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Learn to bake Real Bread
There’s nothing better than the smell and taste of warm Real Bread, fresh from the oven.
- Introduction
- Disclaimer
- Scotland and northern England
- Wales and the midlands
- Eastern England
- Southern England (including London)
- South western England
- Other
- Adding your class
Introduction
Real Baking is a rewarding craft that:
- Gives you complete control over what goes into your bread
- Allows you to share with others something that you have made
- Taps into traditional skills that have been passed down through generations
Additionally, baking at home allows you to provide nutritious and healthy Real Bread for you and your family, often at a much lower cost than commercially produced equivalents.
Here are just a few of the bread making courses we’ve found around the country. Some offer training for professional as well as domestic bakers.
**Discounts for Real Bread Campaign members are marked with **
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If you would like to start baking Real Bread for your local community, the Campaign's book Knead to Know: the Real Bread starter is the perfect companion to training in hands-on bread making skills. Click here for details of an exclusive 33% discount .
For terms and conditions of the special discounts for Real Bread Campaign members (marked **) click here.
Disclaimer
As with everything on this site, a listing is simply that - it does not represent either an endorsement by, or recommendation from, the Real Bread Campaign.
Campaign staff have not necessarily been to a listed class/course and the descriptions have been written by the business owners themselves.
The Campaign recommends that before you book a place on any class you visit their website and/or contact the school in question for full details so you know what you can expect. You should also check with whoever is running the course for up to date information, as details might have changed since they were supplied to the Campaign.
In particular, it is up to you to check the background of the tutor. Some on the list below have 20-30 years of professional baking and teaching experience, whilst others have considerably less.
Please make sure that the tutor has the depth of knowledge, level of skill and length of experience appropriate to meet your needs and answer the questions you may have - e.g. if you planning to set up a sourdough bakery, then your needs are quite different than if you just want confidence to bake a basic loaf at home every now and then.
Scotland and northern England
Allendale Bakery
Unit 2, Allen Mill, Allendale, Hexham, Northumberland, NE47 9EG.
In each day-long course, we offer coffee/tea introductions; all utensils and ingredients, full lunch, complete hands-on instructions and guidance, tea and assessments, all the bread baked during the day. Each course is £75, with a discount of £15 for each course if more than one is booked. More details are available on the bakery's website, but enquirers should check availability before confirming their booking, by phone, email or in person at the bakery.
Find more information at: www.allendalebakery.com
Tel: 01434 618879
email: info@allendalebakery.com
Bread in Fife**
Ochil Villa B&B High Street Freuchie Fife KY15 7EZ
These courses are run in our domestic kitchen, so anything we do together here you can do at home: wholemeal bread, lemon bread, Scottish baps, oatcakes, olive/walnut loaves and so on. Our sessions last 4 hours followed by lunch. Space limits the number of people to 4 so a good opportunity to question, discuss and experiment together. Plenty of tasting, plenty of hands-on, and plenty of your own baking to take home.
**20% discount on bread making class for Real Bread members**
Find more information at: www.breadinfife.co.uk
Tel: 01337 858031
email: info@breadinfife.co.uk
Bread Matters**
Macbiehill Farmhouse, Lamancha, West Linton, Peeblesshire EH46 7AZ
Bread Matters is led by Andrew Whitley who started one of the UK’s best known organic bakeries in the 1970s and is co-founder of the Real Bread Campaign. Bread Matters offers courses for everyone, all you need is a desire to produce Real Bread!
Courses available for professional bakers and in baking for community
**If you’re already a member of the Real Bread Campaign, we’ll thank you with a £25 discount on any course if you pay in full up front.
Two or more members of the Real Bread Campaign booking together each receive a 10% discount on their course costs.
If you're not yet a member of the Real Bread Campaign but join at the same time as paying in full for a Bread Matters course, we will pay the cost of your first year’s individual membership (worth £25).**
Find more information at: www.breadmatters.com
tel: 01968 660449
email: andrew [at] breadmatters.com
Cracking Good Food
Sessions held at Chorlton High School, Nell Lane, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 7SL
Breadmaking for Beginners with Rob - Learn how to make amazing 100% organic bread, and delicious garlic naan. You’ll never want to buy another loaf again! You’ll each make your own loaf / batch / rolls of wholemeal bread under Rob’s expert tutoring, plus some delicious garlic naan. Price £35 per person (£30 concessions). Gourmet Pizza and Focaccia with Rob - You’ll each make your gourmet pizza under Rob’s expert tutoring, plus some delicious focaccia. Both meat and vegetarian options on the pizza making – please let us know when you book. Price £40 per person (£35 concessions).
Find out more information at: www.crackinggoodfood.org
tel: 0845 652 2572
email: fiona [at] crackinggoodfood.org
Grassroots Organic
20 Woodlands Road, Charing Cross, Glasgow. G3 6UR.
Tuesday or Wednesday evenings. We run three different types of classes which can either be done separately or as a block. Ancient Breads covers spelt, sourdoughs, bannocks; Modern Breads features Italian breads such as foccacia and pizza; and Quick and Light looks at Danish pastries, muffins and rolls.
Find more information at: www.grassrootsorganic.com
Tel: 0141-353-3278
email: grassrootsorganic@yahoo.co.uk
The Handmade Bakery
14 Carr Lane, Slaithwaite, Yorkshire HD7 5AN
One of the first Community Supported Bakeries in the country offers several courses a year, ranging from baking Real Bread at home through to setting up a Community Supported Bakery.
