About Us
Born into a farming family as a young girl Sylvia loved to bake and spent many hours in the kitchen with mum and her older sister Angie, whilst brother Stephen and Dad were out on the farm,
1993 - 1997
And then there was four, throughout this time Sylvia married Richard and two sons were born, Edward and Connor, Sylvia was never one for standing around idly, continuing to work in the catering trade whilst juggling a family meant the boys soon learnt about a working life.
1997
A vision for an opening in an empty shop on the corner of Liddymore Road Watchet, next to Glenmore Foods, as a Bakery/Cafe was seen.
This soon became a buzzing family business, with mum and dad retired from farming, mum became hands on with the washing up and general cleaning whilst Dad took control of the bakery van, making deliveries across the local community.
2007
With the business growing in all directions a new shop was opened in the nearby town of Minehead
2009
Outgrown the Watchet premises and with the bakery in mind the Cafe was sold and the bakery was moved to much bigger premises in Williton.
2013
A big year! Edward now reaching 19 years of age returned to the bakery after 3 years gaining work experience and catering skills else where, an extension to the existing bakery was added and several new additions to the bread production was created. Having outgrown the existing Minehead shop a new bigger shop was moved into.
2014
At 17 Connor returns to the bakery as an interim job before his future career starts with the Fire Brigade, still on hand to help between shifts
2015
Edward continued working along side his mum, he learned each job within the business, from repairing machinery to purchasing and accounts.
2016
Growing from strength to strength The company bought a derelict building in the village, built in 1835 and empty since the 80s, it took 3 years to complete the renovation, build a state of the art bakery at the rear and move in. Richard and Edward’s future wife, Melissa both gave up their job and joined the family.
2018
Freddie Jeromson is born
2019
Edward married Melissa
2020
Company saw a huge uplift in sales due to the covid pandemic.
2022
Phoebe Jeromson was born
2016 - 2022
The new bakery was planned and designed by Sylvia and Edward – and they settled for nothing but the best, they purchased the very best and the latest in technology to set the foundation for the future
2023
Retail van one, quickly followed by Retail van two travelling the local community.
2024
The grand opening of the flagship shop in Minehead, With the move of the bakery came increased production, another extension to the bakery and with expansion comes more jobs for people in the surrounding area – the company now employs around 50 staff.
I’m Sylvia, welcome to Glenmore Bakery’s website.
I was born and have lived between the Quantocks and the edge of the coast all my life.
Since I was a young girl I’ve enjoyed cooking and baking and remember spending many hours in the kitchen with mum and my older sister Angie, whilst brother Stephen and dad was out on the farm.
When leaving school in 1985 catering collage was the obvious choice for me and I progressed into good jobs working my way up the ladder into management roles, so when my children were born they soon became very used to a working life.
Glenmore Café and Bakery was formed in 1997 and 6 weeks in I was asked to work one week to cover the head baker’s holiday; I loved it so much I never left. It was no surprise to anyone when in 2003 my husband Richard (better known as Dick), and I, bought it. Very soon it became a buzzing family business and in 2007 we opened our first shop in the centre of Minehead.
In 2009 we had outgrown our premises and so with the Bakery in mind we sold the Café and moved into a much bigger premise in Williton.
Since then we have not only grown our wholesale distribution service but opened two more shops in Minehead and Taunton. We continue to pride ourselves on the homemade approach to baking, with no added extra additives or preservatives.
My boys have now learnt the tricks of the trade as well; cooking is a big part of Conner’s life and Edward is also back in the business after training away and gaining extensive work experience in the catering field. The boys have won awards and bring some real benefits to the business with their drive, enthusiasm and natural flair!
