About Us & Our History
A family business with a passion for flavour. Award winning breads, pastries, coffee and preserves.
All of our cafés offer both dine-in and take-away food and drink, cater for a range of dietary requirements and serve up quality food from some of Cornwall’s best suppliers.
Time, passion and full flavour
is our recipe for success
Here at Da Bara, everything is done with care and with passion, from the initial crack of an egg or scattering of flour, to the warm welcome we extend to every single customer who walks through our doors.
Our fantastic team are here to make sure your Da Bara experience leaves nothing but a smile on your face and crumbs on your plate.
Crafted with time and passion
Using only the best ingredients
No rush means no compromise
Our History At A Glance
About Us History Timeline
Our online shop opened
In light of the global pandemic we closed our eat-in facilities and remodelled both sites into retail and take away businesses as well as creating our new online shop which allowed us to continue trading throughout the series of ‘lockdowns’.
We moved to our current Bakery
We moved to our current Bakery at Indian Queens, more than quadrupling our space again, and opened our second Café & shop.
Opening of our first café & shop on the Roseland
We opened our first café & shop on the Roseland, our spiritual home which quickly became a hub for locals and visitors alike.
Second bakery move
Saw us move to our second bakery, tripling the space to 1500 sqft to include our first bakery shop and coffee counter.
The beginning
Da Bara was founded by brothers Ben and Tim Hawkins, both long-time veterans of the hospitality and catering trade and both with a serious passion for home bread baking. Ben’s wife Michelle joined shortly after, adding cake to the offer. We started supplying our wares to a handful of farm shops and restaurants.