Sourdough Supplier in Abu Dhabi: Bulk Loaves for Businesses
We bake in Dubai Silicon Oasis and deliver to Abu Dhabi in the afternoon, two days after ordering at the earliest. This guide covers which sourdough loaves suit that delivery for a business, how much to order at a time and how regular supply starts.
Farah Bakery supplies sourdough bread to cafés, restaurants, hotel kitchens and offices in Abu Dhabi, baking every loaf to order in our Dubai Silicon Oasis kitchen. A shop order to Abu Dhabi arrives between 2 pm and 8 pm, the earliest two days after ordering, and delivery is 20 AED below 150 AED and free from 150 AED, with no minimum order. Because the bread arrives in the afternoon, most of it is bread for the next day's service, so build the order around the loaves that keep: the 25 AED Country Sourdough Loaf slices well for three to four days, and the 30 AED Date, Walnut & Honey Sourdough stays soft for as long.
We supply businesses as well as households from our kitchen in Dubai Silicon Oasis. For the whole range we bake for businesses, see our bread supplier guide for Dubai; for a home order, see bread delivery to Abu Dhabi.
Does Farah supply sourdough bread to businesses in Abu Dhabi?
Yes: we bake to order in Dubai Silicon Oasis and deliver to businesses in Abu Dhabi, either as shop orders or as regular supply agreed with us.
- A shop order. Any size, at shop prices, with no minimum order: a trial, a one-off large order or a top-up.
- Regular supply. Pricing, days and notice are agreed with you through our contact page. Our wholesale page shows the range we bake for businesses, without prices.
There is no Farah shop in Abu Dhabi; our shop is online. All seven loaves in our sourdough collection, at 14 to 30 AED, are raised by a live starter and fermented for over 24 hours.
How does delivery to Abu Dhabi work for a business order?
Choose Abu Dhabi as the emirate at checkout and you are offered four consecutive dates, the earliest two days after ordering, each between 2 pm and 8 pm.
Abu Dhabi orders go out with our courier partner, who needs a full day's notice, so there is no next-day or same-day delivery. Order on a Monday and checkout offers Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The earliest date is preselected, so check which one is ticked before you pay.
At checkout, for a business:
- Tick "Delivering to a company / business?" and add the company name, with the building in the address line and the floor and office number in the "Apartment, floor" line.
- Drop the map pin on the entrance the driver should use.
- Name the person receiving in the notes for the baker, and choose a date when someone will be there from 2 pm to 8 pm. We cannot replace fresh items left uncollected or unrefrigerated.
- Pay on PayPal's page, where a credit or debit card works, usually without a PayPal account. Prices are shown in AED and settled in US dollars.
Our delivery page covers what to do if a delivery goes wrong.
Which sourdough loaves suit an afternoon delivery for the next day's service?
The Country Sourdough Loaf, the Date, Walnut & Honey Sourdough and the Multi-Seed Sourdough Loaf, because each keeps for three days or more, and a loaf that arrives between 2 pm and 8 pm is bread for tomorrow's service and after.
Order these for Abu Dhabi
- Country Sourdough Loaf, 25 AED. Our signature round loaf, baked open for a hard, blistered crust. It slices well for three to four days. Read how the country loaf is made.
- Date, Walnut & Honey Sourdough, 30 AED. In a paper or linen bag, cut side down, the crumb stays soft for three to four days. It is not a sweet bread, so it suits a savoury table; see why the date loaf is not sweet.
- Multi-Seed Sourdough Loaf, 28 AED. Three good days on the counter and a fourth that toasts well. Read why the seeds are soaked first.
Plan these carefully
- Sourdough Cheese Loaf, 28 AED, and Chocolate Sourdough Loaf, 30 AED. Both are at their best within two days: the evening they arrive and the next day's service. Read how the cheese loaf is made and why the chocolate loaf is not dessert.
- Sourdough Ciabatta, 14 AED. Best on the day it arrives and still good toast the next morning, so with an afternoon delivery its best day is that evening. Read why the ciabatta's holes matter.
- Sourdough Baguette, 15 AED. Eat it the day it arrives, which with an afternoon delivery means that evening. Read why a baguette has one good day.
Our seven sourdough loaves compared sets them side by side.
How much sourdough should an Abu Dhabi business order at a time?
Order by days of use rather than by the loaf: one afternoon delivery covers roughly the next two to three days of service, and any country loaf you will not reach by day four is sliced and frozen.
Fix an ordering day: a Monday order arrives on Wednesday afternoon at the earliest and serves Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Count the loaves your service actually used last week, and order the plan-carefully loaves only for the service right after delivery.
Three worked orders at today's shop prices:
- The free-delivery line: five Country Sourdough Loaves come to 125 AED, or 145 AED with delivery. A sixth loaf takes the bag to 150 AED with free delivery, only 5 AED more.
- A café's mixed order: four Country Sourdough Loaves (100 AED), two Multi-Seed Sourdough Loaves (56 AED) and two Date, Walnut & Honey Sourdough (60 AED) come to 216 AED, so delivery is free.