Find more information at: www.thehandmadebakery.coop
Tel: 0789 403 6742
email: info@thehandmadebakery.coop
Lesley's Kitchen
The Old Church, Glasgow Road, Muirkirk, Ayrshire, KA18 3RN
Lesley's Kitchen is situated in a converted Victorian Church, nestled in the historic village of Muirkirk in the Ayrshire uplands of Scotland. We offer a variety of one and two day courses, teaching all who want to learn how to make delicious bread. With the emphasis is on learning in a real kitchen setting with a hands-on approach to bread making, we cater for all skill levels at a realistic cost. Coffee and a light lunch are also included in the cost of your course. Max 4 persons per course. Courses run from 10am – 3pm. Stay and bake packages also available.
Find more information at http://www.lesleyskitchen.com/
Tel: 01290 660045
Email: theoldchurch@talktalk.net
Marcella’s Sourdough Class
Wilmar B&B, Carbost, Isle of Skye IV47 8SR
Over one and a half days I will show you five essential things in order to make well structured flavoursome, crusty sourdough bread: the ingredients; how to create, maintain and use a leaven; how to make a well developed dough; hand skills for shaping; how to bake your bread. By doing this I will show you how to follow a natural process and to use your own senses to know when something is ready or right. In this way you should – with experience - be able to adapt the process to your life and make sourdough bread regularly. Because the class will be held in our own domestic kitchen you should be able to reproduce at home what you learn here. Price £95 per person. Please contact the B&B for course dates.
Find more information at: www.wilmarbedandbreakfast.com
Tel: 01478 640 251
Email: enquiries@wilmarbedandbreakfast.com
Little Eye Bakery
The Wirral, Merseyside
Our one day Sourdough Bread? - Start It Up class is an informal, no frills, hands-on session, in a domestic-style kitchen. Learn all you need to know to get going in your own kitchen as a home baker, making delicious breads in a way that fits into your life. Work out what will work for you, your style and ambition. Working with Malcolm Williams, sourdough baker for over 20 years, you will:
- Understand the importance of the ingredients - from grain to loaf – sources, millers and traditions
- See how the fermentation works, and talk through how it can fit into your life
- Work with different starters, through mixing, shaping and proving doughs, to the bake
- Experiment and have some fun
Little Eye will be using top quality ingredients, with all breads made with traditionally-milled flours from organic and/or local sources.
Find more information at www.thelittleeyebakery.blogspot.com
Tel: 07724332523
Email: info@littleeye.org.uk
Wales and the midlands
Eckington Manor Cookery School
Manor Road, Eckington, Worcestershire WR10 3BH
One and two day bread making courses are available. Bread courses are run by a guest master baker, Clive Mellum of Shipton Mill.
Find more information at: www.eckingtonmanorcookeryschool.co.uk
Tel: 0138 6751 600
email: info@eckingtonmanor.co.uk
The Gentle Art of Bread Making
4 Grove Park, Wormbridge, Herefordshire HR2 9DX
Small, friendly and informal group ensuring hands on learning and maximum attention from experienced bread maker, Gill Fothergill. During this one day class you will learn two techniques which will enable you to make delicious and wholesome bread to feed yourself, your family and your friends.
We will weigh, knead, prove and bake, as well as discuss the science, techniques, ingredients and heartwarmingness of making and eating Real Bread.
You will take home your own loaves made using organic ingredients.
£35.00 including morning coffee and light lunch. Classes held monlthy.
Tel: 01981 570474
email: gilly.f@gmail.com
Geraint Bakes Bread**
1 Nursery Cottages, Barry Road, Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan CF64 4TS
Learn to bake bread in a relaxed home setting. Courses are all day and fully hands-on. Sourdough courses as well as conventionally yeasted. Small groups (max 4). Can offer bespoke courses for individuals. Courses include all ingredients, materials, equipment, lunch and refreshments, plus your bread to take home. Recipes and instructional handouts provided. No previous baking experience required.
**Concessionary rate for Real Bread Campaign members**
Find more information at: geraintbakesbread.webs.com
email: geraintbakesbread@gmail.com
Hartingtons**
Rutland Mill, Rutland Mews, Off Coombs Road, Bakewell. DE45 1AQ
Hartingtons offers a range of artisan bread making courses. These include: an introduction to bread making using three different doughs, there will also be sourdough baking and a series of courses based on 'breads of the world'.
Our two tutors are highly experienced bakers. They are passionate about bread making and are keen to ensure that the art of home baking continues to thrive. Andrew Auld is the master baker at the Loaf in Crich and David Neville combines roles of owning and running his own successful tapas restaurant with advising the likes of companies such as M&S on bread development.
Courses are available during the week and at weekends and in full and half day formats.
**10% discount on bread making class for Real Bread members**
Find more information at: www.hartingtons.com
tel: 01629 888 586
email: courses@hartingtons.com
Leicester Born & Bread
Leicester - a classe in your own home on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon
I offer a basic bread class or a basic pizza class, each taken in the comfort of your own kitchen with friends and/or family (max 4), so you can be sure that what you learn is something you can recreate on your own! The basic bread class takes you step-by-step through the process of making loaves and rolls. I’ll bring flour and recipes, plus any equipment you may not have. You keep whatever you bake on the day! The course lasts approximately four hours.
The basic pizza class takes you step-by-step through the process of making pizza dough and a variety of toppings. I’ll bring flour, recipes, ingredients for toppings, plus any equipment you may not have. Make sure you have no plans for dinner, as you’ll have several tasty pizzas to eat fresh from the oven! The course lasts approximately three hours.
Find more information at: www.leicesterbornandbread.co.uk
Tel: 07957 726308
email: jessica [at] leicesterbornandbread.co.uk
Loaf Cookery School
Cotteridge, South Birmingham
Loaf is Birmingham's newest cookery school, a place where you can learn forgotten food skills in the heart of the second city. Loaf runs a one day introduction to baking your own bread (Bread: back to basics) which covers all the essentials to help you get started with handmade artisan bread, and a two day 'Simply Sourdough' course to take it that one step further. Both courses are £75 and include all refreshments and full recipes to take home.
