Tess’ Brilliant Bakes, Banbury up for sale as owners ‘devastated’

Tess’ Brilliant Bakes in Parsons Street, Banbury, opened three-and-a-half years ago after beginning as a postal baked goods business and events caterer from home.

Despite it’s popularity, the team behind the café said they’d had to take the difficult decision to shut the shop due to financial pressures.

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A statement shared with customers said: “It has taken a lot to come to this decision, but unfortunately Tessie’s Café is going to have to close.

Tess’ Brilliant Bakes in Parson’s Street, Banbury (Image: Google)

“While we have worked extremely hard for the past 3.5 years to keep it going, it has become impossible to make a living.

“The debts have been creeping up to such an extent that I just can’t continue.

“We are devastated to bring you this news. The café has been like a baby to me, a real labour of love and it’s going to be very hard to let it go.”

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The café premises has now been listed for sale online with commercial agent Wild Property, offering the ‘characterful shop’ to a new business for a rent starting from £12,000 per annum.

Although currently operating as a café, the listing said, the building includes the ground and two upper floors and is ‘suitable for a variety of uses’ in the popular, pedestrianised Parsons Street which is ‘ideal for independent businesses’.

Signing off, the café owner confirmed Tess’s Bakes will still regularly appear at Banbury market, and added: “We are so very grateful for all of the support and love we’ve received over the years.”