Pantry 61 in Colchester

Pantry 61 is a bakery open over the weekend with a huge range of sweet treats! We’ve visited a handful of times and walked away with something different every time. I’ve also purchased vouchers for friends. Very friendly staff and reasonably priced! I’m aware they also bake larger cakes for birthdays/parties.

We visited Pantry 61 last week to place an order for a family party and Penny, the chef, was very helpful. We ordered the double chocolate brownie and white chocolate rocky road and both went down a treat, with many people commenting how lovely they looked and tasted. I would definitely recommend and use again!

Very friendly and helpful. Cake was twice the size I expected it to be, tasted wonderful, like a beautiful home made cake but professional. Lots of helpful info on box. Cannot recommend highly enough and will absolutely be going back for more. Well done Penny.

Visited for the first time, had cornflake tart, date and apple slice (vegan) biscotti fudge and fresh plums home grown. Date and apple tart was outstanding, best I have ever tasted, cornflake tart was also as good as it gets, fudge was enjoyed by everyone, very sweet and moreish. Home grown Victoria plums are wonderfully tart. Would highly recommend.

Penny is the chef at Pantry 61 - she previously worked at Le Talbooth/Milsoms and luckily for us locals she is now selling her 5* quality desserts from the shop that is attached to the tearoom. I just had a wonderful afternoon tea here - this is not a traditional tea as there are no savoury items - just desserts - we were surprised we didn't miss the savouries. The cakes and pastries with the tea were outstanding - there were 10(!) different types - fruit & plain scone served with clotted cream & tiptree jam, chocolate mousse in a tuile cone, brownie, black forest tart, (large) mango cheesecake, fudge, macaron, triple layer sponge cake and a yoyo type biscuit. Although all in my party (7 of us) had large appetites we ended up taking quite a few goodies home in the boxes provided .For £17.50 per head it was amazing value. They only do these teas on Tuesdays & Saturdays at certain times of the year (they are located on a Christmas tree farm so will apparently be too busy to have any until the New Year). There is a lovely shop that is attached to the tearoom - they sell an incredible selection of baked goods - always different dishes with a very high quality finish - if you follow them on facebook you can see what is freshly baked that morning or get ideas of what desserts you can order. I would highly recommend Pantry 61.