This institution already has one of the best takeaway offerings going around – thanks to "Paradiso a Casa" you can enjoy a selection of classic Frat Paz dishes such as lasagne, pasta scampi and tiramisu from home. But every Saturday, from 9am 'till sold out, Fratelli Paradiso becomes an Italian bakery and pasticceria. There's bomboloni, big pizza slices, sfogliatine, sandwiches and 10 William Street's famous pretzels with whipped bottarga.

On Saturdays the terrace at this Potts Point brasserie transforms into a boulangerie starring baked goods by chef Travin De Hoedt. Along with flowers from Polyanthi and boutique wines, expect savoury treats such as rosemary focaccia, pork-and-fennel sausage rolls, and mushroom turnovers. Also: baguettes with smoked chicken and brie, and sangas with steak or porchetta. Over to the sweets, there are white-chocolate crème brûlée tarts; salted-caramel-and-chocolate tarts; cinnamon doughnuts and whole cakes (including chocolate, lemon meringue and baked New York-style cheesecake). From 8am until sold out.

This Stanmore fine diner has once again changed tack for a lockdown, swapping its regular $195 degustation for a changing array of cakes, pastries and condiments. There’s that standout layered carrot cake from last year, as well as apple-and-brown-butter tarts, cheese-and-bacon scrolls, and sourdough loaves. New options include sausage-and-egg muffins and fish burgers. Open Friday to Sunday from 9am to 3pm. See what’s available the next day on Instagram from 4pm.

Roman-style restaurant Marta’s lockdown-era bakery was such a hit, it’s become a permanent weekend fixture. Now the bakery is trading on weekdays and selling its hot-ticket item: the prosciutto and house-made ricotta sfogliatelle. There’s also five types of bread, from pizzetta (including a carbonara version topped with egg, pecorino and guanciale) to stuffed panini. You can also expect doughnuts, maritozzi (Italian cream buns) and cannoli. Swing by in the afternoon for a scoop from its gelato cart or one of its take-home meals, which might include gnocchi fritti, veal meatballs, parmigiana and generous trays of lasagne. Available Tuesday to Sunday from 7.30am to 3pm.

This south King Street bar and deli is new, and it’s handled its first lockdown with grace, opting to become a bakery for a while. Expect provincial French savoury classics such as fougasse (France’s version of focaccia) and the day’s tart lining the window; baguettes to go, stuffed with melted raclette, smoked ham, tomato and cornichons; or an olive seed-studded sausage roll starring LP’s boudin noir. Pretty brioche French toast with ricotta and raspberry or chocolate, plus meringue tarts, are past highlights on the sweets front. Pick up a scallop pie or beef Provençal for dinner while you’re there.

The star-studded and long-awaited AP Bakery is a little ways off yet. Luckily, one of its partners is Russell Beard of Reuben Hills renown, and he’s rolling out a glimpse of the treats to come, Wednesday through Saturday. Buttermilk croissants, bomboloni (Italian-style donuts), Aleppo-pepper-and-Asiago-cheese scrolls, and an insane-sounding pastrami beef pie are a taste of what to expect. Plus sourdough country loaves from the Ester oven. Keep an eye on Reuben Hills’s Instagram to see what’s baking.

Once again, Pasi Petanen’s playful Newtown diner is bringing back the Finnish potato-and-molasses bread, blood-pudding sausage rolls, and spanner rolls for Sydney lockdown 2.0. The Berlin doughnuts and carrot-and-liquorice cake are back, too. Petanen posts the bakery menu for the weekend every Friday on the restaurant’s Instagram.

Cafe Paci has halted its bakery for now, but keep an eye on socials for when it resurfaces.