The aptly named The Bakewell Tart Shop in Derbyshire proudly proclaims to be the birthplace of the Bakewell tart – with the closely guarded original recipe still used to this day. So, what drew him to The Bakewell Tart Shop? The Bakewell Tart Shop may have the original recipe, but there are several other bakeries and Bakewell tart and pudding specialists in the town. More costs being levelled at the business in the form of rising minimum wage won’t help but The Bakewell Tart Shop is evolving its model to combat this. Notably, “about 45% of our entire business sales come from Bakewell tarts and Bakewell puddings but they account for about 5% of the range”.
