Chu and Co expands with sit-down sister café Shu Bakery
Chu and Co’s new Shu Bakery in Kovan turns its cult sourdough into a full sit-down café, with brunch plates, rotating bakes and moody communal seating.
Chu and Co’s loyalists no longer had to treat a sourdough stop like a picnic mission. Earlier this month, the team opened Shu Bakery at Space@Kovan, swapping the original backyard-garden setup and camping-chair vibe for a proper sit-down café made for lingering over brunch, coffee and dessert.
That move marked a clear step up in scale for a brand that had already built a strong following at its original bakehouse on 15 Lichfield Road. CHŪ and Co describes that business as an experimental space for sourdough breads, viennosaries, sammies, churn gelato and coffee, and it had become known for handcrafted bakes and a cosy outdoor feel. Shu Bakery takes that recognizable sourdough identity and stretches it into something more conventional without losing the neighborhood charm that made the first shop stand out.
Rui, 31, one half of the founding duo, said the goal was to create a diverse menu of comforting dishes at Shu Bakery, the sort of food people could happily eat every day. That broader brief shows up in the menu: HungryGoWhere noted brunch fare, rotating bakes and desserts including tiramisu and Shu Forest, while Burpple highlighted Uni Scrambled Eggs at S$26. A separate takeaway counter for pastries sits near the entrance, so the new café serves both the grab-and-go crowd and the customers who want to stay awhile.
The room itself reinforces that shift. HungryGoWhere described wooden tones, moody lighting, communal tables and long seating designed to encourage people to settle in, rather than just collect a box of bread and leave. Burpple said Shu Bakery took over the former premises of Bakeopedia, making it the first full-service café setup for the Chu and Co team with proper dine-in seating. The address is listed as #01-54, 9 Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore 545523, inside Space @ Kovan, a mixed-use development with 140 residential units and 56 commercial units near Serangoon MRT.
Hours listed for the café run Wednesday to Sunday, with Monday and Tuesday closed, and opening times reported at around 8:30am to 4:00pm or 4:30pm depending on the listing. The result is a sourdough business that has moved beyond the bakery counter and into full café territory, turning fermentation-first baking into an all-day habit.
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