Nick Anderson is from a family with a very long history in baking, it’s in the blood as they say!
As a boy of about ten, during the school holidays Nick went with his father to the bakery early in the morning, that is when his first interest in the family business was sparked. Father, uncles, cousins, grandfather and great grandfather have all been bakers.
Tracing Nick’s family tree back to 1680 we found no less than 32 bakers, some bakery owners others journeymen working where needed at various different bakeries.
The family started off in Devonshire in the village of Dunchidicock – famous for treacle mines. By the early 1800’s some of the family started moving and eventually settled in North East London. We found the majority of the men in the family described as ‘bakers’ in the census, although there was also an accounts clerk and book keeper. Perhaps John Vooght 1839 – 1897 saw an advantage to having a couple of his sons looking after the business side of the bakery.
Anderson Vooght
The bakeries were called Vooght or Anderson Vooght until the first world war when sadly at least one of the shops was ransacked by locals who thought with a name like Vooght they must be descended from Germans so it was decided to drop the Vooght name and continue with Anderson.
Nick’s Grandfather Harry was the ships baker on the White Star
