Classes / courses

***This is an archived page. Many of the baking schools below have not sent us updated details since they were originally listed some time between 2009 and 2018***

To find details of baking schools (and add details of your own) on our Real Bread Map. Find/add specific classes/courses on our events calendar.

Archived page follows

The majority of the 100+ baking schools listed here are kind enough to offer **DISCOUNTS** to paid-up Real Bread Campaign supporters!

Unless otherwise stated, in order to claim your discount, please quote your Real Bread Campaign supporter number.

• Introduction
• Real Bread Campaign supporter discounts
• Disclaimer and notes on choosing a class
• Adding details of your class
• Helping our charity to recruit Campaign supporters

Areas

• Scotland and northern England
• Wales and the midlands
• Eastern England
• Southern England (including London)
• South western England
• Northern Ireland
• Outside the UK

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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 offers a very affordable way for you to provide nutritious and healthy Real Bread for you and your family.

Here are just a few of the bread making courses around the country that have been in touch. 

• Professional training: classes/courses designed for professional bakers are marked in pink.
• Gluten free: schools that offer one or more gluten free Real Bread classes/courses are marked GF

To help more people learn to bake Real Bread, or improve their skills, we offer this directory FREE of charge to users and class providers....though we urge you to support our work by JOINING US!

**Discounts for Real Bread Campaign supporters are marked with **

Not a supporter yet? Then JOIN US TODAY!

If you would like to start baking Real Bread for your local community, the Campaign's guide Knead to Know: the Real Bread starter is the perfect companion to training in hands-on bread making skills. Click here for details.

For terms and conditions of the special discounts for Real Bread Campaign supporters (marked **) click here.

Real Bread Campaign supporter discounts

Many of the baking schools with classes listed on this page offer discounts to Campaign supporters, some worth more than the individual annual supporter contribution!

**Discounts for Real Bread Campaign supporters are marked with**

 Not a supporter yet? Then JOIN US TODAY!

For terms and conditions of the discounts click here.

NB We're in the process of changing our wording from 'member' to 'supporter', so sorry if you see the word 'member' dotted around while we are changing things over. We hope it doesn't cause confusion.

Disclaimer and notes on choosing a class

The descriptions have been written by the course providers themselves, not by Campaign staff, and are only updated as and when they send updates to us.

As with everything on this site, a listing is simply that - it does not represent either an endorsement by, or recommendation from, Sustain or the Real Bread Campaign.

The Campaign recommends that before you book a place on any class you:

• visit the class provider's website and/or contact them for fuller details of what you can expect.
• check with the class provider that you have up to date information, as details might have changed since they were supplied to the Campaign.
• make sure that the tutor has the depth of knowledge, level of skill and length of experience appropriate to meet your own 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 from someone wanting to bake a basic loaf at home every now and then.

In particular, we have to leave it 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.

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Scotland and northern England

Allendale Bakery at Elpha Green

**Discount of £5 to Real Bread Campaign supporters, and a further £10 for each class if an individual books more than one class.**

Sparty Lea, Allendale, Hexham, Northumberland, NE47 9UT

Offering breadmaking for beginners, sourdough techniques, festive breads, and French, Italian and Scandinavian specialities baked in our traditional wood-burning oven.  In each day-long class, we offer complete hands-on instructions and guidance, all utensils and ingredients, coffee/tea introductions, full lunch, tea and assessments and all the bread baked during the day.  Class size is restricted to a maximum of four participants to ensure one-to-one instruction. Classes start from £80.

Find more information at: www.allendalebakery.com
Tel: 01434 685047
email: info [at] allendalebakery.com

Artisan Foodworks

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

Burscough, Near Ormskirk

We provide full-day (09:30 to 17:00) bread making classes following the key principles of the Real Bread Campaign. We aim to educate in an enjoyable and inclusive way giving you the chance to learn as well as make, shape and bake your own bread and of course ask questions.

Our courses are aimed at bread making novices and near beginners to professional chefs or cooks who wish to broaden their knowledge or apply the principles either at home or in a commercial environment. We can also provide the opportunity for corporate team building courses where the bosses get their hands dirty as well!

The cost of our full day courses is £95 (incl VAT), including lunch, afternoon tea and refreshments.  You will also get to take all of your breads home, along with an apron and some starter to set you on your way.

Find more information at: artisan-foodworks.co.uk

Bread in Fife

**20% discount on bread making class for Real Bread supporters**

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.

Find more information at: www.breadinfife.co.uk
Tel: 01337 858031
email: info [at] breadinfife.co.uk

Companio Bakery

Manchester

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

Companio Bakery offers hands-on bread-making courses for complete beginners and those with some experience of baking. Under the guidance of trained and experienced artisan baker, Russell Goodwin, these practical courses will teach you the fundamentals of the art, craft and science of bread-making. The aim is to help you explore and develop your skills and knowledge of bread-making in a fun and informal environment. You will be making all your own breads which you get to take home to enjoy and share with your family and friends.

Find more information at: www.companiobakery.co.uk
Tel: 07765 914603
Email: russell [at] companiobakery.co.uk

Cracking Good Food

**£5 discount for Campaign supporters**

Chorlton, Flixton and Prestwich

In four hours, under Rob’s expert tutoring, you will make 100% organic bread, garlic naan in the pan and focaccia with fresh herbs and olives with pizza for lunch. £60 (Chorlton)

In the more in-depth six hour session, you will make a wholemeal and rye loaf, learn about sourdough (taking away a starter culture), specialist flours and yeasts plus take home a 26 full colour booklet filled with the historical & political background to bread, its recipes and of course hot tips that you’ll learn throughout the day. Lunch of pizza (made during the day of course) and refreshments included. £80 (Flixton and Prestwich)

To claim your discount, please book by email and quote your Campaign supporter number.

