A new patisserie has opened in Leeds selling lemon meringue eclairs - and we're already drooling over them.
French-inspired bakery L'eclair Leeds is creating some gorgeous flavour combinations, ranging from the aforementioned lemon meringue clair to raspberry and Belgian chocolate versions.
And that's not all - they're also selling freshly made cakes and breads, with their Instagram page showing off such delights as dainty pink macarons, sumptuous little Victorian sponges filled with cream and jam, fruit and cream-topped treacle tarts and mini granary and rye loaves.
IUp until now, they've been creating desserts, cakes, tarts and afternoon tea patisserie for Leeds' restaurants, pubs, cafes, and garden centers / mage: L'eclair
Brought to Leeds by a team with a huge amount of wholesale experience, the bakers behind the new patisserie are award-winning pastry chefs with years of experience supplying restaurants and bars in the city,
Up until now, they've been creating desserts, cakes, tarts, and afternoon tea patisserie for Leeds' restaurants, pubs, cafes, and garden centers - but now, they're on a new adventure, having opened their retail patisserie shop this summer 2021 to begin trading to the public part time.
According to L'eclair's website, the word eclair translates to 'flash of lightning' - which some say is because of the sparkly glaze, but others prefer to think of as a reference to how they are eaten. Namely, 'in a flash'.
Alongside the excellent eclairs, other sweet treats that have us drooling whilst scrolling through the shop's Instagram include a marvelous-looking summer fruits frangipane tart, a chocolate and espresso tart with salted caramel and honeycomb, and a lemon burnt Basque cheesecake with gin-soaked raspberries. Mmmmmm.
Alongside the excellent eclairs, other sweet treats that have us drooling whilst scrolling through the shop's Instagram include a marvellous-looking summer fruits frangipane tart / Image: L'eclair
Located in Pudsey, the patisserie is open to the public on Thursday between 12-5 pm, then on Friday and Saturday from 10 am - 3 pm.
The rest of the time, the team will still be busy beavering away creating goodies for their wholesale clients.
A Leeds pizza takeaway has received a glowing review from popular review duo.
Edges Pizza opened up their first permanent spot in Leeds back in June this year, after making a name for themselves slinging out pizzas at multiple pop-ups across the city.
Owners Grace and Edge from Harrogate opened Edges Pizza two years ago, taking inspiration from trips to New York over the years.
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Their pizzas are a love letter to the class New York slice, think thin and crispy rather than chewy and floppy. But above all else, think absolutely delicious.
And now, they've caught the attention of a major review page, with Bite Twice Food Reviews (a page with almost 300k followers) paying Edges a visit.
The food review duo of Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany popped up in Holbeck beneath the arches to get their hands on a pizza, and the outcome is brilliant.
In the video, Bite Twice said that the pizza is 'f**cking exceptional' and up there with 'one of the best pizzas in the UK'.
Before even taking a bite, they said: "On aesthetic, I don't think anywhere in the UK is doing pizza like this".
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Then after the first bite, they go on to say: "There are very few pizzas in the UK that create this, I’m a little bit blown away".
As Londoners themselves, they go on to say that Edges is 'easily hitting with the best that we’ve got down south'.
And if that's not high praise enough, they sign off the video saying: "Leeds has got an absolute gem. I give this a stamp so hard my foot went through the pizza. Edges. Don Level."
Yorkshire-set Christmas film by Leeds director starring Richard E. Grant set to hit UK cinemas next month
Clementine Hall
A brand-new Christmas film is hitting cinemas nationwide next month - and it’s a proper Leeds success story.
Jack Spring directed his first feature film at just 19 years old and has spent the last decade carving out a career in independent film, as well as co-founding Leeds-based production company Shush Films.
His first movie, Destination: Dewsbury, was shot just down the road in - you guessed it - Dewsbury. And after moving to Leeds from Grimsby, Jack became determined to build his business from the city, putting down roots and growing his production company here.
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Now, after years of working on independent projects, Jack has taken his biggest leap yet with a brand-new Christmas film, Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint.
Set in Yorkshire, Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint follows Aubrey Flint, a reclusive model soldier painter with a lifelong hatred of Christmas, who is sentenced to community service at Willow Lodge - a retirement home on the brink of closure.
Roped into helping with a chaotic production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Aubrey clashes with its interesting set of residents...
And the cast is about as star-studded as it gets, featuring Richard E. Grant, John Bradley, Celia Imrie, Adjoa Andoh, Sophia Di Martino, Adrian Rawlins and Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
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The heartwarming festive comedy will hit cinemas nationwide on Friday 6 November - a huge milestone for a Leeds-based director and production company, taking a homegrown Yorkshire story to audiences across the country.
You just can't beat a proper wholesome British Christmas film, so you can best believe we'll be watching in the cinema, popcorn in hand.
Georgina Pellant -
28th October 2021 
