Olde Hearth Bread Company

Specialties

Artisan Style breads and pastries, with no preservatives.

History

Established in 1998.

Olde Hearth purchases only the highest quality ingredients to create healthy and tasty products. Unbleached and unbromated flours and preservative-​free ingredients are essential to their healthy baking process. Minimal automation and a commitment to old-​world, «hand-​made» processing ensure Olde Hearth’s breads are pure and flavorful — all aspects of which are unique to this market.

Meet the Business Owner

Shannon T.

Business Owner

A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Shannon travelled to San Francisco in the early 1990s to work at Stars Restaurant with Jeremiah Tower, one of the nation’s premier chefs. Realizing the importance of good bread to the enjoyment of a meal, Talty decided to focus his culinary skills on the art of baking. This decision led him to Acme Bread Company, San Francisco Bay’s top artisan bakery. «Acme was the ideal place to learn about artisan bread,» recalls Shannon. «The bakery had recently moved to a new facility in Berkley and almost everyone was on an even playing field. I was taught the foundation for proper mixing, shaping, proofing and baking. Acme represents the benchmark for artisan baking and I was fortunate to learn from the best.» After successfully starting up a bakery for an investor in Southern California, Talty returned to his home state of Florida. One year later, he opened the Olde Hearth Bread Company, Orlando’s first handcrafted artisan bakery.