From our Irish family bakery to your home
Since 2006, we've produced homemade shortbread biscuits in our bakery in West Cork, Ireland, using fresh creamery butter from our cows - a unique feature of our award-winning shortbread.
We Bake Our Shortbread in West Cork, the Culinary Heart of Ireland
Seymour's shortbread is baked in beautiful West Cork, a pocket of pretty towns, deserted beaches, jutting peninsulas and island frontiers.
We started baking shortbread in the home kitchen back in 2006. In 2008, we established Seymour's Bakery in Bandon, West Cork. All of our shortbread varieties have been developed in-house and today our small team of bakers supply Ireland’s favourite fine food stores as well as supplying retail customers in export markets.
Our Shortbread Is Made Using Fresh Butter From Our Cow's Milk
When we set out making shortbread, it was on the premise that because Ireland produces the best butter in the world, by natural extension we could also produce the best shortbread. That's why, in our family farm in West Cork, our dairy herd supplies the milk we use to make the butter for our shortbread biscuits.
Today, the farm is managed by Philip's (our founder) brother David and his wife Vanessa. The milk from their herd of jersey, fresian, and hereford cows is supplied to our local co-op in Bandon and to the near cheese factory, Carbery. From there, it is produced into butter and cheese products which in turn form our ingredients. This is a unique aspect to our produce and one we are very proud of. What's more - we get the freshest and thus the creamiest selection as we need.
Our Strongest Advocates Are Our Loyal Customers
Every week we're always taken aback by how shortbread lovers from all over the world get to enjoy our chocolate and shortbread biscuits. We've shipped our shortbread to customers throughout Europe, North America, Asia, and as far away as New Zealand. For our customers, being small means we are personable too. Our customers love to know that real people have baked their shortbread, not machines. It is this connection which provides our products with such prominence.
Today, no matter where you are in the world, you too can taste this part of Ireland through our online store. We'll make a bet with you - we bet you can't have just one biscuit, they're delicious. But don't take it from us, take it from our loyal customers from all over the world.
Handmade Means We Cut Our Dough By Hand
The term 'handmade' has lost its significance in recent years with bakeries claiming their products are handmade when in fact they are made mostly by machines. At Seymours, we've always stayed true to our handmade promise. We make all of our shortbread in small batches and cut the dough entirely by hand. We are adamant that our shortbread biscuits are as traditional as possible, with a uniquely contemporary twist.
