About us

The Zingiberi Bakery is a family artisan bakery based on the Kent coast in Herne Bay.

We produce The Captain’s Crackers and The Captain’s Cookies.

Since 2016 our range has won;

• Three Taste of Kent Awards, including ‘Food Product of the Year’.

• Three Great British Food Awards, winner in 2018 of the ‘Savoury Snack’ category and 2021 of the ‘Free From’ category.

• and additionally 19 Stars at the Great Taste Awards.

Over many years, Zingiberi's owner and Head Baker, Amanda Beattie, often made oat cookies for family and friends. After being told quite often, ‘that is the best cookie I have ever tasted!’, she and her partner Iain started The Zingiberi Bakery. Originally also baking gingerbread, hence the name zingiberi, the ancient Greek ‘root’ for ginger, they quickly realised that their oat cookies were much more popular.

Sourcing the finest local ingredients and baking with passion, we hand bake small batches of oat sweet cookies and savoury crackers.

The Captain’s Cookie range is made with real butter and we produce; a Gluten Free cookie, Oat & Honey, Oat & Raisin, Goji Berry & White Chocolate, Maple Syrup & Pecan and an Oat & Milk Chocolate cookie. Our ‘flagship’ cookie, in The Captain’s Cookie range is Apple & Hazelnut. They are made using Kentish Bramley apples that we air dry and prepare ourselves. This results in, what we think, is an exquisite fine tasting and moreish cookie.

 In 2015 we created a Kentish cracker- The Captain's Crackers- it is oat based, made with Kentish honey, cracked black pepper, sea salt and filled with seeds. They are wheat and dairy free, and the perfect accompaniment to your favourite cheese, chutney or simply on their own. We have since added three varieties to our cracker range- Kentish Ale & Rosemary, Chive & Chia and Warm Chilli. 

On 1st October 2018 we went plastic free- all our small clear bags are made from wood pulp, so all our packaging is now recyclable and compostable.