CHELSEA BUNS
We've been baking Chelsea buns since 1920 - and we're famous for it. We still bake them by hand, to the original, secret recipe - over 300,000 a year of them. Sticky, sweet and memorable, these buns are a must-try for visitors to Cambridge and a regular treat for many of the locals.
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We send our famously sticky Chelsea buns to aficionados all over the UK. We’ve been baking our Chelsea buns since 1920 and we make over 300,000 every year, by hand in our artisan bakery in Cambridge.
Enjoy 6 of our traditional Chelsea buns complete with a pot of syrup so you can make them even stickier when they arrive with you. Add the syrup cold or warm both the buns and syrup for that freshly baked feel.
Our tear and share Chelsea bun cake is perfect for entertaining and sharing with family and friends.
It's also a great alternative to the traditional birthday cake for lovers of Chelsea buns.
We’ve been baking our famous ultra sticky Chelsea buns since 1920. You can now enjoy our delicious recipe from the comfort of your own home.
We send our buns part-baked for delivery across the UK so no matter how far you are from one of our heritage Cambridge branches you can enjoy a wonderfully warm bun anytime, anyplace.
We’ve been baking our famous ultra sticky Chelsea buns since 1920. Our original buns aren’t going anywhere, but we’ve conjured up a bun for the currant haters.
Bake at home and enjoy topped with our signature cream cheese icing to enjoy a treat at home.
Enjoy our time-tested Fitzbillies Favourites with this gift box of the most popular Fitzbillies treats, including our famous Chelsea buns, shortbread, and macarons. Perfect as a gift or to enjoy with friends and family.
Our tear and share Chelsea bun cake is perfect for entertaining and sharing with family and friends.
It's also a great alternative to the traditional birthday cake for lovers of Chelsea buns.
Since we added these cheese & Marmite buns to our counters in 2024, they've been a sell-out hit! So we're delighted to introduce this bake at home version of our most popular savoury buns.
Simply pop the part-baked buns in the oven for warm, squidgy buns. There's nothing else to do, other than share them nicely with friends and family.
Perfect for a tasty treat, an addition to a lunch spread, or as a gift for your favourite Marmite lover.
Looking for a cosy, comforting treat at home? Or perhaps an extra special dessert? Our bake-at-home Nutella buns are perfect for sharing with family and friends.
Simply pop the part-baked, prepared buns into the oven and top with Nutella and a sprinkling of hazelnuts (which are happily included in your box) for a delicious treat.
Whether it's after school, a special occasion, or gift for loved ones far away, these chocolate buns are sure to be appreciated (if not fought over).
Our blueberry cheesecake buns are hugely popular in our bakery coffee shops, and can now be ordered in ready-to-serve trays of 20.
Deliciously soft, these creamy buns are a real treat for an event, meeting or get together - a perfect help yourself dessert option.
Hosting an event, meeting or get together? Our trays of cheese and marmite buns are great crowd-pleasers for a light lunch or as part of a buffet.
Freshly baked, you can collect in Cambridge and serve to your guests for a soft, savoury treat.
Need Chelsea buns for an event, meeting or gathering? Our trays of 20 are ready to serve!
Our original Chelsea buns are a great way to welcome colleagues, friends, and family to Cambridge. Available for collection in Cambridge, you can preorder in trays of 20.
Perfect for an event, meeting or get together, our cinnamon cream cheese buns can be ordered for collection in trays of 20.
These buns are a real crowd-pleaser - soft, sweet and lightly dusted with cinnamon.
A truly decadent treat for all ages, our Nutella buns are now available in trays of 20, ready to serve at your next event, meeting or get together.
Soft, sweet and chocolatey, these buns are firm favourites and make a great option for serve yourself desserts.
The Fitzbillies Elevenses Hamper is a tried-and-tested bestselling hamper, featuring buns, brownies, sourdough English muffins and our signature jam for the perfect mid-morning treat.
This bakery box is a great way to host friends or family, or send it to loved ones who deserve an indulgent treat.
NEW: You can now choose your bun flavour! Our Chelsea buns are available fully baked, or your can choose the bake-at-home version for the freshest, softest buns. Other options include Cinnamon, Nutella, and Cheese & Marmite - all bake-at-home options.
Our bake-at-home buns are foolproof! Full instructions are provided, but they're easy to pop in the oven and then top as needed. We think they're the best way to enjoy buns at home.
Send a Cambridge feast anywhere in the UK with our quintessential Cambridge Hamper. The perfect gift to enjoy with friends and family.
Please note that we are in the process of changing our Cambridge hamper and are currently substituting the following items from what is pictured:
Loose leaf tea tin for our English Breakfast Tea Temples (box of 15)
Chocolate honeycomb for our Chelsea Bun Biscuits (bag of 8 biscuits)
Macarons for our three current flavours: raspberry, salted caramel and pistachio
Our Christmas Essentials Box is an ideal festive gift or treat for your own home. Containing three of our most popular products this time of year. Chelsea buns, mince pies and an iced fruit bar hand decorated with King's College Chapel.
