Brunch & Coffee
Two cafés, two pace-of-life. Beckenham is sit-and-stay; Bromley is grab-and-go.
See locations →A morning at Poached
Same shop,
new chapter.
Poached opened in 2017 with one idea — bring proper brunch and speciality coffee to Beckenham. Two shops later, the kitchen still makes most of it by hand.
Owner & founder
Luke.
Luke started Poached in a tiny shop on Beckenham High Street in 2017, after years of working in restaurants and missing a proper flat white near home. Junto came first, East Street came when the room above the old florist opened up.
He's behind the bar most mornings, picks the beans every fortnight, and runs a small consultancy on the side helping other cafés open up. Five openings in.
- Founded
- 2017
- Venues
- Two
- Cafés opened
- Five
- Cups poured
- A few
What we do
Three small things,
done properly.
Catering
Breakfast boxes, sandwich platters, grazing boards. Offices, parties, all of it.
Plan an event →
Consultancy
Five café openings in, Luke shares the playbook with anyone opening their first.
Chat with Luke →A short history
How we got here.
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2017
The first shop opens.
A tiny room on Beckenham High Street, eight covers, one espresso machine.
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2019
The bagels arrive.
A trip to New York, an obsession with proper boiled-and-baked bagels, a new menu.
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2021
East Street, Bromley.
A bigger room, a quieter back, filter on tap.
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2024
Junto rebrand.
The original shop becomes Junto — same room, sharper identity, pink-tile counter.