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Some of the delicious offerings at The Baker’s Workshop in downtown Riverhead. (Credit: David Benthal)
What if we told you one of the best bakeries on the North Fork was run by college students? Well, it’s true.
The first time I noticed The Baker’s Workshop, at 20 East Main St. in Riverhead, I wondered what exactly it was. Turns out, it’s a training ground where Suffolk County Community College culinary arts students learn every facet of running a retail bakery. The students make delicious breakfast pastries, cupcakes, mousses and other sweets in addition to quiches, flatbread pizzas and soups for lunch — all sold to the general public like any other bakery. I personally love their eclairs.
The workshop is only open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. through July 15. I like to make my trips after noon, when all baked goods are 25% off.
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Students make the delicious baked goods on sale at The Baker’s Workshop in downtown Riverhead. (Credit: David Benthal)The students are all enrolled in Suffolk County Community College’s culinary arts program. (Credit: David Benthal)The retail space is a traditional bakery staffed by students. (Credit: David Benthal)The offerings are similar to what you might find at a traditional bakery. (Credit: David Benthal)It’s 25% after noon each day. (Credit: David Benthal)They also serve personal and full-sized cakes. (Credit: David Benthal)It’s located near the Suffolk Theater, on the north side of East Main Street in Riverhead. (Credit: David Benthal)Students make the delicious baked goods on sale at The Baker’s Workshop in downtown Riverhead. (Credit: David Benthal)Students make the delicious baked goods on sale at The Baker’s Workshop in downtown Riverhead. (Credit: David Benthal)Students make the delicious baked goods on sale at The Baker’s Workshop in downtown Riverhead. (Credit: David Benthal)
Grant Parpan is the content director for Times Review Partners, a division of Times Review Media Group in Mattituck.
Grant joined the Times Review staff in 2006 as a reporter and has covered nearly every beat in the newsroom.
He currently writes about lifestyle and business content, including writing about the North Fork food, wine and arts scenes for northforker.com.
Grant began his career in 2003 as a reporter and editor at The Signal, a daily newspaper in Santa Clarita, California.
In his career, he has won dozens of awards from the New York Press Association, the Associated Press, the National Newspaper Association and the Press Club of Long Island.