Chelsea buns come with three options: fully baked, bake-at-home or cinnamon bake-at-home buns with cream cheese icing.
Our fully baked buns are ready to eat, with re-heat instructions and a pot of extra syrup; bake-at-home buns are ideal if ou can have that freshly baked experience in your own home; and cinnamon buns are a more modern flavour. All buns can be frozen on arrival to be enjoyed at a later date.
The Ultimate Fitzbillies Festive Hamper is our most extensive gift offering, and contains all of the goodies you will need for the festive period, including all our special Christmas treats like our festive brownie, King's College fruit cake, festive macarons, mince pies and Christmas pudding, plus our selection of best selling biscuits.
Whether you're hosting or wanting to ensure you have all the treats for your family, friends, or colleagues, this is a great choice.
Our Festive Family Box is packed full of treats to enjoy as a family. With festive brownies, Chelsea buns, mince pies and macarons, there is something here for every member of your family.
Choose from our fully baked, ready to eat Chelsea buns, or the bake-at-home version to finish in your own oven for a delicious freshly baked treat. We've also added our crowd-pleasing cinnamon buns as an option if you prefer!
Our Cambridge Christmas Hamper includes a bar cake that showcases King's College Chapel, 6 mince pies, a Chelsea bun tree that includes 10 Chelsea buns, a pack of 8 Chelsea bun biscuits and a jar of Cambridge marmalade.
This gift box is great way to celebrate Cambridge this Christmas.
Our Chelsea bun Christmas tree can be supplied fully baked or as our bake-at-home version to finish in your own oven for that freshly baked deliciousness! We've also added our Cinnamon Bun version if you prefer a more modern flavour.
Planning a Christmas party or know someone who is? The Christmas Hostess Hamper features show-stopping bakery treats to feed friends and family this festive season!
Whether you're getting loved ones together at home, in the office, or at a fabulous party, the Fitzbillies Christmas Hostess Hamper is here to help. Our Chelsea bun Christmas tree offers a delicious centrepiece, alongside award-winning mince pies and delectable macarons that bring both sophistication and colour to your table.
Choose from a fully baked or bake-at-home Chelsea bun Christmas tree.
Our bake-at-home tree is a great way to have delicious freshly baked buns for all the family, and the fully baked version adds the convenience of being ready to eat. Both can be frozen on arrival so that you can defrost and enjoy when you're ready.
Our Christmas Bakery Box features the essential Fitzbillies festive favourites, including our award-winning mince pies, famously sticky Chelsea buns, and our perfectly moreish butter shortbread.
An ideal gift to send to family and friends this Christmas, our bestselling Christmas hamper is sure to delight with delicious treats.
Chelsea buns come with two options: fully baked and ready to eat, with re-heat instructions and a pot of extra syrup, OR bake-at-home so that you can have that freshly baked experience in your own home. Both types of buns can be frozen on arrival to be enjoyed at a later date.
Our Chelsea bun Christmas tree is back for another year to bring you a stunning (and delicious) festive centrepiece!
Whether you're planning a festive party or simply warming up the buns on Christmas morning, you can enjoy the timeless delight of a Fitzbillies bun at home.
Choose from our original Chelsea bun recipe, available fully baked or bake-at-home, or our bake-at-home cinnamon buns with cream cheese icing.
Each tree contains 10 buns and a pot of syrup.
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Chelsea Bun FAQs
Our Chelsea buns can be frozen in an airtight container upon arrival. Simply defrost fully prior to eating. We suggest following the Serving & Storage suggestions that arrive with the buns, which advise how best to heat Chelsea Buns individually in the microwave once defrosted. Chelsea Bun syrup should be stored at room temperature, in an airtight container.
In short, yes!Our Chelsea buns are best consumed on day of arrival and will last up-to 7 days but they can be microwaved to 'revive' them but we only recommend doing so one bun at a time and for 20 seconds on a medium heat.
As well as our original, bestselling Chelsea buns, we also offer bake at home buns for fresh-from-the-oven deliciousness. For special occasions, we have Chelsea bun cakes, Chelsea bun number cakes and trays of buns, perfect for parties. There’s also various seasonal flavours to enjoy, and for Cambridge locals you can visit our cafés for our famous Chelsea bun ice cream.
BAKING FOR OVER 100 YEARS
Fitzbillies is a Cambridge institution, delighting town, gown and visitors alike with our buns, cakes and pastries for over 100 years. First opened by Ernest and Arthur Mason in 1920 with their demob money after the First World War, Fitzbillies has been through war, bankruptcies and fire, growing from the original Trumpington Street branch to a thriving collection of bakeries and coffee shops today.
HANDMADE IN CAMBRIDGE
We're proud to be a local, artisan bakery, making our own buns, pastries, bread and cakes 362 days a year. From classic recipes like our Chelsea buns and Fitzbillies sponge cakes to innovative sourdough loaves, our bakers are second to none. Whether it's your morning croissant, a Chelsea bun treat or a wedding cake, we pour care and expertise into everything we make.
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