OUR PRODUCE

At Friary Mill, we are passionate about our products and strive to ensure that only the best ingredients are used for our pasties, cakes and savouries.

We use local suppliers where possible and our fresh ingredients are delivered to our bakery daily.  Our greengrocer brings us potatoes pulled straight from the ground; quality meat comes directly from a local butcher; and our pastry is handmade at our factory in Cattedown.  Every single pasty is hand prepared and freshly baked every day to ensure you get the best possible product.

Some of the awards our products have achieved include:

Our Curried Vegetable Pasty (suitable for vegans) came 3rd in the World Pasty Championships in 2019

Our Danish Pastries, bread and pasties won “Best in Class” at the CBA Western Bakery Championships (2018-2019)

OUR PEOPLE

To create the best tasting products, not only should we use the best ingredients but we also need the best people to help us serve our loyal customers. We credit our success to the support and commitment of each and every member of the Friary Mill team.

We’re dedicated to supporting our colleagues, and recently launched the Friary Mill Academy – an in-house training scheme designed to improve the leadership and management skills of our team to help create our future leaders.

We believe that learning is an ongoing process and a number of our colleagues have undertaken apprenticeships whilst working with us so that they have the opportunity to earn while they learn.  One of our apprentices, Emma Milner, won Champion Apprentice at the Western Region Bakery Championships in 2023.

OUR FEATURED COLLEAGUE

We want you to get to know our team, so we have started our Featured Colleague section to introduce you to a different member of the Friary Mill family each month.

This month’s Featured Colleague is Emma, our Marketing, Events and Innovation Manager.  Here’s what Emma has to say:

“I started working for Friary Mill in December 2021, but have always been involved in the business.  I started working here to be closer to my family and be in a happier environment than my corporate job – I was a litigation paralegal handling debt recovery and housing issues (I was in court most Tuesdays!)

My day-to-day role is anything and everything!  I could be in the sandwich room or bakery cooking up new products; supporting the shops or retail vans or in the office; you may even find me at your local fair or event!  I am also responsible for the social media posts that go out.

My favourite thing about working for Friary Mill is working with my mum and learning as much as I can from her and working alongside such committed, hard-working colleagues.  I learn something from one of my peers every day; the skills I learnt from them enabled me to gain the title of Trainee Baker of the Year for the Western Region 2023/2024 awarded by the CBA.  My favourite Friary Mill product is our banana cake.

I enjoy being outside and you might find me walking my dog on Dartmoor, swimming in the sea, running (sort of), on a netball court or caring for my horses, Arthur and Alice.  A couple of random facts about me – the only job I haven’t learnt in the business is doughnut frying!  And my dog is named after an apple (Zanna) – the Spanish for apple is Manzana.”

Keep an eye out for our next featured colleague – coming soon!

OUR COMMUNITY

We love our local communities and promise to give our customers the best standards of service. We support many local charities with fundraising efforts and provide our products for events.  Any unsold products at the end of each day are donated to Help for the Homeless Plymouth at The Garage Cafe

We are also proud sponsors of:

• Theatre Royal Plymouth
• Plymouth Argyle FC
• Georgie Knott – Plymouth Argyle Women FC Player
• Devonport Services RFC
• Green Taverners