Steve Buchan - Our founder and head baker at the Vegan Bay Baker, winning the best traditional sourdough award at the Scottish Bakers Awards 2022.
Steve's baking journey started when he was 17 years old working part-time within Asda's bakery. His love and passion for baking shone through but he was keen to go further than premixed baking.
In 2010 he started with the Ythan Bakery of Ellon to complete his level 3 apprenticeship with the Scottish Association of Master Bakers. Since then, Steve has worked as a bakery supervisor within Dobbie's Garden Centres and in Ray Allan Bakery in Peterhead.
When Steve's wife Zoe went vegan in 2019 he was shocked at the poor vegan choices for her when it came to baked goods. It took several months of trial and error, establishing what works and trying new things, and in July 2019 Steve launched the Vegan Bay Baker at Pitmedden Gardens North Hop Plant Based event. That was the Vegan Bay Baker's first event and we completely sold out!
Since then, Steve now has three shops, along with the bakery in Ellon, he still attends farmers markets every weekend, caters for different events within some of Aberdeen's best restaurants and supplies many local cafes and restaurants.
Steve's baking journey started when he was 17 years old working part-time within Asda's bakery. His love and passion for baking shone through but he was keen to go further than premixed baking.
In 2010 he started with the Ythan Bakery of Ellon to complete his level 3 apprenticeship with the Scottish Association of Master Bakers. Since then, Steve has worked as a bakery supervisor within Dobbie's Garden Centres and in Ray Allan Bakery in Peterhead.
When Steve's wife Zoe went vegan in 2019 he was shocked at the poor vegan choices for her when it came to baked goods. It took several months of trial and error, establishing what works and trying new things, and in July 2019 Steve launched the Vegan Bay Baker at Pitmedden Gardens North Hop Plant Based event. That was the Vegan Bay Baker's first event and we completely sold out!
Since then, Steve now has three shops, along with the bakery in Ellon, he still attends farmers markets every weekend, caters for different events within some of Aberdeen's best restaurants and supplies many local cafes and restaurants.
Our promise to you.
We promise to provide you with the tastiest, highest quality of vegan baking. To make vegan food taste great and for you to enjoy all aspects of traditional craft baking. All of our products are 100% vegan and there is no fear of cross contamination. All of our products are suitable for egg and dairy allergies. Most of our products contain soya (yumyums, butteries and shortbread are soya free) but most of our products can be adapted to suit soya allergies.
We promise to provide you with the tastiest, highest quality of vegan baking. To make vegan food taste great and for you to enjoy all aspects of traditional craft baking. All of our products are 100% vegan and there is no fear of cross contamination. All of our products are suitable for egg and dairy allergies. Most of our products contain soya (yumyums, butteries and shortbread are soya free) but most of our products can be adapted to suit soya allergies.