Courses are led by Loaf director Tom Baker, and many of the loaves are baked in his handmade traditional wood-fired earth oven. Loaf is a social enterprise so any profits made by the cookery school are ploughed back into community food initiatives such as promoting locally produced food.
Find more information at: www.loafonline.co.uk/cookeryschool
Tel: 07811 178272 (Tom)
email: tom@loafonline.co.uk
the loaf**
Matlock, Derbyshire
If you are interested in baking and would like to learn new skills or brush up on what you know already, why not consider a course with Andrew Auld, the loaf's owner and head baker?
Andrew offers two different courses, one covers standard yeasted doughs and is suitable for both beginners and those looking to hone their skills. The other is all about sourdoughs and you will get the most out of the course if you already have some experience working with bread doughs. Find more information, prices and booking details at the loaf's website.
For more information at: www.theloaf.co.uk/courses.htm
Tel: 01773 857074
email: enquiries@theloaf.co.uk
** the loaf is delighted to offer a 10% discount to Real Bread members.
Love Loaves
Wolvercote, Oxford
Learn to Bake - and sell - bread you can believe in! Love Loaves is a home bakery run by Dragan and Penny in Oxford. We hold fun and friendly workshops in our home, 'the smallest bakery in the world', on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, teaching classic yeasted breads, sourdoughs and the magical Croatian method of baking 'under the bell' on an open fire. Our Mini Bakery Blueprint Workshop offers comprehensive practical insight and information for anyone wanting to run a bakery business from their own home.
Find more information at: www.loveloaves.biz/
Tel: 07886 280 800 (Dragan)
email: online form at www.loveloaves.biz/contact/
Seasoned
New Farm, Hanbury, Burton on Trent, DE13 8TH
A hands on day in a proffessional kitchen with an expert chef where you will make an exciting range of breads including baguettes, ciabatta, foccacia, beer bread, a spelt and honey “Roman” bread and a fruited tea bread. By mastering some simple British and continental kneading and shaping techniques, you will discover just how easy it is to make really delicious, great tasting bread in your own kitchen, either by hand or by using an electric mixer. You will experience the different tastes and properties of different flours, including rye, spelt (an ancient variety of wheat), malted flake, and British and French white bread flours. Finally, you will learn how to make a traditional sourdough rye loaf, leavened with a natural ferment cultivated from wild yeasts and formed in the traditional way in a proving basket.
Throughout the day, you will pick up invaluable professional tips to overcome common problems so that your bread will be a success every time.
More information at: www.seasonedcourses.com
Tel: 01283 810 275
email: info@seasonedcourses.com
The School of Artisan Food**
Lower Motor Yard, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire S80 3LR
The course programme at The School of Artisan Food is designed to give people the opportunity to get back in touch with real, handmade food. These courses suit all ages and skill levels. We not only teach practical and enjoyable ways to produce food, but we also ask important questions about why food is produced in the way it is, what the alternatives are and what the future may look like.
The school offers courses ranging from half-day courses and demonstrations to a full degree programme.
**Campaign member offer - 20% per person off bread making course when two people book together**
Find more information at: www.schoolofartisanfood.org/courses/findcourses/baking-courses
Tel: 0845 520 1111
email: info@schoolofartisanfood.org
Shared Harvest
Orchard Oak, Woolhope, Herefordshire HR1 4RJ
Offers a full morning introduction to or refresher bread making. Courses are taught by an experienced baker in the farmhouse kitchen. £40
Find more information at: www.sharedharvest.co.uk
Tel: 01989 740312
email: boxes@sharedharvest.co.uk
Slow Loaf**
Walsall, West Midlands
Slow Loaf are pleased to announce that on the last Sunday of the month, we will be offering bread baking lessons. We will explore long fermented doughs, how to develop your own style of bread making, we will cover various bread styles from straight white, rye, granary wholemeal, flat breads, and by prior arrangement sourdoughs.The cost is £50,00 from 10-4pm ish you will make/ bake your own lunch and all that you create you take home with you. Maximum of 4 people at a time.
Find more information at: http://www.slowloaf.co.uk
tel: 07956129660
email: markarw5@blueyonder.co.uk
**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign members.
Wychelm Bread School (and Community Bakery)
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
New in 2012 and inspired by the Real Bread movement, Wychelm courses include basic home breadmaking, sourdough techniques, and in the near future: real bread in schools and corporate team building. The aspiring home baker needs no previous experience, and all equipment and refreshments are included. A memorable day of both indoor and outdoor baking and learning in a delightful, relaxing environment. Pricing is set at an introductory low level for the first half of 2012.
Find more information at: www.wychelmbreadschool.co.uk
tel: 0771 1245994 (Roger)
email: roger [at] wychelmbreadschool.co.uk
Eastern England
Assington Mill
Assington Mill, Assington, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 5LZ
A one-day course to help improve your bread-making skills. The course will combine hands–on baking with an understanding of what is going on in bread-making and will cover: three different rising methods: sourdough, yeast and soda*, the role of gluten and alternatives as used in brioche, several flour types including white, wholemeal, rye, spelt and also non-gluten flours such as teff, rice, corn and channa dhal. Also different presentational styles and flavourings. After this course you’ll be confident you can make delicious, healthy bread that rises, and you’ll come away with 4-5 loaves for dinner, breakfast or the freezer. Up to 25% discount for Soil Association members.
