Shopping is no longer the way it used to be. From being able to casually peruse shelves upon shelves before making your ultimate choice, the pandemic has forced many of us to seek other avenues of getting the ingredients we need.
It’s not easy finding a store that can deliver the ingredients and equipment you need with just one website. Thankfully, the good news is that just like groceries, baking supply stores have also turned to online shopping to reach their customers who can’t or don’t wish to leave their homes.
We asked professional and home bakers about their favorite places to shop online and offline for baking supplies. Not everyone needs sacks and boxes of ingredients.
Here are some of the most popular Baking Supply stores:
1. All About Baking:
This trusted baking supply store is where many home baking businesses turn to first. It started with a stand-alone store in Quezon City and now has branches around the metro, including malls.
This well-stocked store is known for carrying ingredients and baking tools that other stores may not, such as a wide range of uniquely shaped silicone molds, various cake decorations, and affordable ingredients in bulk.
Sharlene Tan, professional food stylist and former Yummy magazine editor; Steph Cueva of Nomnom Oven; Trinka Gonzales of BakeNice on Instagram; and Eduardo Siman Jr., kitchen consultant and owner of Wadoughs, shop here for their baking needs.
2. Wonderbake:
A newer player in the baking supply industry, this store is known for its range of excellent and sometimes quirky packaging and decorations, as well as its baking ingredients.
Jerlo Bautista, owner and chef of Vi & Lucia’s Bakeshop and Sib’s Kitchen, shops here. The company’s branches are conveniently located in malls and other commercial spots, making it easier for many homebakers to stock their pantries.
3. Lazada and Shopee:
When it comes to baking equipment and ingredients, baking supply stores don’t have a monopoly. Instead, our bakers turn to other shops for purchases they can’t get elsewhere, including baking supply stores, and this is where online shopping stores shine bright.
Both Lazada and Shopee are known for their extensive range of shops carrying a numbing array of goods. Baking supplies and ingredients are just as convenient to buy online from these two online shopping giants as they are from the online shops of their suki baking supply stores.
4 S&R Membership Shopping:
You might not believe it, but yes, this warehouse shopping mecca is a baker’s haven for some. With its focus on bulk shopping, this store sells both imported and locally curated baking supplies.
5 Local Supermarkets:
When you need ingredients, even professional bakers need a quick fix, and that’s where your local supermarket can save the day. When you do not need kilos of bread flour or giant jars of maraschino cherries, the nearest supermarket is a great place to find baking supplies that you know are a common kitchen ingredient.
April Apple Brescia of Jerome’s Kitchen says, “Surprisingly, All Day Supermarket [in Vista Malls] has a good range of ingredients, so I have been buying most items there.”
Shares Marie Balbuena, home cook, and Yummy. Ph recipe developer. “I usually just go for what is available at our nearby grocery store, which is Rustan’s. Other ingredients, like the chocolates, I order online.”
“I get most of my ingredients from Carla’s Bakery Supply along Sucat in Parañaque. The other stuff I get from the supermarket,” says Aldwin Aspillera, baker, owner of Crust & Crumb, and photographer.
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