Our Story

There are few lifestyles more appealing than the Scandinavian, where the cornerstones of existence are family, food, health, simple functional design and a laid back effortless cool. Baltzersen’s is a café that offers you the best Yorkshire sourced ingredients prepared with Scandinavian inspiration to deliver a taste of the Nordic north in relaxed and calm surroundings. Liv Esther Baltzersen was born in Sauda, Norway on 17th April 1923. She grew up in Norway and in 1948 she visited England, attended the London Olympics and through a mutual acquaintance met her future Husband. She was a fantastic cook and baker, spoke 7 languages, loved knitting and gardening, but most importantly to me she was my Grandma. During my childhood, without realising it, I grew up eating Norwegian food whenever we’d visit Grandma. There was always a battered old Wall’s ice cream tub of serinakaker or mandelskiver biscuits and waffles were a regular snack on a Sunday afternoon – I never really wondered why other people didn’t eat them. As we grew older Baltzersen’s was a concept often discussed in our family. At the end of my time as an officer in the army I wrote a document describing what I thought Baltzersen’s could be, what it should mean to the people who worked there and to those who visited. The concept has grown with the project and continues to be refined, but the fundamental idea has remained.

• Children Welcome
• Vegetarian Options
• Gluten Free Options
• Reservations