Wahroonga, New South Wales
Bread and pastry, made by hand every morning.
A small neighbourhood bakehouse on Fox Valley Road — best known for an apple strudel that is rolled, filled and baked one at a time.
Wahroonga, New South Wales
A small neighbourhood bakehouse on Fox Valley Road — best known for an apple strudel that is rolled, filled and baked one at a time.
The one people come back for
Granny Smiths, peeled and cut by hand each morning, cinnamon, a little brown sugar, and pastry rolled thin enough to see through. Rolled, baked and dusted — then left alone.
Every strudel is built individually. That is why no two look quite the same, and why the filling reaches the ends instead of collecting in the middle.
Side by side
The honest version. There is one row down there where the mass-produced one beats us, and we have left it in.
| Fox Bakehouse Made here, this morning | Mass-produced Made in a factory, frozen | |
|---|---|---|
| Rolled and filled by hand, one at a time | ✓ | ✗ |
| Apples peeled and cut on the day | ✓ | ✗ |
| Baked this morning, never frozen | ✓ | ✗ |
| Filling reaches the ends, not just the middle | ✓ | ✗ |
| You can ask the person who made it | ✓ | ✗ |
| Gift box built to carry it flat to a lunch | ✓ | ✗ |
| Still available at four o’clock on a Saturday | ✗ | ✓ |
We make a fixed number each morning and stop when they are gone, so on a busy Saturday a mass-produced one genuinely does win on availability. Ours is worth getting in early for.
What people say
“I took a whole strudel to a lunch and three people asked me where it was from before we had even cut it.”
Marina H. · Regular since 2019“You can tell straight away it is not a mass-produced one. The apple actually tastes like apple.”
Daniel P. · Thursday regular“Been going every Saturday for two years. Get there before nine or the strudel is gone.”
Sophie L. · Saturday morning regular“Picked one up in the gift box on my way to my mother’s birthday. Carried it in still looking exactly like it did in the shop.”
Anh N. · Buys the gift box every birthday“My kids will not touch the mass-produced ones any more, which is either a compliment or a problem.”
Rebecca T. · Comes in with three children“Only complaint is that they sell out. Turn up before nine and there is no trouble at all.”
James M. · Early riserReviews shown are written examples created for this concept campaign, not real customer reviews.
Our story
Fox Bakehouse is one shopfront on Fox Valley Road with one oven behind it. We are not trying to be anywhere else. Keeping it small is what lets us shape every loaf by hand and still open at half past six.
Alongside the strudel we bake sourdough, croissants, scrolls, cakes and a short savoury list — all of it made here, all of it made that morning.
More about usCome and see us
We bake in small batches through the morning, so the best time to come is early. Everything is sold over the counter, while it lasts.