SINCE taking over North End Bakehouse nine years ago, Matt Aylett and wife Kiah have grown the business to become the local baked goods powerhouse it is today.
No stranger to headlines in recent months, their vanilla slices having been deemed the best in the nation, their continued success is a testament to their drive to provide the most delicious goods their team can muster.
North End Bakehouse currently employ 10 local people who love being a part of a team that prides itself upon on being family-owned supporters of our local economy and workforce.
Matt is a qualified baker/pastry chef with 17 years of experience, and Kiah has been decorating cakes and also working as a pastry chef for 15 years. After spending many years working in a multitude of local bakeries, prior to opening North End Bakehouse, they ran much loved cake decorating business, ‘Get Caked’ for five years.
Eight months ago, the couple welcomed their daughter Addison (Addie) Aylett into the world, “Our focus has been diverted to our little family, but we will continue to grow our business and continuously put the bakery on a national stage,” said Matt.
“In terms of what else the future holds, we will continue to let people know that we are here in our little court. We are happy with our current location and set-up, but future expansion may be on the cards for us down the track.”
Regarding those famous vanilla slices, judged the very best in Oz by the Baking Association of Australia, “we were super-excited, especially because we’ve put in a lot of time and effort over the years to perfect this dessert, we’ve always played with the recipe and now we’ve got it perfected,” Matt said of his fool-proof recipe.
That’s not all they’ve been crowned winners of, they’ve also been awarded the title of ‘Most Innovative Hot Cross Bun (2023)’ and ‘Best Hot-Cross Bun (2021 &2022)’, Matt said his team would return to the awards next year to defend those titles.
North End Bakehouse are located at 2 Grant Ct, Shepparton and can be contacted on 5821 0035 and is open Monday-Friday from 7am until 4pm.
