Lord of the Fries team opens vegan bakery in Melbourne

14 November 2018

Image source: @weareweirdoughs via Instagram

An entirely plant-based bakery by the vegan-food magnates behind national chain, Lord of the Fries, has opened in Melbourne's CBD. Amanda Walker, Mark Koronczyk and Sam Koronczyk have also joined forces with the team behind St Kilda cafe Matcha Mylkbar and Sydney pasta spot Mark + Vinny's – both vegan.

Weirdoughs specialises in French pastries, and doughnuts. Kane Neale, the former executive pastry chef at Shannon Bennett's Vue Group, is creating croissants made with vegan butter, and taking that dough beyond the classic pastry. Namely, there are croissant cubes, which are exactly what they sound like – croissant dough pressed into a dense cube.

Croissant cube. Image source: @weareweirdoughs via Instagram

Like Lord of the Fries, Weirdoughs is tapping into the late-night audience, open past in the evening on weekends with a noticeably less-breakfasty menu. That is, pizza croissants, and Aperol Spritz doughnuts with sparkling-wine custard.

weirdoughs.com.au