- A soup service: two Sourdough Cheese Loaves (56 AED) for the next day and three Country Sourdough Loaves (75 AED) for the days after come to 131 AED, or 151 AED with delivery. Add a Multi-Seed Sourdough Loaf at 28 AED and the bag reaches 159 AED with free delivery.
For freezing one large order, see our guide to buying bread in bulk.
How should a kitchen store bulk sourdough after delivery?
At room temperature and never in the fridge, where bread stales faster than on the counter, with anything your service will not reach in time frozen the way each loaf's storage note says.
- On arrival. Nothing goes into sealed plastic. The country and multi-seed loaves stand on a board, the country loaf uncovered on its first day so the crust stays dry; the date loaf goes in a paper or linen bag, the cheese and chocolate loaves in paper or cloth.
- That evening. Halve, wrap tightly and freeze any baguette you will not finish that evening, within about four hours of delivery, and bake it straight from frozen at 200°C for ten to twelve minutes. If a cheese or chocolate loaf will not be finished within two days, slice the whole loaf and freeze it in a sealed bag.
- From the second day. Move the country loaf to a cloth bag or bread tin. After two days on the board, the multi-seed loaf goes into a paper bag inside a cloth or a bread box.
- By day four. Slice and freeze any country loaf you will not reach, and use the multi-seed loaf's fourth day for toast, with the toaster a setting or two lower. Toast frozen slices straight from frozen, the date loaf a setting lower than usual.
Each loaf's full storage note is on its product page; our guide on how to store bread explains why.
How does regular sourdough supply to Abu Dhabi start?
With a trial order through the shop to your Abu Dhabi address, then a message through our contact page about the loaves, quantities and days you need.
- Look at the range on the wholesale page.
- Place a trial order through the shop to your Abu Dhabi address, at the volume you really use, for a date two days out. Our steps for ordering sourdough online walk through checkout.
- Tell us about regular supply through the contact page: your type of business, which loaves, rough quantities, which days, who will receive the bread, the address in Abu Dhabi and when your service needs the bread.
- Judge the trial by your service, not by the first slice: whether each loaf was still right on the day you planned to serve it.
Our guide to choosing a wholesale bakery supplier lists the questions worth putting to any supplier, us included. For croissants, see our croissant supplier page for Abu Dhabi.
What is agreed with you rather than published?
For regular supply, pricing, delivery days, quantities, lead time, receiving and the remedy when something goes wrong are agreed with you directly; none of these regular-supply terms is on our website.
- Pricing. The shop prices on this page are for shop orders; regular volume is priced when you get in touch.
- Delivery days and quantities, including how far the number can move in a busy week.
- Lead time. Everything is baked to order, and the country loaf ferments for over 24 hours with an overnight cold retard, so a standing order is planned into our bake; the notice is agreed with you.
- Receiving: the named person who takes the bread in at your Abu Dhabi address.
- When something goes wrong: who you message, and how quickly.
Allergens. Our kitchen handles wheat, gluten, eggs, dairy, nuts, peanuts, soy, sesame and seeds, and we cannot guarantee that any item is free from traces of these. All seven loaves contain gluten; the Date, Walnut & Honey Sourdough contains walnuts, the Multi-Seed Sourdough Loaf carries sesame and the Sourdough Cheese Loaf contains dairy. Our product descriptions are not full ingredient lists, so if anyone you serve has an allergy or intolerance, tell us before you order and we will tell you honestly whether we can serve them safely.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you deliver sourdough bread to cafés and restaurants in Abu Dhabi?
Yes. We supply businesses as well as households, baking to order in Dubai Silicon Oasis and delivering to Abu Dhabi. A shop order has no minimum, and regular supply, with its pricing, days and notice, is agreed with you through our contact page.
What is the earliest delivery to Abu Dhabi, and what time does it arrive?
The earliest delivery is two days after ordering, between 2 pm and 8 pm, and the order can arrive at any point in that window. Our courier partner needs a full day's notice, so there is no next-day or same-day delivery.
What are your wholesale prices and minimum order for Abu Dhabi?
Neither is published. Pricing and volumes for regular supply are agreed when you get in touch, and the wholesale page shows the range without prices. A trial order through the online shop is at shop prices, with no minimum order and free delivery from 150 AED.
Which of your sourdough loaves keeps longest after delivery?
The Country Sourdough Loaf at 25 AED slices well for three to four days, and the Date, Walnut & Honey Sourdough at 30 AED stays soft for three to four days. The Multi-Seed Sourdough Loaf gives three good days and a fourth that toasts well.
Can a regular order to Abu Dhabi arrive in the morning?
Shop orders to Abu Dhabi arrive between 2 pm and 8 pm, and checkout offers no other window, so for a morning service order for the afternoon before. For regular supply, the delivery days are agreed with you when you get in touch, so tell us what your service needs.
Order sourdough for your Abu Dhabi kitchen
Start with the loaves that keep: a Country Sourdough Loaf at 25 AED, a Date, Walnut & Honey Sourdough at 30 AED and a Multi-Seed Sourdough Loaf at 28 AED, ordered two days ahead for a date when someone can receive them. Everything else is in the shop; for regular supply, send us a message.