Celebrating Welsh food and drink

specialityfoodmagazine.com 37 Siwgr a Sbeis RHIAN OWEN & RHIANWILLIAMS Everything Siwgr a Sbeis prepares in their Llanrwst-based bakery is traditionally baked from scratch in small quantities, using recipes that aremostly crafted by directors Rhian Williams and Rhian Owen. They bake everything to order, and their motto is ‘baked today, delivered tomorrow’, meaning all their traditionally handmade produce arrives fresh and is made with the utmost care and attention. The bilingual company, run by two first languageWelsh speakers, is exceptionally passionate about delivering the highest quality produce that showcases everythingWales has to offer. They pride themselves on working with other Welsh producers, such as Snowdonia crackers, which is based in Rhyl, whilst Coffi Eryri, located within twomiles of the bakery, supplies ground coffee. Building on the launches of their very popular lemon cake and Bara Brith flapjacks, SiwGras Beis enhanced their offering with several new items. These include crunchy peanut flapjacks and double chocolate and hazelnut brownies. These fresh flavours have evolved from the original versions. Siwgr a Sbeis frequently considers their environmental impact, and their packaging is 95% recyclable, with an aim to increase this to 100%. siwgrasbeis.com Popty Bakery MARIANWILLIAMS Popty Bakery is situated in Llanllechid on the outskirts of Bethesda. Set in the Snowdonia National Park, Bethesda has become a tourist attraction for climbers, ramblers and anyone looking to spend time surrounded by beautiful scenery and fresh country air. At the beginning of the 1900s, O.J. Williams opened a small bakery in the hills of Llanllechid. It still stands today, only now it has a 3000sq/ft steel structure extension. The business was passed on fromO.J. Williams to his son Arthur who later sold it to his nephewand current managing director GwynWilliams, Over the years, the business has seen growth from the early days of direct supply to residential customers, to a wholesale supplier of shops and caterers acrossWales. Followingmarket trends Popty Bakery has revised its product range to focusmainly on traditional Welshcakes and Bara Brith. These lines are nowavailable throughoutWales and parts of England at retail outlets includingAldi, Asda, Co-Op, Morrisons and Tesco. They can also be found under the Blas y Castell range throughwholesale distributers Castell Howell. popty.co.uk