[* chemical leavening falls outside the Campaign's definition of Real Bread]
Find more information at: http://www.soilassociation.org/Takeaction/Learning/Organicfarmschool/Kitchencourses/tabid/476/Default.aspx
Tel: 01787 229955
The barefoot bakery**
17 Estella Way, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1HS
As seen on "Escape to the Country", where we taught Aled Jones to bake! We run practical, hands on courses for small groups so you can get individual attention (max four people per course). Our "Artisan - Bread Basics" course will give you all the information and confidence to produce beautiful handmade loaves at home. You will leave with a bulging bag of breads and have spent an enjoyable day producing bread in a friendly and relaxed environment. Breakfast and Lunch included - course runs from 9.30 to 4.00
**10% discount for members of the Real Bread Campaign**
Find more information at: www.thebarefootbakery.co.uk
tel: Dave - 07850 343438
email: info@thebarefootbakery.co.uk
Bread Workshops**
Holly Farm, Common Road, Bressingham, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 2BG
Enthusiastic bread baker Sue Hudson offers bread making workshops throughout Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. She has the perfect programme for all abilities, enabling you to leave with the confidence to continue to achieve brilliant tasting bread again and again. Hands-on and informal the sessions have limited spaces, everybody has a relaxed and enjoyable day and leaves with several loaves, hot from the oven. Visit the website to see the programme of events, or contact Sue to arrange your taylor-made, private session in your own premises.
**10% discount for Campaign members when booking two places in a class. Please quote membership number when booking**
Find more information at: www.breadworkshops.co.uk
Tel: 01379 688374
email: info [at] breadworkshops.co.uk
Cobs Bakery
7 Robert Davies Court, Cambridge CB4 1TP
Your Home Baking is a day of baking and conversation for beginner and experienced home bakers. A selection of breads will be made (and taken home) in order to learn or brush up on a range of basic skills. Places will be limited to 6 participants. The workshop will aim to take beginning bakers (for example, someone who has used a bread machine but wants to do some more) or more experienced home bakers (for example, a regular bread-baker but in a rut) into some new experiences and open up some new ideas.
Cost £65 + VAT per person (£76.37 in total). This will include a buffet lunch (please let us know any dietary requirements at the time of booking), all materials, recipes and some other goodies. Please contact Cobs for dates.
Find more information at: www.cobsbakery.com/workshops.php
Tel: 01223 241207
email: info@cobsbakery.com
Denver Windmill
Denver Mill Ltd, Sluice Road, Denver, Norfolk, PE38 0EG
A range of one day bread making courses including beginners, sourdough and spelt in the lovely Millers Barn adjacent to the working windmill. A regular programme of courses throughout the year. A truly hands-on experience and you get to take your bread home! Accommodation also available in the holiday cottages. Plough to plate courses also available giving experience of wheat from the farm through milling to end up with a loaf of bread.
Further information at www.denvermill.co.uk
Tel: 01366 384009
email: enquiries@denvermill.plus.com
Food Safari: Artisan Bread in a Day**
The Pump Street Bakery, Orford, Suffolk, IP12 2LZ
A behind-the-scenes day at the Pump Street Baker. Spend the day in a working bakery and have access to specialist equipment to discover the tips and tricks of the artisan baker. While hands-on experience kneading, shaping and proving and plenty of discussion will show us how to adapt these professional techniques for the home kitchen. The course will be led by artisan baker, Chris Brenan, who will share his enthusiasm for baking real bread using natural sourdough.
**10% off each place booked by Real Bread Campaign members when booking two or more places on a course. To claim the discount, call or email (details below) quoting the code, which members can find in The Real Baker-e. Sorry but the discount isn't available for online bookings.**
Find more information at: www.foodsafari.co.uk/page/artisan-bread-in-a-day
Tel: 01728 621380
email: info@foodsafari.co.uk
Main’s Café Bistro
Yoxford, Suffolk IP17 3EU
10.30am-1.30pm on the last Sunday of each month.
First time bakers learn to bake breads such as how to make soda bread, focaccia, thyme and lavender bread, as well as granary and white. Price £5
Find more information at:
Tel: 01728 668882
email: nancy.main@btinternet.com
The Slow Dough Bakery**
nr. Ipswich, Suffolk
The Slow Dough Bakery holds beginners’ bread-making courses every tow months. The course cost is £50 for 6 hours from 10am to 4pm, including a home-made lunch, tea and coffee, and you can take home everything you bake on the day. We bake several types of Real Bread including a straight dough (white, brown, granary or wholemeal depending on your preference), brown bread using the overnight sponge and dough method, and learn to shape both tin and round loaves and other shapes such as fougasse and flatbread, and have an introduction to sourdough breads. We also bake a sweet treat for dessert using an enriched dough and some seasonal fruit. Places are limited to eight and advance booking is essential. To find out dates or any other info, or to reserve a place, please contact us via our website.
**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign members.
Find more information at: www.slowdoughbakery.co.uk
tel: 07915 094415
email: info@slowdoughbakery.co.uk
Waterperry Gardens
Nr. Wheatley, Oxfordshire, England. OX33 1JZ
A variety of courses throughout the year for breadmaking enthusiasts of all levels of experience, from the basics, through to classes specialising in sourdough and the breads of specific countries, such as France and Italy. Many classes are led by master baker Paul Merry.
Find more information at: http://www.waterperrygardens.co.uk/whats-on-gardening-courses-category.php?cat=24
email: jhubbersgilt@waterperrygardens.co.uk
Southern England (including London)
The Agaphile**
Waverley Hall, Headley Road, Grayshott, Hindhead GU26 6EJ
Sarah Rowlands’ most popular lessons are the beginners' breadmaking which are practical hands on classes held with two to four people. The aim is to get people started at successful basic bread making and, as their confidence builds, they can move into a using a wider range of flours and recipes.
