A CAFÉ catering to Brighton’s creative cluster has opened with a focus on the three Bs - bake, blend and brew.

Set in in a repurposed 1960s commercial block on Circus Parade, near Preston Circus, Cafe Plenty serves in-house baked breads, pastries and cakes, as well as breakfasts, light bites and meals.

Drinks include single origin and blended coffees and more than 20 varieties of loose leaf teas.

Founder, chef and baker Mitch Matthews-Dublin chose the location as regeneration gathers pace in the area - as well as the growing digital cluster on its doorstep at New England House and Vantage Point.

As well as appealing to creative professionals with free wifi, it aims to be family friendly with bottomless cereal top-ups for kids.

Plenty will also be used as a venue to host Fringe and Festival events, as well as creative workshops and local musicians and artists.

All food is sourced from local farms, producers and suppliers, with the cookery inspired by Mitch’s worldwide travels.

The bread is baked in house by Mitch with sourdough, rye, wholegrain and farmhouse.

Trafalgar Street coffee specialists, Coffee @ 33, have created a Plenty house blend, that combines Brazilian and Sumatran beans.

For tea, Plenty has teamed up with Brighton tea and honey company, Chi, with 20 different types of fresh and loose leaf teas on offer, including The Earl of Brunswick, Pavilion Gardens, Sussex Breakfast and Indian Summer.

A chef with more than 20 years’ catering experience around the world, Mitch specialises in traditional baking, French patisserie, and contemporary fusion cuisine.

He chose to start his venture in Brighton because of its strong networks and willingness to collaborate.

He said: “Someone always knows someone that can help achieve a goal, deliver a positive outcome or help with a project. It’s the way we roll in Brighton. And I’ve completely lucked out.

“It’s been an amazing culinary journey across Sussex and the south coast, to locate and work with some real food heroes.”

On why he chose the area and not the seafront, he added: “From a business point of view there are so many developments going on there already, the market is pretty saturated.

“I wanted to bring something to the residents of Brighton. Creating a business that’s for the community as part of the regeneration of a rundown area is really exciting for me."

The interior and branding has been created Lyssa Rutherford. Industrial and seaside inspired, it has an old ship yard aesthetic, with feature hanging and knotted rope lights, and a rust-look wall feature – mixed with a bit of urban and industrial to make sure we connect with the outside.