and recipes from East Anglia’ is released by Headline Books. It draws on her experience of following her dream to open that very first bakery, and what she has learnt on her journey to become an accomplished and successful baker and food writer.
Rebecca lives in the Suffolk countryside with her dog, Wilson, where she wakes up every day thinking about ‘the next loaf’. You can follow her on instagram @thenextloaf for instructional and inspiring videos and recipes.