**£10 per person discount on bread making class when two or more people book together**
Find more information at: www.agaphile.co.uk/dates.htm
Tel: 01428 606073
email: info@agaphile.co.uk
Bake with Maria
Loudoun Road, London, NW8
Bake yourself happy! My name is Maria, and I am a passionate home baker who would like to share the joy of baking your own bread. Come and join us at our Baking Lab and discover the wide range of bread making courses that we have for you. These include French, Italian, Scandinavian, healthy, pretzels, and a basic introdction. We also offer classes in other types of baking and can organse tailored classes for special occasions like hen parties, birthday parties and more. Contact us for more details
Find more information at: www.bakewithmaria.com
Tel: 07725952724
email: maria [at] bakewithmaria.com
Baker & Loaf
W14
Here at Baker & Loaf, we believe in teaching fundamental techniques, not set-in-stone recipes — giving you the confidence to get creative with your baking, whether you’re a bread beginner or a regular home baker. We’ll also show you how to make great-tasting home-baked bread a part of your busy day-to-day life. Come along and discover a new way of baking that puts fresh bread on the table for breakfast, dinner or whenever you get a craving for an oven-warm slice. Our courses offer: sleeves-rolled-up, hands-on experience; small class sizes (maximum 4 students); one-to-one teaching time; quality ingredients; emphasis on technique and understanding, rather than simply following recipes; cosy home kitchen environment; a chance to meet other bread-lovers.
For further information, please see: www.bakerandloaf.com
Contact: bakerandloaf [at] gmail [dot] com
Cinnamon Square
9 Church Street, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD3 1BX
Cinnamon Square hosts a range of bakery courses, two of which focus on bread making. The introduction to bread course covers making bread by hand and includes yeast-free bread. It also involves the science of baking to help the guests achieve a thorough understanding of the bread making process. They also run a second course on Italian breads. The courses run every 6-8 weeks throughout the year. Each session lasts approximately 5 hours and includes food and drink. Cinnamon Square also runs baking parties for children.
Find more information at: www.cinnamonsquare.com
Tel: 01923 778353
email: enquiries@cinnamonsquare.com
The Cookery School
15B Little Portland Street, London, W1W 8BW
Experience the joy of bread making. Knead, pummel and stretch your way to perfect bread. Learn to make a basic white loaf, a focaccia, granary bread, cinnamon rolls and a traditional Sabbath bread. You will leave the class with a bag of dough to bake at home.
The Cookery School also hosts occasional courses by Dan Lepard.
Find more information at: www.cookeryschool.co.uk
Tel: 0207 6314590
email: info@cookeryschool.co.uk
e5 bakehouse
395 Railways Arches, Mentmore Terrace, London E8 3PH
Spend a day rubbing shoulders with the baking team at the e5 bakehouse - an organic bakery under the arches in Hackney, and learn to make a range of international breads. The course, which runs from 11 a.m until 5.30 p.m. every Saturday focuses on sourdough bread making techniques. Four breads are made over the the day, a 66% pure sourdough rye bread, ciabatta and bagels both of which use sourdough leaven and fresh yeast to rise, and our house favourite, the Hackney Wild - This bread takes so long to make that we will send you home with it still proving in a special basket, (the rest of your bread is baked in the late afternoon. You will also take home a sourdough 'mother', recipes, and a scraper. An organic, seasonal lunch will be served, and refreshments provided throughout the day, and the course costs £95 for the day.
Further information at: www.e5bakehouse.com
Tel: 020 8525 2890
email: breadmaking@e5bakehouse.com
Hornbeam Bakers' Collective
The Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street, London, E17 9AH
The Collective is formed by a group of bakers based in north east London and hosted by the Hornbeam Centre. The classes take place on Sunday from 11-4pm and are taught by our experienced bakers. They are varied and cover different techniques and kinds of baking including sourdough, the basics of Real Bread baking and gluten free breads. We are a community project and endeavour to provide affordable learning (£20 or £25 for the classes) and make bread baking accessible to everyone. However at the present the collective is self funded so we are glad to receive donations on top of the course fee. By the end of the five hour workshop you will have a number of breads to take home with you, recipes from the Hornbeam Bakers, tips and skills... and confidence and support to keep going.
Find more information at: www.hornbeam.org.uk
Tel: 020 8558 6880 (12-3pm Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays)
email: hornbeambakers [at] googlegroups.com
The Lighthouse Bakery School**
Ockham, Dagg Lane, Ewhurst Green, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5RD
The Lighthouse Bakery School provides 11 different courses, from the Introduction to Baking course, through to an Advanced Baking course, taking in French Baking, Italian Baking, European Baking, Jewish Baking, amongst others, along the way. Courses are held twice a week, and are very hands-on. Class sizes (maximum seven) ensure that individual attention is given to each student. The Lighthouse Bakery School is situated amidst the beautiful High Weald countryside in East Sussex, overlooking Bodiam Castle. We actively encourage participants to extend their stay and explore the wonderful surroundings on offer.
The Lighthouse Bakery offers bespoke courses for chefs and consultancy for professionals wanting to open bakeries.
