Our Test Bakery is available for:
Product Development
Whether you want to discover how a machine will handle your new product or you want to develop a product from scratch, you can use our test bakery to find the answers.
Equipment Testing
We have a range of resident machinery in the test bakery, including a Polin gas steam tube and electric artisan deck oven, a compact Polin single rack rotary oven, a modular Polin electric deck oven, mixers, a pastry production line, pastry rollers, multidrop depositors and more. We can also set-up a specific machine for your visit.
Product Trials
We have vast experience in helping producers implement machinery to create their products, right here in our test bakery. Find out how much faster your production line can be with a few tweaks to your process or a change in machinery.
Why use our Test Bakery?
- It’s completely free to use and can be used by anyone
- We have our own on-site technical and product specialists available to assist you during your visit
- We’ve made it easy to book (further down the page)
- There are hundreds of different machines available for you to test
- We can offer full day, half day or bespoke time slots to suit your needs
What’s provided?
Our aim is to provide an environment where users can test machinery to understand a process or a product ready for implementing at their own facility.
We have resident machinery but can also install specific items that you may want to try. We have a Polin gas steam tube and electric artisan deck oven, a compact Polin single rack rotary oven, a modular Polin electric deck oven, mixers, a pastry production line, pastry rollers, Multidrop depositors and more.
What do you need to bring?
Yourself and your ingredients but the team can advise you on what to get.
We can install equipment for you to test
If a machine is not set-up, we can also install a particular new or used machine for your special trials allowing you to emulate a technique before committing to purchase a machine to ensure the right equipment is chosen for the task in hand. The team are always happy to help.
Our Bakery Specialists
We have a team with 300 combined years of practical experience within the industry and we have additional consultants and tutors we use with specific backgrounds to help with whatever it is you require.
We believe that it’s a huge benefit to be able to learn in a commercial environment, and see and use the equipment required to scale up and automate processes.
Meet the Bakery Specialists