It all started with a little jar of flour and water...
Made by Mina began long before I ever imagined I'd have my own little bakery.
In December 2024, my auntie, who is the fabulous baker in my family, and I had been influenced by TikTok to try our hands at Sourdough bread. So I started my own sourdough starter in and over Christmas we made our first loaf together and, much to our surprise, it was a success!
I was completely hooked.
What started as a Christmas experiment quickly became a bit of an obsession. Over the next year, I baked loaf after loaf for friends and family, experimenting with different flours, flavours and recipes along the way. The more I baked, the more people told me the same thing:
“You should sell this!”
So, in early 2026, I finally took the leap – and Made by Mina was born.
Why sourdough?
For me, sourdough has always been about more than making a lovely loaf of bread.
Being on a challenging journey with my health and well-being has made me much more conscious of what goes into the food I eat. I personally have found that traditionally made sourdough suited me in a way that many other breads didn't, and it encouraged me to start looking much more closely at how bread is made.
I loved knowing exactly what went into the bread coming out of my own kitchen.
Our Classic White Sourdough contains just three ingredients: flour, water and salt. No unnecessary extras…just good ingredients, plenty of time and a little help from our sourdough starter.
Meet Susan
And speaking of our starter...
Meet Susan – the sourdough starter that's been there since the very beginning.
Susan was started back in December 2024 and has been kept alive and bubbling away ever since, fed everyday for the last 700 days and counting! She's responsible for naturally fermenting our loaves and is at the heart of every single thing we bake.
What started as a little jar of flour and water at Christmas has now helped make hundred of loaves, cookies, muffins and other sourdough treats – which still feels pretty special.
Made slowly. Made by hand. Made by Mina.
Today, Made by Mina is a home microbakery based in New Bradwell, Milton Keynes, where everything is handmade in small batches and baked fresh to order.
We believe good bread shouldn't need to be complicated. Our sourdough is given the time it needs to naturally ferment, and we only use British-grown and milled flours.
And although bread is where it all began, the bakery has grown to include focaccia, cookies, muffins, granola and plenty of other sourdough creations…because it turns out there's not much I won't try adding sourdough to!
Whether you're picking up your weekly loaf, having a local order delivered or opening one of our monthly Sourdough Boxes somewhere further afield, everything is still made with the same care as those very first loaves I baked for friends and family.
Thank you for supporting my little bakery and allowing something that started as a Christmas experiment to become so much more ♡
Mina x