Find out more information at: www.crackinggoodfood.org
tel: 0845 652 2572
email: tracey [at] crackinggoodfood.org

Deerstones Bakery

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

10 The Arcade, Market Street, Clone, Lancashire BB8 0HX

Deerstones Bakery is a microbakery, set up in April 2014 in bonny Colne, based amidst the beauty of Pendle Hill in Lancashire. Making handcrafted bread and pastries, many crafted from our sourdough starter called ‘Betty’.

We offer a range of enjoyable workshops, providing you with the skills and confidence to bake a range of breads at home. From Introductory bread baking for beginners to more advanced sourdough courses, also Easter breads and Christmas bread baking courses and many others.

You will make a range of artisan breads, using organic Shipton Mill flour. Take home: Breads baked on course and course notes

Lunch and refreshments all included. Places limited to four per workshop to allow personal tuition. All courses run from 10am until 3pm. Prices from £65 per person

For more information: www.deerstonesbakery.co.uk
Email: deerstonesbakery at gmail.com

Dodgshons Bakery Artisan Bread Class

Dodgshons Bakery, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH45 5AD

The class is held at the bakery every last Sunday of the month. During the day you will learn how to make four doughs: a white dough producing a plain tin and a farmhouse loaf; a brown dough with honey producing a cob and two baguettes; a sweet dough producing Chelsea buns; and finally a sea salt and rosemary focaccia bread. You will leave at the end of the day with all that you have made along with a recipe and method booklet. Tips will be given throughout the day of how to get the best results at home, all the doughs you learn on the day are very versatile and our baker will give you lots of ideas to go home and try out for yourself. The class will start at 9am and finish at approximately 3pm. The class cost £90 which can be payed by cheque.

Find more information at: www.facebook.com/pages/Dodgshons-Bakery
email: Ian Jones (tutor and head baker) at idjones [at] live.com

Food Positive Ltd

**10% discount on individual bookings for Campaign supporters**

Ashland House, Manchester Roadd, Ince, Wigan WN2 2DX

Food Positive is a social enterprise dedicated to helping people gain control of their food.
Our one day bread course run monthly (see website for dates). The day includes demonstrations and lots of hands on baking, you will be amazed at how much bread baking we can pack into one day! Lunch is provided, you need bring nothing but yourself and some stamina! We keep our groups to six and courses run in our bespoke kitchen. Payment can be made by cash or PayPal. 10% discount available for group bookings of six people.

Find more information at: www.foodpositive.co.uk
Tel: 07727057129

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 [at] thehandmadebakery.coop

Lesley's Kitchen

**10% discount for all Real Bread Campaign supporters**

The Old Church, Glasgow Road, Muirkirk, Ayrshire, KA18 3RN

Lesley's Kitchen is situated in our home which is a converted Victorian Church, nestled in the historic village of Muirkirk in the Ayrshire uplands of Scotland, close by is the  M74 for easy access from Glasgow, Edinburgh and beyond. We offer a number of  one, three and five day courses in a variety of Artisan Bread and Baking Courses, teaching all skill levels who wish to learn how to make delicious real bread. With our emphasis on learning in a real kitchen setting with a hands-on approach to all bread making, we cater for all skill levels from beginners to advanced. Refreshments, cakes and a light bakers lunch and a student’s pack are all  included in the cost of your course. Max 4 persons per class. Courses run from 10.30am – 3.30pm

Stay and bake packages are also available within our 4* accommodation.

Find more information at lesleyskitchen.com
Tel: 01290 660045 Mob: 07588 504165   
Email: theoldchurch [at] talktalk.net

Love Bread CIC

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters - please quote your supporter number when you book**

Brighouse, West Yorkshire

Interested in learning how to make bread in a fun and supportive environment? We love to spread the word about Real Bread.  Love Bread CIC currently teaches Real Bread making in schools, community groups and at private sessions.  Alternatively come to one of our monthly workshops or Wednesday night Bread Club. LoveBread workshops show you how to bake a variety of types of bread including basic loaves and specialist breads.  You take home everything you make during the workshop as well as an understanding of our not-for-profit social enterprise.

Find details of upcoming workshops here or contact us to find out our availability for a school, community group or individual workshop.

Find more information at lovebread.org.uk
Email: carole [at] lovebread.org.uk

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 [at] wilmarbedandbreakfast.com

Little Eye Bakery

The Wirral, Merseyside

Our one day sourdough bread class?  Start It Up 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 twenty 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
• Make and take home dark rye, wholewheat and oatmeal, white ciabatta and olive rolls

Find more information at www.thelittleeyebakery.blogspot.com
Tel: 07724332523
Email: info [at] littleeye.org.uk

Little Salkeld Watermill

**Supporters of the Real Bread Campaign get 2 X 1.5kg bags of Little Salkeld Watermill Flour free when booking a class.**

Little Salkeld, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1NN

Spending a day in a class at The Watermill is well spent!  Classes take place in a farmhouse kitchen and the approach is relaxed, informal and friendly.  If you have never made bread or feel it could improve then the BREADMAKING course is for you. You learn about grain, milling and  making wonderful tasty bread with little time and effort.