**A 10% discount is offered to any Real Bread Campaign members when booking two places together on any one course.**
Find more information at: http://www.lighthousebakery.co.uk/
Tel: 01580 831 271
email: contact us
Mayfield Farm Bakery
Sheering Road, Old Harlow, Essex CM17 0JP
An introduction to bread making using organic flour from local mill Marriages. You’ll learn the techniques of mixing and kneading to make your dough, then proving, folding and shaping into traditional cottage loaves, cobs, bloomers or plaits. Finally, learn how to give your bread a professional finish. All ingredients, and lunch are included in the price. Plus take home the bread you have made, the recipes and one or two other loaves as well. Max eight people per course. 10:30 – 2:30 (approx) £85.00
Find out dates and more information at: www.mayfieldfarmbakery.co.uk/events.php
Tel: 01279 411774
email: info@mayfieldfarmbakery.co.uk
PAUL
29 Bedford Street, London WC2E 9ED
This is a new and unique opportunity to learn the time honoured secrets of baking bread with our expert bakers. You’ll learn how to bake three kinds of PAUL bread. Classes are available on Tuesday afternoons at our Covent Garden bakery, where we'll serve you a generous afternoon tea whilst your bread is baking, and yo get to take all your fresh warm bread home to share with family and friends. The cost is £75 per person, gift vouchers available for birthdays and anniversaries, and we welcome group bookings - corporate or otherwise.
Find more information at: www.paul-uk.com
Tel: 0207 420 2080
Paul the Baker
Peterborough
I have been baking artisan bread for the past twenty years as a profession and as a hobby. The courses I offer are based around real sourdough bread, made with nothing more than stoneground flour, rye flour, 1% salt and dechlorinated water (and of course my starter), although yeasted bread is taught when requested. I offer bespoke breadmaking courses for both homebakers and professionals, the tailor made classes designed around the trainee, based in their own domestic or professional kitchen. A half day course is usually £45 but large discounts are available for group bookings. Gift tokens also available.
Find more information at: www.paulthebaker.co.uk
email: paul [at] paulthebaker.co.uk
Pretty Witty Cakes: Introduction to Bread Making Classes**
Rannoch Road, Crowborough, East Sussex TN6 1RB
Our bread classes are all about fun and having a fantastic day learning a new skill. Our hugely popular classes have attracted students from all over the world (from as far away as Thailand and Australia) and we pride ourselves on offering an exceptional service which past students have described us as “in a different league” and “”just incredible”. Our Bread Making classes are taught by Paul who has over 20 year experience as a professional baker. What he doesn’t know about bread just isn’t worth knowing! All our classes run for a full day (from 10.15 to 4.30) and our based in Crowborough, East Sussex. We teach you skills that you can replicate in your own kitchen at home. We keep our class groups small and also offer private classes for groups. We have a special offer on classes in February and March 2012 where a £150 class place is just £99.
**10% discount for Campaign members. Please quote your membership number when booking**
Find more information at: www.prettywittycakes.co.uk
Tel 07976 32 72 78 or 01892 611 710
email: cupcakes [at] prettywittycakes.co.uk
Virtuous Bread
London, various venues
Virtuous Bread dispels the myth that baking is scary, prone to failure, and hard to fit into a busy lifestyle. Hands on classes range from four hours for a basic bread class or eight hours for a sourdough class. From time to time we also give four hour classes in seasonal and celebration bread such as hot cross buns, all souls day and epiphany bread, challah, brioche, or wedding bread! In addition to tea, coffee, lunch, and chat you always have lots of bread to take home.
Virtuous Bread also runs the Bread Angel course which teaches people to set up and run their own business baking bread at home and supplying it in their local neighbourhood. It is such a clear and important win win: Bakers make money and build their local communities both spiritually and physically by making connections through good bread. The Bread Angel course is three classes of four hours over three weeks during which you learn to bake different kinds of bread, to market and sell your bread, and to set up and run your business.
Find more information at: www.virtuousbread.com
tel: 07711 267 278
email: info@virtuousbread.com
South western England
Absolutely Organic Bread and Rolls
Absolutely Cupcakes Cafe, 59 Silver Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3HR
Organic bread making. Tracey has been teaching beginners and advanced bread making for many years and her style is incredibly convivial. Her workshops run for 2½ hours and embrace the idea of using kitchen excesses and leftovers in the recipes. The sessions are completely hands-on, interactive and upbeat and she’ll provide solutions for problems you may have experienced in the past, like dense loaves, exhaustion from kneading and rising issues! Recipes include divine beetroot and parsnip plaits, honey roasted pepper loaf, prosciutto wrapped pesto rolls, and seasonal specials.
Find more information at: MagicOxygen.co.uk
tel: 01297 445183 or 07817 156391
email: tracey [at] MagicOxygen.co.uk
The Bertinet Kitchen**
12 St Andrew's Terrace, Bath. BA1 2QR
Owned and run by French chef and baker, Richard Bertinet, The Bertinet Kitchen offers a range of relaxed and fun courses for food lovers of all abilities. The hands-on bread making classes run from a one day introduction, through to five day courses looking at subjects such as sourdough, French and Italian breads.
All classes are open to all abilities but professional bakers are identified at the beginning of each course to make sure they learn in a way that will help them when they return to their bakeries and the tutor will try to cover anything specific that they wish to improve on. Private classes tailored to individual bakers can be arranged, either at The Bertinet Kitchen or at their bakeries.
**10% off any 2, 3 or 5 day bread or baking courses with Richard Bertinet. Please telephone to book and quote your membership number to obtain discount.**
Find more information at: www.thebertinetkitchen.com/programmes.php
Tel: 01225 445531
email: www.thebertinetkitchen.com/contact.php
Brook Bakery School
The Works, Old Cleeve, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 6HT
We believe our courses are different to others available as they offer practical traditional bread making advice as well as commercial expertise on expansion and business set up. Don’t just make 1 loaf, or 10, but make 100, see how to scale production to suit your needs. See our website for full course details and dates.
