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I'll definitely come again - lovely staff, coffee and food.

AR April 3, 2014

It all began…

Malabar was born in 2011, out of a love of coffee and an urge to provide something a little different to your average High Street offering. Jointly owned and run by local couple Stuart and Julia Baber, our aim is to provide the best coffee and serve the best quality produce, all with the best service in Sevenoaks.

It’s fair to say we bring different skills to the table. Having been together for over 35 years, we’ve been told we make a formidable team. From Stuart’s expertise and business acumen gleaned from his impressive career with large leisure and food companies, to Julia’s forensic attention to detail honed during her long career at the BBC in London, we are proud to have created a unique community which not only combines our experience and passions in one business but also brings people together and unites them though their shared love of wonderful coffee and excellent produce.

Oh, and let’s not forget our teenage son Will, barista extraordinaire with special responsibility for Quality Control (Cookie Division).

Yes there’s no doubting the coffee is fantastic, but we and our wonderful team are passionate about providing the same levels of excellence in the other products we sell. Our ever popular breakfast muffins, toasties, paninis and savoury croissants are made fresh on the premises every day. Our irresistible cakes are locally supplied by small, home grown businesses and our pastries are baked using the finest ingredients and delivered fresh to our door, seven days a week. From a pot of Fairtrade, award-winning loose-leaf tea to our range of hot chocolates and freshly blended smoothies, the Malabar team strive to provide excellence in everything we do.

We are extremely proud to have twice won the best business award in the Customer Choice category of the local Sevenoaks Business Awards, as voted by our wonderful customers, and are equally chuffed to be recognised for Townscape Improvement by the Sevenoaks Society for our restoration of The Shambles square at the rear of our Sevenoaks shop. 

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