Baking An Idea
The Crumbs story began in 2008 when Artisan Chef Kerrie Livingstone got together with daughter Tammie and her fiancé Michael Tesseyman to share her delicious biscuits with the rest of the world. Until then Kerrie’s biscuits were a special treat shared with family and friends only at Christmas time. Now anyone can share these decadent treats with family and friends any day of the year.
Each biscuit is lovingly handmade in small batches using traditional techniques and the best quality ingredients. We also believe in using local produce wherever possible, like couveture chocolate from Kennedy & Wilson in Coldstream.
Black Saturday 2009
Our story took a challenging turn when our store and kitchen in Marysville were destroyed in the Black Saturday fires on Feb 7, 2009 which claimed over 170 lives and destroyed the village of Marysville and surrounding areas. All members of the Crumbs family remained safe in Healesville that terrifying evening. After six weeks we were able to return to Marysville and salvage Kerrie’s irreplaceable biscuits cutters and book of recipes which has been with her for almost 35 years.
It took some time to return to business but thanks to the generosity of our suppliers and customers we had the confidence to start baking again. Jenny Lovett joined our team in November and has taken her place as Kerrie’s right arm. We don’t know what we did without her.
We are now looking forward to the future and hoping to relocate the Crummary to a new kitchen before 2011.