# Fitzbillies

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**Fitzbillies** is a small chain of three [bakery](/source/Bakery)-[cafes](/source/Coffeehouse) in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge), England. The company is known for its [Chelsea buns](/source/Chelsea_bun).[1]

It was founded in November 1920 as an independent bakery on [Trumpington Street](/source/Trumpington_Street), Cambridge, taking its name from its location near [Fitzwilliam Museum](/source/Fitzwilliam_Museum).[1]

Fitzbillies suffered from two bankruptcies, in 1980 and 2011, but in both cases recovered from the bankruptcy and resumed business. A fire in 1998 saw the bakery partially closed for two years.[2]

Following the 2011 bankruptcy, a public appeal by broadcaster and Cambridge alumnus [Stephen Fry](/source/Stephen_Fry) encouraged restaurateur [Tim Hayward](/source/Tim_Hayward) to buy Fitzbillies and reopen it.[3] Later Fitzbillies expanded to three locations, including [Bridge Street](/source/Bridge_Street,_Cambridge) (open 2016)[4] and [King's Parade](/source/King's_Parade) (open 2023).[5]

## References

1. ["Students help to turn 100-year-old bakery into thriving online business"](https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/Fitzbillies). *University of Cambridge*. 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2024-04-02.

1. Atta, Fareid (2022-02-13). ["The curious 100-year history of the Fitzbillies Chelsea bun"](https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/fitzbillies-chelsea-buns-cambridge-bakery-23056441). *Cambridgeshire Live*. Retrieved 2024-04-02.

1. ["Famous Cambridge bakery to reopen"](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-14613979). 2 August 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2019.

1. ["Fitzbillies co-owner Tim Hayward on taking over a Cambridge institution"](https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/16771). *Varsity Online*. Retrieved 2024-04-02.

1. ["Cambridge bakery Fitzbillies to open new King's Parade site"](https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambridge-bakery-fitzbillies-to-open-new-king-s-parade-store-9325822/). *Cambridge Independent*. 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2024-04-02.

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