Find more information at: www.brookbakeryschool.com
Tel: 01984 642321
email: info [at] brookbakeryschool.com
Hart's Bakery
Picture House East, 85 Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2NT
The monthly Bread & Breakfast workshop runs over a Saturday evening (6-9.30pm) and participants return on the Sunday morning with a friend for breakfast (10-11.30am). During the course you will learn to make sourdough, croissants and a chocolate tart. The will also be some pizza making which can be enjoyed with a glass a wine towards the end of the evening. On Sunday morning there will be a generous bakers breakfast with freshly baked bread, pastries, coffee, newspapers etc. You will leave with your loaf of sourdough bread, pastries, a chocolate tart and a pot of Hart’s Bakery sourdough starter, as well as a booklet of recipes so that you can recreate what you’ve learnt at home. Max 6 per class, £110 per person, which includes a friend for breakfast.
Find more information at: www.hartsbakery.co.uk
Tel: 07968 220260
email: laura@hartsbakery.co.uk
Harts Barn Cookery School
Monmouth Road, Longhope, Gloucestershire, GL17 0QD
Harts Barn Cookery School is located in Longhope Gloucestershire in the beautiful Forest of Dean. We run monthly courses in bread making. The bread making methods we use are traditional, allowing the bread to develop flavour and texture.
The courses cover basic bread making where you will learn about the processes involved in bread making, about different flours, yeast, and how to get delicious, great, bread. We will show how you can fit bread making into a busy day using a long fermentation. We also run a sweet yeasted bread course and a rolls and Bagels course. Our recipes draw on European traditions.The day starts at 10am includes a delicious organic vegetarian lunch, and finishes at 2pm.
Our aim is for you to leave with confidence, skills and the bread making bug to carry on bread making. You will go away with bread you have made that day and recipes that are easy to follow.
Find more information at: www.hartsbarncookeryschool.co.uk
Tel: 01452 830954
email: bread@hartsbarncookeryschool.co.uk
Hobbs House Bakery
4 George Street, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire GL6 0AG
Your opportunity to go beyond the limitation of baking books and give yourself, or a loved one, bread making skills that will continue to give and give... forever. This one day event will provide hands-on experience for beginners and home baking enthusiasts, with the opportunity to select ingredients, mix, mould, prove and bake a variety of breads, with direction and encouragement from baker Tom Herbet. Give Tom one day to share his infectious passion and enthusiasm for baking, and his bread making course will leave you eager to get baking at home, and you'll proudly be baking wonderful loaves in no time.
Find more information at: http://hobbshousebakery.co.uk/shop_online/bread_making/
Tel: 01454 321629
email: admin@hobbshousebakery.co.uk
The Magdalen Project
The Magdalen Project, Magdalen Farm, Winsham, Chard, Somerset TA20 4PA
Bread making for the terrified with Tracey Smith, BBC Broadcaster and Downshifting Expert. Tracey will take the fear out of bread making and teach you all you need to know about basic bread making plus a more exotic recipe. As featured on BBC Radio. Up to 25% discount for Soil Association members.
Posh and exotic bread making - If you have the basic knowledge of bread making, take it to the next level with Tracey. She will teach you to make a range of breads using different recipes and Magdalen’s fresh seasonal produce. You will even be able to take your bread home and impress your family with your new skills.
Up to 25% discount for Soil Association members.
Find more information at: http://www.soilassociation.org/Takeaction/Learning/Organicfarmschool/Kitchencourses/tabid/476/Default.aspx
Tel: 01460 301 44
Manna from Devon**
Fir Mount House, Higher Contour Road, Kingswear, Devon TQ6 0DE
Run by David Jones, a passionate bread maker, Manna from Devon offers baking workshops in basic, Italian and sourdough breads. Courses are suitable for beginners and intermediate bread makers wishing to expand their repertoire.
**20% off essential bread, Italian bread or 2 day sourdough course**
Find more information at: www.mannafromdevon.com
Tel: 01803 752 943
email: info@mannafromdevon.com
Otterton Mill
Otterton, Nr Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 7HG
Learn the timeless principles of traditional bread making from Roy our Head Baker. These practical sessions take place in small groups within our bakery. You’ll learn the secrets of making the perfect loaf by hand.The classes are suited for any ability and are informative and fun.
Classes are £45 per person. Please contact the mill for class dates.
Find out more information at: www.ottertonmill.com
Tel: 01395 568521
Panary
Cann Mills, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 0BL
Learn about Real Bread in the atmosphere of a working watermill at Cann Mills in rural Dorset. Paul Merry has been involved with craft baking and masonry ovens for over thirty years, and has been teaching courses for fifteen years. He offers a range of one, two and three day baking courses including British traditional, Italian, French and sourdough breads.
Courses available for professional bakers.
Find more information at: www.panary.co.uk
Tel: 01747 823711
email: info@panary.co.uk
The Phoenix Bakery**
6-7 St. Thomas Street, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8EW
The Phoenix Bakery runs the Monday Bakery School for anyone wanting to improve their own baking skills. Starting at 10am this is a no nonsense bread making day where you will learn to make the perfect sour dough culture with Aidan Chapman. During the day you will learn to make your own bread or pizza to enjoy over a relaxing lunch. £100 per person per day.
Professional bakers: The Phoenix Bakery's Apprenticeship Saturdays allow you to work the whole day as Aidan’s apprentice and get a written report to enhance your CV. £150 per day.
**10% discount per person off bread making courses when two people book together**
or for non-members
**Pay for a course in full when you book, and The Phoenix Bakery will enrol you in the Real Bread Campaign and pay your first year's subscription fee**
Find more information at: www.phoenixbakery.co.uk
Tel: 01305 767 894
email: phoenixbakery@hotmail.com
River Cottage
Dorset
On this one day course, a team of River Cottage chefs will explain the ins and outs of baking, aiming to inspire you to abandon ready-sliced loaves for a world of delicious breads baked at home.
