Scottish bakeries named among best in the world – see the full list

A NUMBER of Scottish bakeries and pastry shops have been recognised as among the best in the world.

La Liste's Pastry Awards 2024 gave recognition to over 3000 pastry providers that it considers the “crème de la crème of pastry shops, bakeries, coffee shops, afternoon teas and desert restaurants”.

Of those, 199 were in the UK and 24 in Scotland – from Castle Douglas and Muirord to East Linton.

Among those recognised was Lannan Bakery, in Edinburgh’s Stockbridge area, which also won the best newcomer in the world.

Here is a full list of all 24 bakeries that made the list:

• The Earth's Crust Bakery, Castle Douglas

• ARAN Bakery, Dunkeld

• Bostock Bakery, East Linton

• Twelve Triangles, Edinburgh

• Hobz Bakery, Edinburgh

• Lannan Bakery, Edinburgh

• The Pastry Section, Edinburgh

• The Palmerston, Edinburgh

• Bakhoos Bakery, Fortrose

• Cottonrake Bakery, Glasgow

• Partenope, Glasgow

• Bad Girl Bakery Cafe, Muir of Ord

• The Newport Bakery, Newport-on-Tay

• Bostock Bakery, North Berwick

• Birch Cafe, Portree

• Bandit Bakery, Aberdeen

• Two.Eight.Seven, Glasgow

• Outlier 38, Glasgow

• kaf Coffee, Glasgow

• La Barantine, Edinburgh

• HAVN, Stirling

• The bakery by Zique, Glasgow

• The Bakehouse & Crannog, Mallaig

• Falko, Haddington