Glasgow bakery gets crowned Scotland’s Best Croissant

A home-based micro-bakery in Glasgow has been crowned the winner of Scotland’s Best Croissant competition.

Maple Leaf Bakery came out on top of a strong field of competitors who were judged on shape, colour, pastry development, texture and taste.

Rebecca who runs the bakery said she is completely overwhelmed at the reception as it was an intimidatingly knowledgable and skilled panel of judges so it felt exposing opening yourself up to that kind of scrutiny.

She said the Scottish baking community made it a lovely experience and it was a great experience to meet other bakers.

The competition was organised by the Edinburgh Butter Company and took place at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh in late October, where Bridge of Allen bakery HAVN took home second place.

Judges said that while the room was brimmed in artisan talent Maple Leaf’s croissant really stood out and it was unanimously agreed she’d won the trophy.

We tried the famous croissant in the office earlier and can definitely vouch for its quality.

They were enjoyed by our whole team, they looked perfect, smelled amazing. They were very sweet and buttery in taste and has a soft chewy texture.