Honoring the artistry of hand-produced foods

Blue Oven Bakery is committed to local and organic ingredients and the slow methods of hand production to create delicious breads and foods that help encourage a healthy lifestyle and support the community.

The Blue Oven Story

Mark and Sara Frommeyer founded Blue Oven in 2007 with a passion for creating something great that would carry on as a family tradition for years to come. Having come from families of cooks and food-lovers, Mark and Sara put their expertise to work and built a wood-fired oven on their back porch with blue tiles — their very own Blue Oven.

The Frommeyers operated the bakery from their farm in Williamsburg, Ohio where they prioritized using their own homegrown ingredients. With quality artisan bread in high demand, they began attending farmers markets across the state, supplying to restaurants, mom n' pop grocery stores, and coffee shops, and moved into a permanent stand at Findlay Market. But in 2020, the farm's bakery suffered a massive fire, resulting in a total loss of the facilities. 

Since then, Blue Oven has weathered many storms to create a sustainable business. With the support of the community, our bakery has grown exponentially to become one of the most well-known and beloved in Cincinnati. In the spring of 2023, John Jarnigo and Will Vollmer became the current owners of Blue Oven. Their excitement for bread and business-savvy backgrounds have proved a great match for the bakery. In addition to our Findlay Market and farmer’s market stands, we are looking forward to expanding into our very own facility on Elm Street in Fall 2025.

John and Will are passionate about connecting people and the community with our fantastic breads as we prepare for our new home and the bright future of Blue Oven.

   

Baking at Historic Findlay Market

We are currently baking all loaves at Findlay Kitchen and handheld baked goods at Historic Findlay Market in downtown Cincinnati. All our breads and other specialty products are made fresh everyday, by hand. We are committed to high quality ingredients and the slow methods of hand production to ensure our breads fuel a healthy lifestyle. We've been part of the Findlay Market family for some time, but for the first time in our history we're baking daily on site! While our regular bakery begins rebuilding we'll be focused more and more on bringing more to the shelves down at Findlay Market! 

Featured in Your Favorite Restaurants

Across the greater Cincinnati area, Blue Oven is proud to collaborate with some of the best food minds our great city has to offer. We work closely with local restaurants who are helping expand our thriving food culture and whom we are proud to call our friends.

If you’re interested in placing an order of our breads for your restaurant, please contact blueovencustomerservice@gmail.com.

Our ingredients don’t just go into breads — they go into beer too! Over the past several years, we’ve come to discover new and unexpected ways our wheat can be used.

Rhinegeist in OTR was a long time partner of Blue Oven, a relationship that included our soft pretzels and famous mustard butter that you could find in their tap room. We also collaborated on their seasonal limited-release Saison Blue that used our locally grown wheat!

We’ve also partnered with Mother Stewart’s, whom we got to know through the Springfield Farmers' Market and the winter market held in their brewery.  Their Blue Oven Farmhouse Ale, combined malted wheats from various farms (including ours!) created an intensely nutty, spicy and bready malt body with just enough hops — a true Ohio original!

One other partnership aging to perfection is with New Riff distillery in Newport, Kentucky. With our wheat berries, New Riff has turned the grain into mash and distilled into a wheated bourbon that is currently aging. We look forward to trying out the first batch of Blue Oven bourbon!  

Bircus Brewery in Northern Kentucky has been bringing a new look to entertainment and dining, and we've worked with them on several of their house beers featuring Blue Oven Farm wheat malted to perfection and ready for beer and merry making.  

Bread, beer and spirits are a perfect pair, and we’re always on the lookout for new brewery partners. If you’re interested, please contact blueovencustomerservice@gmail.com.