The Yorkshire Baker is chargeable for supplying the retailer with its Assortment Honey-Glazed Vegetable & Barber’s Cheddar Galette; Assortment Butternut Squash, Brie and Caramelised Wellington; and Plant Kitchen Butternut Squash & Spinach Pie.

The bakery was based by Gill Ridgard in 2008.

Although Ms Ridgard is longer a part of the day-to-day operating of the Yorkshire Baker, a spokesperson described her as “at all times round to share her data and expertise” with the staff.

She spent her early years on a farm exterior of Nottingham earlier than shifting to Yorkshire, the place she began promoting gourmand pastries to native delis and farm outlets.

In 2010, Ms Ridgard started increasing her bakery to develop into the Yorkshire Baker.

The Malton website was opened in 2013, and is now the corporate’s full-time base.

The Yorkshire Baker has been supplying M&S with a variety of merchandise since 2013, together with sausage rolls, pies, and this 12 months’s Christmas delicacies.

The Assortment Butternut Squash, Brie and Caramelised Wellington options caramelised onions and brie mixed with butternut squash, all encased in a Wellington with a hand-laid lattice high.

A spokesperson mentioned: “This meticulous course of ensures every chunk is a festive delight, good for celebrations this season.”

Kathryn Turner, product improvement director at M&S, mentioned: “We’re thrilled to have merchandise from the Yorkshire Baker in our festive meals vary this 12 months.

“We’re continually in search of new and revolutionary merchandise to thrill our clients, and Yorkshire Baker persistently delivers.

“Our staff and companions have labored tirelessly all 12 months to make sure our vary is stuffed with flavour and, most significantly, provides high quality merchandise for our loyal buyers.

“We’re assured folks will love what’s on supply.”

Ms Ridgard added: “We’re proud to be supplying M&S with our handmade delicacies, and are particularly happy with this 12 months’s Christmas vary.

“It’s so nice to see our meals on cabinets in M&S shops up and down the nation, as folks put together for the festive season.

“Christmas is a chance to carry everybody collectively and there’s no higher time to share meals with those that you simply love.

“We hope that everybody who tries our meals this 12 months enjoys the flavour creations that we’ve made.”

The Assortment Honey-Glazed Vegetable & Barber’s Cheddar Galette, Assortment Butternut Squash, Brie and Caramelised Wellington, and Plant Kitchen Butternut Squash & Spinach Pie can be found from M&S shops throughout the UK.