Bryan is now starting a new venture in the city
A former Nottingham Post reporter is now making his dough as a baker. Bryan Henesey worked as a journalist in the city for six years up until 2014 when he decided on a career change.
The father-of-two, who lives in Chilwell, said: "Growing up I always loved food and I always fancied being a baker if I'm honest. Where I grew up in Wigan there was a bakery on the corner five minutes walk away so I used to go there and thought I'd love to be a baker - but other people were like you don't want to do that you have to get up really early or work through the night.
"I remember when I had my interview at Welbeck they said where do you want to be in five years time and I said head baker. I wanted to show ambition," said Bryan, who achieved that goal by becoming head baker at Tough Mary's in Derby Road, Nottingham. "Emilie had been here about two years and she'd built up a bit of a core following. What attracted me was Sneinton Market Avenues was it seems an area full of good potential. There's lots of creative people here and everyone seems really friendly and passionate about this area.
At his previous jobs Bryan was usually out-of-sight in the bakehouse but here he's face-to-face with customers and is enjoying talking to them about his passion for the products, which are freshly baked each day. "You can squish it and it springs back. A lot of the mass produced bread if you squish it it almost goes back to dough. Because of the long, slow fermentation, sourdough is more digestible."
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