Home Food Restaurant Reviews Recipes Drink Distilleries Whisky Gin Craft Beer Locations Scran Podcast An international guide has named a bakery in Scotland as one of the best in the world. If you love a good bakery , then you're in luck as international guide, La Liste, has announced its Pastry Awards for 2024 and an Edinburgh business has been named as one of the best in the world. Lannan Bakery in Stockbridge, which opened in 2023 and often sells out, was awarded the Pastry Opening of the Year Award.
Owner Darcie Maher said of the accolade: "As a Scottish pastry chef, who specialises in French viennoiserie, collecting this award at Les jardins des Invalides in Paris was an honour. "I’m grateful to La Liste for both the recognition and the invitation. 25 exceptional pastry chefs from across the world were given an award and it’s a privilege to be included.
"Thank you for creating an award dedicated to us. We’re so often overlooked. We’re first in the bakery in the morning, and the last out the restaurant at night.
" A post shared by Lannan Bakery (@lannanbakery) The guide said of Lannan: "Edinburgh’s newest bakery, Lannan in the city’s Stockbridge area, comes from self-taught baker Darcie Maher who grew up in the Scottish Borders. Maher worked across the UK before joining the launch team at The Palmerston, also in Edinburgh, where her creative pastry ideas soon won her a following on and offline. "The word Lannan comes from the Gaelic for ‘house’, and Maher ha.
