'Shropshire Lad' chef celebrates opening of new coffee and bakehouse in Ironbridge
Shropshire chef Adam Purnell has celebrated the opening of his latest venture - a new bakery located just a stones throw from the Iron Bridge.
Adam, also known as the Shropshire Lad, has cultivated a major social media following over the last decade and opened Embers in May 2023 in the former Green Wood Café in Coalbrookdale.
The thriving woodland-based café has recently extended its opening hours to meet growing demand, and business has also taken up residency of the kitchens at The Park public house in Wellington.
Now, the team has officially opened Baked Bean, a bakery and coffee house in Ironbridge, in the former home of Eighty-Six'd on Waterloo Street.
It hasn't been smooth sailing for the new venture, with work to the property interrupted just a couple of weeks after they began when a car hit the front of the building in the early hours of December 29.
But progress was not halted for long and, earlier this month, Baked Bean began welcoming its first customers.