MORE BREADMAKING goes beyond commercially yeasted bread to use sourdoughs, as well as experimenting with rye and barley flours. Courses include coffee,  lunch, and tea, plus a tour of the watermill where our flour is ground the traditional way by waterpower. Classes  £75.

Find more information at: www.organicmill.co.uk
Tel: 01768 881523
email: organicflour [at] aol.com

Two Mamas

Palazzo Kitchens, 151-153 Main Street, Uddingston Glasgow, G71 7EN

Natural Yeast Bread Making Class. Natural yeast what we call bread raised only with wild yeasts, which is also known as sourdough. The process is one of a long fermentation which helps the bread to have a lovely depth of flavour and some research suggests it also makes for a more digestible loaf. Our class lasts two hours and will comprise:

• basic notions of what sourdough is, how to make it, maintain it and store it
• teaching of how to make sourdough bread with hand kneading technique - every student will then be able to practice and take home with them the dough that they have made, proof it overnight and bake it in their oven at home in the morning
• hand kneading and planetary mixers techniques
• an instruction booklet collating all the information explained during the class and the bread recipe
• a glass jar  with 100 g of sourdough to take home and start your own baking

£50 per person. We also run classes on other types of bread making.

Find more information at: twomamas.com
Tel: 0141 353 3278
email:  info [at] twomamas.com

Wales and the midlands

Appletree Bakery

Cowmans Cottage, Appletree, Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 6UG

Baking for the beginner. Learn how to make a 100% organic bread which you will easily recreate in your own kitchen. A hands-on experience held in my home where you will be able to create fantastic, flavoursome bread. All ingredients, materials, equipment, lunch and refreshments, plus your bread to take home are included in the price of £80. The day is run from 10am to 3pm, either one-to-one or in small groups of up to three people.

tel: 07859 213390
email: karon.king [at] hotmail.co.uk

Bread2Bake

135 Corve Street Ludlow Shropshire SY8 2PG

Richard C Swift, a fifth generation family run Artisan Bakery is now able to offer bread making courses. We have courses available for half day, one day, or two days looking at both machine and hand mixing and hand moulding, and the difference that can make to you loaf. We will look at and discuss different types of fermentation, poolish, overnight doughs and sourdoughs (this is all reliant on the time scale booked) Come and enjoy the bread2bake experience with us. Lunch is provided and accommodation can also be arranged at local B+B, our two day course also includes an evening meal.

Find more information at: www.bread2bake.co.uk

Bread at Home

**Discount of £10 when 2 Real Bread Campaign supporters book together for the same workshop.**

Woodwinds, Wyre Hill, Bewdley, Worcestershire

Come and spend a day in my home to learn the basics of Real Bread making then take these skills and make bread in your own home. We also offer Moving on from Basic, and Sourdough bread making. Small groups of no more than four. Lunch is provided - you will make part of it. At the end of the day you will take away what you have made - if you haven't already eaten it, plus the new knowledge you have gained throughout the day. Courses run on selected Mondays and Saturdays throughout the year.

Find more information at: www.bread-at-home.co.uk
email: j_c_bell [at] talk21.com (Janice)

Conibear’s Kitchen – ‘Cooking, sharing & enjoying real food’

Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire

*10% discount for all Real Bread Campaign supporters*

Conibear’s Kitchen is based in the heart of the National Forest, with an ethos of reconnecting people with good, honest, simple food. A range of bread making courses are available including First Steps, Next Steps and Sweet Treats. Classes are small, relaxed and informal, with plenty of hands on practical tasks allowing you to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to recreate the recipes at home. We also offer talks, demonstrations and bespoke courses.

Find more information at: conibearskitchen.co.uk
Email: angela [at] conibearskitchen.co.uk
Tel: 07917 357 134

The Doorstep Bakery

Wymeswold nr Loughborough, LE12 6SD

*10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters*

**Book with a friend for a 15% discount**

A busy day of baking and conversation in the beautiful Leicestershire countryside for beginners and more accomplished bread bakers. Our Baking Experience offers you a chance to make four very different breads to enjoy. (Maximum of 6 people).

Monthly courses run from 9am – 5pm approx. We provide all that you should need ie apron, ingredients, equipment and recipes.  Lunch and refreshments are provided throughout the day. (Please let us know if you have any allergies).

For dates and more details contact Graham at the Doorstep Bakery

Email: mrbun@doorstepbakery.co.uk
Tel:07734431131

Eckington Manor Cookery School

Manor Road, Eckington, Worcestershire WR10 3BH

One day bread making courses are available.  Bread courses are run by Cyril Scorse, lecturer and assessor in bread and flour confectionary at a leading bakery college.

Find more information at: www.eckingtonmanorcookeryschool.co.uk
Tel: 0138 6751 600
email: info [at] 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 [at] gmail.com

Geraint Bakes Bread

**Concessionary rate for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

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. Courses include all ingredients, materials, equipment, lunch and refreshments, plus your bread to take home. Recipes and instructional handouts provided. Max 2 per course. No previous baking experience required.

Find more information at: geraintbakesbread.com
email: geraintbakesbread [at] gmail.com

Hartingtons

**10% discount on bread making class for Real Bread supporters**

Rutland Mill, Rutland Mews, Off Coombs Road, Bakewell. DE45 1AQ

Hartingtons offer a range of artisan bread making classes in a converted saw mill on the banks of the River Wye. These include an introduction to bread making using three different doughs, several sourdough classes and speciality classes, such as French bread making; all dedicated to the principles of the Real Bread Campaign.