The day is hands on, and is built around the River Cottage Bread Handbook basic bread method . The course will show you how this can be adapted with infinite variations, to give you complete confidence to become master of your own bakery. Included in the price of the ticket is lunch and a copy of the River Cottage Bread handbook. Bread tutors may include Gideon Hitchin (creator of the Build & Bake course) and Nonie Dwyer (sous chef and tutor of the gluten, wheat and dairy free course) or Bread Handbook author, Daniel Stevens.
Find more information at: www.rivercottage.net/ShopProduct546/Bread.aspx
Tel: 01297 630302
email: events@rivercottage.net
Shipton Mill
Shipton Mill, Long Newnton, Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL8 8RP
The course is designed an easy day introduction to the art that is baking, the science and practical steps behind long fermentation and serves as a great starting point enabling you to go home and start making really great bread.
The courses are extremely popular and Shipton mill operates a waiting list. If you are interested in a place, email them your details and they will contact you when a space is available.
Courses available for professional bakers.
Find more information at: www.shipton-mill.com/the-bakery/baking-great-bread/bread-making-courses
email: fsmallman@shipton-mill.com
Square Food Foundation**
The Park, Daventry Road, Bristol BS4 1DQ
The Cookery School at Bordeaux Quay has moved. From January 2012, Barny Haughton and the rest of the team will be based at the Cookery School and Kitchen at the Park in Knowle West. We'll be running exactly the same bread courses (as well as some exciting new ones) with the same expertise!
**20% per person off bread making course when two people book together**
Find more information at: www.squarefoodfoundation.co.uk
Tel: 0117 904 6679;
email: info [at] cookeryschoolandkitchen.co.uk
Vaughan's Kitchen
Unit 8, White Horse Business Centre, Devizes, Wiltshire. SN10 2HJ
Our bread courses are suited to all ages and abilities. We provide all that you need; aprons, ingredients, equipment and recipes. Refreshments are provided throughout the day and you will take home what you have made in a goodie bag!
Find more information at: www.vaughanskitchen.co.uk
Tel: 01380 530203
email: info [at] vaughanskitchen.co.uk
Wild Yeast Bakery**
The Grange, Dean Road, Newnham on Severn, GL14 1HJ
Offers a one-day course, designed for beginners or those with some experience who want to improve and learn about natural leavens and long fermentation processes. Participants learn about traditional breadmaking techniques, including how to use yeast with the overnight biga process, and how to cultivate wild yeast or sourdough cultures, to make a variety of breads.
The course is run by Simon Michaels, who ran the bakery for three years. Courses available for professional bakers.
**10% off one day bread making class. Click here for details of how to claim**
Find more information at: www.wildyeastbakery.co.uk
Tel: 0845 4580 060
email: simon@wildyeastbakery.co.uk
Other locations
Artisan Bread School**
Taught by Carl Shavitz who has given numerous courses in the United Kingdom and the USA as well as in Italy. Organic and stone ground flours from Foster’s Mill in Cambridgeshire, Shipton Mill in Gloucestershire and Molino Marino in Piedmont, Italy. Visit the website for dates.
**Discount to members of the Real Bread Campaign when two people living at same address book on the same course. Please check with the school for details.
Find more information and contact details at: www.artisan-bread-school.com
Baking Academy of Ireland**
Palmerstown Village, Dublin, Ireland.
This is the only baking school of its type in Ireland. It was established by Derek O’Brien who has worked for many years in the baking industry in Ireland, the UK and Germany. Derek was Head of the National Bakery School in Dublin, manager of the Irish National Baking Team and is now Head of the English language Diploma in German Baking at the International Baking Academy in Weinheim, Germany. He established the Baking Academy of Ireland in 2010 and offers a range of basic and artisan baking courses each week including hands-on bread making courses. The courses are for everybody from the enthusiastic amateur to the professional baker seeking to improve his/her skills.
**10% off any baking course for Real Bread Campaign members (Please e-mail to book and quote your membership number to obtain discount**)
Find more information at: www.bakingacademyireland.ie
Tel: 0035318451214
email: bakingacademyireland@gmail.com
The Soil Association Organic Farm School
Various locations
The Soil Association's Organic Farm School programme hosts a range of bread-making and baking courses throughout the country, based on organic farms. Learn the art of bread-making from artisan bakers - from beginners courses that enable you to get to grips with different doughs to create a variety of breads, sourdoughs and gluten-free baking, to building your own bread oven! Up to 25% discount for Soil Association members.
Find more information at: http://www.soilassociation.org/Takeaction/Learning/Organicfarmschool/Kitchencourses/tabid/476/Default.aspx
email: rcurtis@soilassociation.org
Terms and conditions of offers
- The offers listed are made by the organisations named, not the Real Bread Campaign.
- All offers subject to availability
- Each organisation reserves the right to withdraw their offer at any time without notice. No compensation will be offered in the case of an offer being unavailable or discontinued.
- Unless otherwise noted, in order to take advantage of the offer you simply need to quote your membership number or show your membership card when booking.
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Adding your Real Bread class
If you run regular or frequent classes or courses in Britain to teach Real Bread (i.e. without the use of artificial additives) making skills and would like to be listed here for FREE, please email the details in the format you see in the list above to realbread [at] sustainweb.org
You can list one-off classes yourself on our events page.
Though the listing is free, we would greatly appreciate it if you could offer a discount to Campaign members. Many of those who have already offer a percentage off a single place, or a discount when a Campaign member books two people on the same class/course. You migh even be interested in including Campaign membership in your course fee structure - as has Bread Matters and The Phoenix Bakery. If you have any quesations, please include them in your email.
