Ernest Alfred Adams OBE (23 November 1892 – 29 August 1976) was a New Zealand baker, businessman and philanthropist.
[1] Born in Wellington, Somerset, England,[1] Adams was educated at Devon County School.
In 1921, after the death of his wife Mary Florinda Larson during childbirth, Adams moved to Christchurch where he had met Hugh Bruce, an elderly baker looking to sell his business.
Following Bruce's retirement, the company started to trade under the name "Ernest Adams Ltd." and soon became the largest bakery in the South Island.
[2] In the 1962 Queen's Birthday Honours, Adams was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the community, especially in social welfare work.