Our expert tutors are all highly experienced bakers and committed supporters of the Real Bread Campaign. 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
• Dave Foster has his own artisan home bakery in Stocksbridge, believes that anybody can make great tasting artisan bread and seeks to demystify the process

Half and full day classes are available during the week and at weekends.

Find more information at: www.hartingtons.com
tel: 01629 888 586
email: courses [at] hartingtons.com

Landgirls Cookery School

**10% discount for Campaign supporters. Quote 'realbread' and your supporter number when booking**

Hartshill, Nr. Atherstone, Warwickshire

Artisan Bread for novices and professionals. We provide a one day class for those wishing to start baking Real Bread or for those who wish to improve their skills. Our classes of eight enable us to provide personal tuition. All  equipment and ingredients are provided on the day and students take home all that they bake. There is usually something nice to eat provided as are refreshments throughout the day. Cost is £34.50 per person. Eight hour sourdough, focaccia, brioche and ciabatta classes also available at  £75 per person..

Find more information at: landgirlscookeryschool.co.uk

Leicester Born & Bread

**10% discount for Campaign supporters for classes in Leicester**

Leicester, Stourbridge and Lichfield

Introductory bread class – half and full day options available. Other classes, such as sourdough, Italian breads, and sweet breads, are also available. Please see website for details and dates.

Find more information at: www.leicesterbornandbread.co.uk/courses
Tel: 07957 726308
email: jessica [at] leicesterbornandbread.co.uk

Loaf Cookery School

Stirchley, South Birmingham

Loaf is a place where you can learn forgotten food skills in the heart of the second city, Birmingham. 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. The newest addition is a Sweet Bread and Viennoiserie course which focuses enitrely on sweet and laminated doughs. Courses are £120 each and include all refreshments and full recipes to take home.

 

Bread courses are led by Tom Baker, Rob Drew and Gordon Stovin. 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/cookery-school/
Tel: 0121 458 7682
email: cookeryschool at] loafonline.co.uk

the loaf

** the loaf is delighted to offer a 10% discount to Real Bread supporters**

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 three different courses. The first covers standard yeasted doughs and is suitable for both beginners and those looking to hone their skills. The second course is all about sourdoughs and you will get the most out of the course if you already have some experience working with bread doughs. Finally, Andrew offers a course on French baking including the art of Viennoiserie, authentic baguettes and rich brioche.  Find more information, prices and booking details on the loaf's website.

For more information at: www.theloaf.co.uk/courses.htm
Tel: 01773 857074
email: enquiries [at] theloaf.co.uk

Ludlow College

**Enjoy a 10% discount if you are a Real Bread Campaign supporter – just quote your supporter number at the time of booking**

South Shropshire

Emma Mitchell is our tutor for a range of one day and evening courses for absolute beginners and those who would like to develop their skills using a range of techniques.  Emma will show you recipes for making flavoured and specialised breads and doughs for all occasions.

Find more information at: www.ludlow-college.ac.uk
Tel: 01584 871050
email:  info [at] ludlow-college.ac.uk

Meg's Bakes

**10% discount for Campaign supporters**

South Herefordshire

Meg's Bakes (Graduate of The School of Artisan Food, holding an Advanced Diploma in Artisan Baking) is offering bread making and baking classes for children and adults, plus baking workshops in schools, private sessions and parties. Suitable for beginners through to professionals. Offering a wide range of courses from an intro to bread making, European breads, the use of pre-ferments, sourdoughs, sweet doughs, pastry (sweet & savoury), cakes, vegan baking and much much more. Courses start at £20 for children and £65 for adults.

Tel: 07816401927 / 01873860311
email: megsbakes [at] gmail.com 

Prices

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters. Please quote your supporter number when booking**

7 Castle Street, Ludlow, SY8 1AS

We will run both basic courses for the Real Bread novice and two day courses for those wanting to move their home baking to the next level, including sourdoughs. We will bake using our commercial deck oven, then you will return home with a box of freshly baked breads and the knowledge and confidence to be able to produce them in your own kitchen. Refreshments, including a locally-sourced lunch is included in the price.

Find more information at: www.pricesthebakers.co.uk
Tel: 01584 872815
email: bakers  [at] pricesthebakers.co.uk

The Revel Bakery

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

c/o Malt Kiln Farm Shop, Stretton under Fosse Warwickshire CV32 0PE

Introduction to Baking. A course aimed at people with little or no baking experience. Work with a professional baker and qualified tutor to take the basic ingredients and create loaves that you can replicate at home.  This 1 day course is run at the begining of the week with class sizes kept small meaning there is lots of opportuniuty to be get hands on practice. The Revel Bakery is set within the heart of Malt Kiln Farm Shop, with good accessability and facilities. The cost is  £75 per person with all equipment and lunch provided, as well as follow up support.
 
Tel: 0781 8008752
email: therevelbakery [at] gmail.com

Seasoned Cookery School

**A Campaign supporter who books two places at the same time will receive a 10% discount**

The Courtyard, Catton Hall, Walton Upon Trent, Derbyshire DE12 8LN

We run a range of bread making class from mastering the basics to learning all about sourdough. We will teach you the fundamentals of bread making, so that you will leave confident to bake your own bread in your own kitchen at home.

