Baker & Cook is an artisan bakery and food store that first opened its doors in 2012, guided by the motto 'Passion is Our Main Ingredient'. The Hillcrest Road outlet in Bukit Timah carries the brand's signature blend of heart-warming hospitality and honest baking: a welcoming, cosy space where neighbours gather to shop for artisan loaves and settle in for something good to eat.
Sourdough is the pride and joy here, but it is far from the only thing done well. Every product is hand-crafted using time-honoured processes and honest ingredients, from daily breads and pastries to celebration cakes. The ovens turn out familiar favourites alongside seasonal newcomers — a cheerful sprinkle cookie here, a new Bread of the Month (currently pillowy Japanese shokupan) there — so there is often something fresh to discover.
Beyond the counter, the bakery looks outward to the community it serves. Selected breads and pastries can be ordered online for pickup or delivery, party platters feed gatherings large and small, and gift vouchers make the baking easy to share. It is the kind of neighbourhood spot the brand set out to create: a community hub where people gather to dine and shop for artisan bakery products, delivered with a 'products we love, service we love' approach.
Baker & Cook has been part of Singapore's bakery scene since 2012, when it first opened with a simple promise: 'Passion is Our Main Ingredient'. In the years since, it has grown into one of the city's best-known artisan bakery and food store brands, with welcoming outlets across the island. The Hillcrest Road bakery in Bukit Timah is exactly the kind of place the founders had in mind — a cosy, casual neighbourhood spot where the smells of fresh bread drift out to the street and regulars are greeted like friends.
Walk in and you will find what the brand describes as a heart-warming shopping and dining experience. The ambience is welcoming, the service friendly, the atmosphere comforting — qualities that have made Baker & Cook a natural draw for its neighbourhoods and, as the team puts it, the centre of the community.
Sourdough is the pride and joy of Baker & Cook, and it is easy to see why. Loaves are hand-crafted the slow way, using time-honoured processes and honest ingredients — dough scored by hand, baked with care, and packed to travel well. But the sourdough does not overshadow everything else. Breads, pastries and cakes are all made by hand, from rustic country loaves like the pain miche to the soft, pillowy Japanese milk bread known as shokupan.
The bakery keeps things fresh with a rotating Bread of the Month — shokupan is the current star — and a regular stream of new products. Recent arrivals include a cheerful sprinkle cookie, part of a line-up of new favourites that gives regulars a reason to wander in and see what is new. Brunch, too, has had a fresh makeover, making the bakery as much a place to linger over a meal as a stop for a loaf on the way home.
Baker & Cook's vision goes beyond selling good bread. The brand set out to create uniquely situated bakeries that combine the best of a casual, cosy neighbourhood vibe with a genuine community hub — somewhere people can gather to dine and to shop for artisan bakery products. That idea shapes everything, backed by what the team calls a 'products we love' and 'service we love' approach to every loaf, plate and interaction.
The shelves cover a few broad pleasures. First, bread: signature sourdough alongside classics like pain miche and seasonal features such as shokupan. Second, pastries and cakes — hand-crafted bakes suited to an afternoon treat or a celebration. And third, everything in between: new-favourite cookies and small bites that tend to disappear on the walk home.
Feeding a crowd? Party platters extend the bakery's offerings to gatherings of any size, with catering handled through a dedicated platter menu and enquiries taken by email. Gift vouchers are available too, for when you would rather let someone choose their own favourite.
Not every visit needs to happen in person. Selected breads and pastries are available for pickup and delivery through Baker & Cook's online store, where new customers are welcomed with 15% off their first order and delivery is free on orders over $50. In-store shoppers are encouraged to bring their own bag — a small habit that fits the brand's honest, community-minded character.
Baker & Cook Hillcrest sits within a wider family of bakes. The brand's sister concepts — Plank Sourdough Pizza, Mo & Jo burgers and Café Carrera, a collaboration with Porsche Studio — all draw on the same artisan foundation, and the family now spans multiple Singapore outlets including Dempsey and Dairy Farm. Yet the heart of it remains what it was in 2012: a neighbourhood bakery where passion really is the main ingredient, and where a good loaf is never more than a short walk away.