Tucked away on Coral Road, just minutes from the Blouberg promenade and that famous Table Mountain view across the bay, Labour of Love Bakery is a small, home-based operation doing things the slow way. Laminated by hand, baked in small batches, no shortcuts.

I'm Robyn, a classically trained pastry chef who traded high-pressure professional kitchens for a kitchen of my own, right here in Blouberg. Everything you order — from the kouign-amann to the pork belly croissants — is made, baked and packed by me, in this neighbourhood, for this neighbourhood.