Perfect for…people who love baking. 

For updated course dates please visit our website

find more information at: www.seasonedcourses.com
Tel: 01283 711681
email: info [at] seasonedcourses.com

The School of Artisan Food

**10% off any class/course - quote your Real Bread Campaign supporter number when booking**

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. 

Find more information at: schoolofartisanfood.org
Tel: 01909 532171
email: info [at] 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 [at] sharedharvest.co.uk

Slow Loaf

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

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 [at] blueyonder.co.uk

Sourdough.co.uk

**FREE signed copy of one of Vanessa’s signed recipe books (RRP £20) for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

Northampton
 
Set in the home of specialist sourdough baker Vanessa Kimbell there are a wide range of sourdough courses from beginners sourdough to advanced sourdough clinics for people who can’t quite put their finger on where they are going wrong. Classes are taught in small tutorial style groups with no more than seven students attending. Prices start from £145

For your free signed recipe book, please include your Real Bread Campaign supporter number in the note section of the booking form.

Find more information at: sourdough.co.uk
tel: 07813 308 301
email: Vanessa [at] sourdough.co.uk

Veg Patch Kitchen

**10% discount to current Real Bread Campaign supporters**

Shropshire

Bread making classes in Ironbridge and other locations in rural Shropshire. A range of day and evening classes are available including basic bread making, working with pre-ferments, sweet and flavoured breads and laminated doughs.

For your discount please quote your supporter number when booking.

Find more information at: vegpatchkitchen.co.uk
tel: Kath on 01952 432910
email: info [at] vegpatchkitchen.co.uk

Eastern England

The barefoot bakery

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

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

Find more information at: www.thebarefootbakery.co.uk
tel: Dave - 07850 343438
email: info [at] thebarefootbakery.co.uk

Bread and Beyond

Haverhill, Essex

If you would like the chance to meet other bread lovers and enjoy a hands-on experience in a cosy home kitchen environment then have a look at our courses. You can start with basic bread making and move on to more challenging bakes such as ciabatta, sourdough and teatime treats.

Not only is it cheaper and better for you – it’s fun and rewarding too. Bread making is a lot easier than you think and it can all be fitted into a busy lifestyle. Just four ingredients are all you need to get started and you don’t need expensive equipment. Whether you are a complete novice or a more experienced home baker there is something for you.

Classes vary from 4-6 hours and include refreshments and lunch. You will take home all the bread you bake and I will provide notes and recipes on what we have done. Tailored classes can be provided at a time to suit you and your friends and gift vouchers are also available.

Find more information at: breadandbeyond.co.uk
tel: 01440 730270 / 07985 180443
email: info [at] breadandbeyond.co.uk

Bread Workshops

**10% discount for Campaign supporters when booking two places in a class.  Please quote supporter number when booking**

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.

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 [at] cobsbakery.com 

The Cookery School at Braxted Park

**10% discount for campaign supporters**

Braxted Park Estate, Witham, Essex, CM8 3EN

A stunning location with award-winning chefs and a diverse range of cookery and baking courses to suit all abilities. We offer various different bread making workshops including Bread for Beginners, An Introduction to Artisan Italian Breads, Christmas Stollen and Brioche and Sourdough Masterclass. Our artisan and sourdough workshops are run by sourdough expert and True Loaf (the Real Bread Campaign supporters' magazine) columnist Hilary Cacchio.

Find more information at: www.braxtedparkcookery.co.uk
Tel: 01621 890300
Email: Sharon [at] braxtedpark.com

Cooper & Whites Artisan Workshops

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters and loyalty points off any other Cooper & Whites Workshops.**

Stamford Lincolnshire, central London and all over the country.

Held at stunning venues all over the country, these Real Bread making classes have been called 'spa days for foodies'. Taught by Paul White, second baker at Hambleton Bakery, winner of ITV1 Britain's Best Bakery 2012, classes are available for beginners right through to to experienced bakers. Prices start at £75 for a great day out.

Find more information at: www.paulthebaker.co.uk
Tel: 01733894179
Email: paulwhite 677 [at] sky.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.

Find more information at www.denvermill.co.uk
Tel: 01366 384009
email: enquiries [at] denvermill.plus.com

Hall Park

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters when booking two or more places**

Norwich, Norfolk

I hold Real Bread making days in our farmhouse kitchen near Norwich. The day starts with a demonstration then it’s ‘hands on’, straight into you making your own bread.  During the day you will make a variety of basic and enriched breads.  

A light lunch is included and the day will end about 5.15pm when you will leave laden with all your newly baked goodies. 

A maximum of four people per day so you will enjoy personal tuition, have a great day learning new skills and acquire confidence in baking your own bread. The cost per person is £65.

Find more information at: www.hallparknorfolk.co.uk
Tel: Jane Stevens on 01508 495567
Email : enquiries [at] hallparknorfolk.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 [at] btinternet.com

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

The Slow Dough Bakery

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

nr. Ipswich, Suffolk

We hold regular one-day bread and pastry making courses at our bakery in the scenic surroundings of Suffolk Food Hall, near Ipswich. All courses are aimed at home bakers and open to all levels. They include a home-made lunch, breakfast, tea and coffee, and you can take home everything you bake on the day.
    Beginners’ bread-making course – monthly  - £84 inc VAT
    Patisserie and Sweet Dough course – every 3 months - £96 inc VAT
    Slow dough and sourdough course  – every 3 months - £114 inc VAT
    French bread-making course – every 3 months - £84 inc VAT
    Italian bread-making course – every 3 months - £84 inc VAT

Places are limited and advance booking is essential. To view available dates, contact us or book a place, please visit our website.

