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Nicholas & Harris

Our Salisbury-based bakery combines over 186 years of craft baking heritage with modern innovation to create high quality artisanal and speciality breads for discerning customers nationwide.

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Nicholas & Harris is a leading artisan bakery, supplying major UK supermarkets and foodservice customers with a diverse range of high-quality breads, rolls, and seasonal specialties.

Nicholas & Harris - Leading artisan bakery- Finsbury Food Group

Since joining Finsbury Food Group in 2003, Nicholas & Harris has continued to build on its Salisbury craft baking heritage while investing in modern cutting-edge production capability. Today, our team of 370 skilled professionals, including a large cohort of fully trained bakers, combine products using long-fermentation methods, stone-bed ovens and state-of-the-art automation to produce high-quality authentic artisanal and speciality breads at scale for major UK supermarkets and foodservice customers.

Our ability to produce high-quality artisanal products at scale has earned us a strong connection with our customers. By blending time-honoured baking methods with modern manufacturing standards, and investing heavily in our future through state-of-the-art automation, we deliver breads that offer both authenticity and consistency.

Rich baking traditions from Nicholas Harris - Finsbury Food Group

A customer favourite…

Our fresh White Sliced Sourdough Loaf exemplifies our dedication to craft baking. Made with carefully selected ingredients and slowly fermented for exceptional flavour and texture, this bread offers a perfect balance of tangy taste and chewy crust, appealing to consumers seeking authentic, traditionally made bread options.

Team Member Sorting Bread - Finsbury Food Group

Frequently Asked Questions

As one of the UK's leading artisan bakers, Nicholas & Harris supplies major supermarkets and foodservice customers with a diverse range of high-quality artisanal and specialty breads, from rolls and sandwich loaves to seasonal hot cross buns and slow-crafted sourdough.

By blending time-honoured craft baking techniques with modern manufacturing standards, they deliver exceptional taste, texture, and visual appeal across every loaf and batch we bake.
Based in Salisbury, Nicholas & Harris Ltd is home to about 370 skilled bakers, who produce over 45 million loaves and rolls every year. Our Nicholas & Harris Salisbury site pairs modern equipment with classic stone bed ovens, giving us the scale to meet major retail demand while keeping the authentic feel and quality of traditional specialty bread we're known for.
Nicholas & Harris specialises in high-quality artisanal and speciality breads, combining traditional craft baking techniques with modern manufacturing capability. The Salisbury team uses long-fermentation methods, skilled bakers and stone-bed ovens to create products with authentic flavour, texture and character, while maintaining rigorous, exemplary standards for quality and consistency across every single loaf.

That same care goes into every batch we make, helping leading supermarkets and foodservice customers trust Nicholas & Harris for consistent quality, reliable supply and the capacity to meet demand across the country.
Nicholas & Harris joined the Finsbury Food Group family back in 2003, bringing a rich 186-years of craft baking heritage into our wider group. Becoming part of Finsbury Food Group gave the Salisbury team the investment, supply chain strength, and modern infrastructure needed to expand, while allowing us to preserve our traditional baking roots. Today, Nicholas & Harris stands as one of Finsbury Food Groups' speciality bakeries, combining local Wiltshire craftsmanship with group-wide manufacturing scale.
Nicholas & Harris achieve authentic craft quality by combining our traditional long fermentation methods with Finsbury Food Group's advanced baking technology.

Allowing doughs to ferment slowly over time gives their sourdough and specialty loaves their deep, complex flavour and open crumb structure. By baking these slow-crafted doughs in high-capacity stone bed ovens, their experienced craft bakers deliver true artisanal quality that tastes hand-crafted, while easily meeting the high-volume schedules major supermarkets and foodservice customers rely on.