The baker behind the breads

I believe in the value of real handmade bread. With me you will only find sourdough bread. Miro Van Vreckem does all the baking. I'm from Belgium and moved to Norway 5 years ago.

I started baking in 2022 for our village. Everyone was surprised at how good it was and asked me to take it further. The shops around me got in touch and wanted to include the breads in their range.

I've been interested in baking bread all my life. Before it was always for my own use.

ELT bakery has a partnership with Eataly in Milan and Turin (Italy). The bakery is visited by Italian bakers, and I often go abroad to learn from the old experienced bakers.

''It's not difficult to find happiness in a sourdough bakery,'' a French miller once wrote, and I agree.

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ELT Bakeri was founded together with Karin De Rooy, also Belgian and an important person in my life. Together we shared a dream of changing the bread culture in Norway. We wanted to show that bread can be more than a quick, industrial product – that it can be true craftsmanship, made with time, knowledge, and respect for the raw ingredients.

For us, it was not only about baking bread, but about contributing to a new understanding of what bread can be. We wanted to inspire people to rediscover the taste, aroma, and quality of real sourdough bread – bread that is alive, complex, and full of character.

ELT Bakeri grew out of this passion. From the very first experiments at the baking table to the bakery as it exists today, the goal has remained the same: to make honest bread, built on tradition, craftsmanship, and a deep love for good ingredients.

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