The Boat Shed Bakery in the Queenstown Marina hospitality precinct  is making its mark, after almost a year in business, as sister café to the well-known The Boat Shed Café & Bistro nearby.

Tucked inside two floating boat sheds on the Queenstown Marina, the bakery has front row seats to the Remarkables mountains and Lake Whakatipu and serves flaky pastries to match the impressive outlook.

 “It’s the perfect spot to pause, sip and savour life’s sweeter moments,” says brand and marketing manager Mikaela Turner. “It’s always been the dream of managing director Jimmy Nicholson to own a bakery which was the motivation to open the dedicated location. With the amount of bread and baked goods The Boat Shed Café & Bistro goes through each day it made sense for us to bring this in-house.”

The petite lakeside bakery celebrates its one-year anniversary this December and offers freshly barista brewed Wolf Coffee, matcha lattes and Lewis Road Creamery ice creams along with a selection of freshly baked goods and products including gluten and dairy free options.

All the offerings are made in-house by head baker Marjolein (Majo) Oudemans who is the brains behind the delicious treats, breakfast buns, pastries and gourmet sandwiches. Popular items include ham and cheese croissants, Biscoff, cinnamon scrolls and their signature choux buns.

The bakery recently branched out to set up a running club which has attracted plenty of support.

“We kicked off The Boat Shed Bakery Run Club during winter with Golden Runs which has been such a fun community activity,” says Mikaela. “It’s aimed at those who love to run, want to connect with like-minded people and maybe offset their pastry addiction. We’ve recently teamed up with Hydro Flask and O-Studio in Queenstown for some added benefits for our run clubbers.”

The Boat Shed Bakery is open 8:30am – 2.00pm weekdays, 8.00am – 3.00pm weekends and offers wholesale bookings for local businesses.

To check out the run club –www.boatshedbakeryqt.co.nz/bakery-run-club