Seven Daysies Awards: Best bread bakery, 2025

Seven Daysies Awards

Best bread bakery

August First (Burlington) & Red Hen Baking Co. (Middlesex)

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August First

August First — These European-style loaves are baked with love. From seven-grain and country French to ciabatta and brioche, the breads are delicious any way you slice ’em.

Other Finalists (Inside Chittenden County)

  • Great Harvest Bread Co.
  • Klinger's Bread Company
  • O Bread Bakery
  • Trent's Bread

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Jeb Wallace-Brodeur
Randy George and Eliza Cain

Red Hen Baking Co. — Watch bakers work while you grab a massive miche, open-crumbed ciabatta or "sprouternickel." Breads are made with grains sourced from within 150 miles of the bakery.

Other Finalists (Outside Chittenden County)

  • Bonté Bakery
  • Downhill Bread
  • The Manghis' Bread
  • Red House Sweets