Find more information at: www.slowdoughbakery.co.uk
tel: 07915 094415
email: info [at] 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 [at] waterperrygardens.co.uk

White Cottage Bakery**

**10% discount for all Real Bread Campaign supporters.**

Carey Hill, Kingston village, Cambridge CB23 2NG

We are pleased to offer a range of bread making classes, from mastering the basics to French and Italian breads, right through to Sourdough Masterclasses. The workshops are held in small groups in our farmhouse kitchen in the beautiful South Cambridgeshire countryside, using local organic ingredients. The day courses all include a welcome breakfast with homemade preserves and delightful garden lunch (weather permitting). We look forward to welcoming you!

Find more information at: whitecottagebakery.com
email : helen [at] whitecottagebakery.com

Southern England (including London)

Anna’s Kitchen, Breadmaking Classes

**10% off to Real Bread Campaign supporters**

33 Prince’s Crescent, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 3RA

Relaxed, fun, informative one-day bread making classes in Brighton, East Sussex.  Learn to make delicious homemade bread in a domestic setting.

If you've tried making bread at home and had limited success, come and spend a day learning the principles and techniques that will give you consistent results and leave you with the breadmaking bug.  One-day and half-day classes including Everyday bread, Mediterranean baking, Sweet doughs and Seasonal classes.  Class numbers are small (max. 4) so I can give individual tuition.  One-day classes include a delicious homemade lunch and a sample of the bread you’ve made in the morning.

Find more information at: www.annas-kitchen.co.uk
Tel 07946 443433
email: hello [at] annas-kitchen.co.uk

Artisan Bread Making

Brinsbury Campus, Chichester College, West Sussex

Taught by Presley Swensson, an experienced chef and chef lecturer, Artisan Bread Baking courses are for beginners or those who would like to develop their knowledge and comprehension of bread making. Throughout the day you will prepare, bake and taste five different breads; taking home all products made by you. Breads include traditional baguettes, enriched sweet dough and sour dough miche. The day is totally hands-on, a relaxed atmosphere, questions are welcomed and discussion ongoing. Saturday courses run 10am to 4pm and next level courses (ABM2) Friday 17:30 to 19:30 to prepare firm starters and sponges and then Saturday all day to ‘Make, Bake & Taste’. Classes are limited to nine people and all you need to bring is an apron, sensible shoes and a desire to learn.

Find more information at: www.chichester.ac.uk
Tel: 01243 786321
email: presley.swensson [at] chichester.ac.uk

Badgerbrook Breads

London, SE4

**10% Discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

Come learn how to bake the kind of breads that you would be proud to serve your friends and family.  All of our courses are very hands on and start with the basics but also include tips and advice for more experienced bakers and show you how to make your own recipes.  The course fee includes all materials, use of an apron for the day, a lovely lunch, tea/coffee, afternoon scones with homemade jam, course notes, all the bread you make on the day as well as support via email after the course has finished to help you put into practice all that you have learned.

Campaign supporters can login to find the discount code here.

Find more information at: badgerbrookbreads.co.uk
email:  badgerbrookbreads [at] gmail [dot] com

Bake with Jack

Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Berkshire and London

**10% Discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

"More than just an introduction to homemade bread, Bake with Jack inspires, amazes and entertains in equal measure!"

At Bake with Jack I host much more than just a bread making class. We will prepare and cook a delicious meal along the way to perfectly complement your bread and make it the star of the dinner table! You can book a bread making experience in your own home, or come and join me in a group class in Guildford, Surrey It's time to get excited about bread! Visit the website for experience details, class dates, gifts and vouchers.
 
Find more informarion at: bakewithjack.co.uk
Tel: 07840 561 635
Email: info [at] bakewithjack.co.uk

Bake With Maria

**10% discount to current Real Bread Campaign supporters**

Loudoun Road, London, NW8

Located in St Johns Wood, North London, THE BAKING LAB is the base for all Bake with Maria classes and events and offers a unique program of baking courses and cooking experiences. So whether you are a baking novice or a keen home baker, Maria Mayerhofer and her team (including Campaign ambassador Emmanuel Hadjiandreou) offer a wide variety of classes such as Introduction to Bread Making and French Croissants. 

For your discount, please quote your Campaign supporter number in the comments box when booking online.

Find more information at: www.bakewithmaria.com
Tel: 0207 998 1634
email: info [at] bakewithmaria.com

Baker & Loaf

London, 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

Beverley Glock Cookery School

Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, UK

Part of our Real Cooking for Real People workshops and taught by Beverley Glock, food writer, author and broadcaster.  Beverley will pass on her love of bread making and teach you how to make fabulous bread by hand with her no nonsense method guaranteed to produce delicious bread every time.  Beverley will show you how to make a basic dough and then turn it into pizza base, flatbreads, fougasse, breadsticks and foccacia, you'll also take home some dough as a starter to encourage you to carry on making bread at home.  Beverley's bread making recipe is also on her YouTube channel to help refresh your memory when you get home. Sourdough, Advanced and Gluten free courses will launch in 2014.

Bread Making half-day courses are £40 per person with a maximum of 6 people per class, the cookery school is based in Beverley's 17th Century Mill House and includes AGA tuition as well.

