About Us

The Breadman Organic Bakery was created by Steffan Klink in Nelson in 1993 when he moved to New Zealand from Germany.
Since that time the demand for delicious, healthy and locally baked breads has just kept increasing - even before 'organic' became the fashion it is now... Steffan was way ahead of the market!

Now the bakery is based in Christchurch and owned by John and Cassandra Booth who have continued to bake and develop the fantastic breads, crackers and muesli that Steffan created more than 15 years ago. The unique German style of the breads and the European influence is maintained by a team of artisan bakers who include Swiss and German specialists.

Philosophy

Where it all started: an old hop
kiln turns into a bakery.

Our tradition at The Breadman demands that we strive to produce a range of great tasting, healthy, organic breads, crackers and muesli.

Our Vision Statement, if we called it that, would be:

Great Products, made by great people for great people.

Not very sexy, we agree, but it's simple and says what we are about. We don't have time (or inclination) for fancy corporate speak or gimmicky packaging - generally, we think that less is more.

So you will understand that we operate in the most ethical and sustainable way we can, not because we have to, or because it's trendy, but because we want to and we believe it's the right thing to do.

Our ethical beliefs put people before profit and we think of "sustainability" as dealing with like minded growers, suppliers and retailers. We buy locally wherever we can, partly to minimise our carbon footprint but mostly because we like to support local communities and small growers. We can't always buy Kiwi grown but we will always look for it as a preference and buy it unless there is a serious reason not to (and that's not necessarily just a price based decision).

Loyal customers and word-of-mouth recommendations help us to grow incrementally and our customers tell us that they are concerned about what they eat and value the high quality and health benefits that our products provide.