Renee and Andrew Lincoln are the proud owners of Ambience Bakery — thriving more than ever in its new home.
Photo by
Owen Sinclair
Months of time and effort have paid off for the team behind a popular Cobram bakery, after its official opening over the weekend.
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In an intimate occasion on Sunday, May 25, staff gathered at the entrance to Ambience Bakery with owners Renee and Andrew Lincoln and Federal Member for Nicholls Sam Birrell for speeches and ribbon-cutting.
While they might be physically exhausted, the Lincolns had only gratitude for their loyal customers and their hard-working staff.
“It’s been a bit of a whirlwind: the transition up to here, moving everything down here,” Mrs Lincoln said beforehand.
“If it wasn’t for our staff, our management staff who have supported us all the way through it, they’ve done the hours just like us ... if we didn’t have that, we wouldn’t have done the move.”
Since opening in April, the new store has drawn scores of residents and tourists alike, keen to sate their appetites on some of the many goods the bakery has to offer.
Sam Birrell (left) with owners Renee and Andrew Lincoln on the new bakery’s official opening day.
Photo by
Owen Sinclair
“You miss some things [about the old location] but we are enjoying a lot more room in this place. The main reason we built it was to have more room and more capacity for patrons to be here and to do what we enjoy doing,” Mr Lincoln said.
In fact, the bakery’s new location has proved such a hit with patrons that the couple quickly realised they may require more space.
“We’re finding 100 seats fill up quite quickly,” Mrs Lincoln said.
Moreover, they’ve also hired at least 10 more staff members to help keep up with demand.
Mr Birrell, one of the bakery’s many loyal customers, and partial to its chicken pie and flat white (no sugar), said the opening of the new premises was a great success story.
“It takes a huge amount of effort, a lot of risk, and Renee and Andrew have committed to that,” he said.
“I think it says a lot about them and their resilience and their appetite and the fact they’re putting their capital and their effort on the line to create a great business, but more importantly to employ people.
“I know that’s why they do it, and also to provide a great service to the community and advance Cobram and the region.”
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