Find more information at beverleyglock.com
Tel:  0870 766 8290
email:  info [at] splatcooking.com

Birch Cottage Bread

Hermitage, West Berkshire, RG18 9XJ

Birch Cottage Bread is a small microbakery that makes a mix of yeasted and sourdough breads with gorgeous organic and stoneground flours. We offer two classes: basic bread and sourdough, both run in a domestic setting but using the microbakery's equipment, too. The aim is to demystify bread baking and give you the skills to bake tasty Real Bread at home in a way that fits into our modern hectic lives. Lunch is included and of course all your Real Bread to take home is, too.

Find more information at: breadangels.com/profile/lucie-steel-west-berkshire
tel: 07766 203335
email: birchcottagebread [at] yahoo.com

Bread Ahead Bakery & School

Borough Market, Cathedral Street, London, SE1 9DE

**15% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

Prepare to get floury at Bread Ahead’s purpose-built bakery school in the heart of Borough Market.

Led by the team of world-class experts offers a range of hands-on classes in everything from sourdough bread to French patisserie. Whether you’re just starting out or a seasoned baker there’s a course for you.

Campaign supporters: claim your 15% discount at checkout using the code you can find by logging in here.

Find more information at: breadahead.com/bakery-school
Tel: 020 7403 5444

Canterbury Baking School

22 The Ness, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3NL

**20% discount per Campaign supporter**

I use a variety of freshly milled grains, which are milled on the premises. Our motto is ‘100 percent bread’. We only use 100 percent of the grain and never use additives. Our aim is to teach you how to bake, learn skills and gain confidence, using a variety of different methods. We cater for all levels of experience in our workshops, from absolute beginners to master chefs in the making. You’ll find our courses informative, relaxed and friendly but above all, fun. On offer: artisan bread workshops, sourdough workshops, intensive 3-4 day bread making workshops.

Find more information at canterburybakingschool.com
Tel: 07983 853 526
email: vickyfeldman [at] yahoo.co.uk

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 [at] cinnamonsquare.com

Cocoa & Heart’s Bakery

**Cocoa & Heart’s Bakery offers 10% off all courses to Real Bread Campaign supporters: please quote your supporter number when booking.**

Bexleyheath, Kent, DA68NU

Cocoa & Heart’s  Bakery is a microbakery, supplying Real Bread to local people. We bake everything by hand using traditional way of making bread in our Victorian kitchen where everything happens around the cranberry red Rangemaster. We offer a range of artisan bread baking classes, including Sourdough Bread, Sweet Breads and Speciality Breads. All classes are suitable for anyone who wants to learn new skill or brush up on their bread making technique. Classes are run in small groups and in relaxed atmosphere to ensure, you get the most out of your day.

All classes are run by Magdalena Marsden, who is an experienced baker and chocolate maker. Magdalena has been making her own bread for more then 13 years now and has hands on experience of working in large artisan bakeries.

All classes include tastings of our handbaked breads and cakes and longer courses also include delicious lunch. To help you carry on baking bread at home, we prepared a resource pack with recipes and useful contact details.

Find more information at: www.cocoaandheart.co.uk/bakingcourses.html
Tel: 0208 3060168
email: hello [at] cocoaandheart.co.uk

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 [at] cookeryschool.co.uk

Craft Food London

Abbot Street, London E8  (5 mins from Dalston Junction)

**20% discount off our standard prices for Real Bread Campaign supporters. Please quote your supporter number when booking**

We work with some of the best artisan producers in London to teach you how to make amazing foods in your own home. Breadmaking is taught by Max Tobias, passionate artisan baker and founder of the Dusty Knuckle.  Our courses are focussed on ensuring you leave with all the practical skills you need to make fantastic bread and understand how variations in flour, salt, yeast, hydration, time and temperature will affect your final product.

All courses include a home baking starter kit, refreshments, and of course all the Real Bread that you make on the day.  Class sizes are never more than 12 and sometimes as few as 6 to ensure a friendly and relaxed atmosphere with lots of time for individual questions and help. See our website for more details including course dates and reviews of our previous courses

Find more information at: craftfood.london
Tel: 07753 313532
email: hello [at] craftfood.london

E5 Bakehouse

**20% off for Real Bread Campaign Supporters**

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 sourdough breads.  The course runs from 11 a.m until 5.30 p.m. every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Four breads are made over the course of the day, a country loaf, ciabatta style buns, a seeded rye and bagels. All these breads use a sourdough culture, and the class teaches how to make and sustain a sourdough mother, along with teaching the kneading and shaping styles used in our bakery. The class costs £150 for the day and includes a sourdough ‘mother’, proving basket, recipes and dough scraper. An organic, seasonal lunch will be served, and refreshments provided throughout the day. You will also get 10% off in our shop if you’d like to buy any additional baking equipment, cook books or organic produce to take home.

Further information at: e5bakehouse.com/classes/
Tel: 020 8525 2890
email: info@e5bakehouse.com

Eastcourt Manor

** Click on the link below to see latest offers for Real Bread campaign supporters**

Medway and Kent

Eastcourt Manor is set in the Medway countryside near Rainham, Kent, about an hour from central London. The house has a rich and varied history dating back to the early 14th century. Courses cover the full range of techniques to make your own sourdough breads including caring for your sourdough starter, kneading techniques, shaping loaves and tips to bake the perfect loaf. Participants bake pizzas for lunch and a sweet loaf for afternoon tea. Everyone takes home a sourdough loaf they have made during the day, our unique sourdough starter (“Westfield”) and a comprehensive booklet covering all the techniques and recipes from the course.

Further information at: eastcourtmanor.co.uk/real-bread
email: booking [at] eastcourtmanor.co.uk

The Fermentarium

**10% discount for Campaign supporters. Please quote your supporter number when booking**

Blackhorse Workshop, 1 – 2 Sutherland Road Path, Walthamstow, London E17 6BX

The Fermentarium is a base for experiments in fermentation, located at the Blackhorse Workshop in Walthamstow. We seek to encourage all forms of fermentation in order to reclaim our food. We run evening and day courses including sourdough and other baking skills. We provide people with the skills to become regular bakers and offer opportunities to get involved in our projects and production.

Find more information at: thefermentarium.org.uk
email: info [at] thefermentarium.org.uk

Gigi's Bread

**10% discount for Real Bread Supporters**

Hove East Sussex BN33GA

Artisan bread making bread experiences for small groups in Gigi’s home. Suitable for the beginner, the home baker and for those wishing to improve their skills. Gigi is an experienced baker and will show you how to bake different breads using a variety of flours and seasonal ingredients.

Half day and full day classes every month from £40 - £85

Find more information at: www.gigisbread.uk
Tel: 07868745299
email: gigisbread[at]gmail.com

Green Cottages Kitchen

**Real Bread Campaign supporters eligible for 10% discount on courses. Quote your supporter number when booking**

Rodmersham Green, Kent

Green Cottages Kitchen offers a variety of bread making courses that are fun and interactive, whatever your ability or skill get ready to bake! The course will provide you with recipes, skills and most importantly inspiration and confidence to bake at home. We keep our groups small (max 6). Our beautifully designed kitchen looks out onto a lovely Kentish garden.  The large central kitchen island means everyone can see what's going on and get involved. We are located in a pretty village  just 1 hour from central London by train.

Courses start at 9.30/10am. Monique will provide some background and essential knowledge. You'll be mixing, kneading proving, shaping and baking. A light lunch will be provided. If the weather is good you can take a breath of fresh air in the garden. Finish by 3.30/ 4pm.
 
We also have 2 x 2 bedroom 4* self-catering cottages in the village, which can be booked for min 2 night breaks so you can make the most of you baking experience with friends and family.  Our cottages have been awarded Gold in the Green Tourism in Business scheme. Group course bookings of 6 are also eligible for 10% discount.

Find out more information at: www.green-cottages.com
Tel: Monique 07973 443527
Email: info [at] green-cottages.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: hornbeam.org.uk
Tel: 020 8558 6880 (12-3pm Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays)
email: hornbeambakers [at] gmail.com

Jamie's Farm

**10% discount per person off bread making courses when two people book together**

Hill House Farm, Ditteridge, Box, Wiltshire, SN13 8QA

Rob Lewis (formerly pastry chef at Cafe Maitreya and the Kensington Arms in Bristol), runs a number of foodie events. These include the chance to come and learn how to make wonderful Real Bread in our beautifully converted barn. Our half day workshops cover basic bread theory; baking white and wholemeal loaves; rolls, flatbreads, fougasse and focaccia. Suitable for beginners and experienced bread-makers. Classes are £60 including lunch (when we make a selection of beautiful salads and dips) and bread to take home. All proceeds will go to our charity: a care farm that helps to transform the lives of vulnerable children in challenging urban schools by providing a unique combination of ‘farming, family and therapy’ through a short stay residential and follow up programme.

Find out more information at: www.jamiesfarm.org.uk
tel: 07779158685
email: rob [at] jamiesfarm.org.uk

Jo’s Loaves

Luton/Hertfordshire border

**20% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

Jo’s Loaves is a successful Real Bread microbakery on the Luton/Hertfordshire border and is now offering day courses on Real Bread making, using sourdough starters and long fermentation methods.  The day starts at 9.30 and finishes around 4pm, with a vegetarian lunch and refreshments included.  The cost of the course is £95.

If you're not yet a Campaign supporter and you pay for a course in full when you book,  Jo’s Loaves will enrol you in the Real Bread Campaign and pay your first year's individual supporter contribution!

Find more information at: www.josloaves.co.uk
Tel: 07989 134598
email: jo [at] josloaves.co.uk

The Kensal Kitchen

** 10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

Kensal Rise, London

Come and join one of our small, informal classes to find out how rewarding baking your own delicious real bread can be. They include everyday bread-making, rye breads, sourdoughs and seasonal baking. You will be shown, step-by-step, how to make, work, shape and bake by hand, using the traditional methods being embraced by todays artisan bakers. A variety of ingredients and techniques are discussed, with an emphasis on using slow doughs.

Classes are led by enthusiastic baker Sandra Benet, who is passionate about helping people develop the confidence to bake more intuitively. producing healthy bread with fabulous flavour and texture at home. An organic lunch is included and offers the chance to chat with other bakers in a relaxed kitchen setting. You'll leave with a bag of lovely loaves, continuing support and hopefully, bags of enthusiasm and a big smile!

More information: www.kensalkitchen.co.uk
tel: 07583 448220 (Sandra)
email: info [at] kensalkitchen.co.uk

The Lighthouse Bakery School

**A 10% discount is offered to any Real Bread Campaign supporter when booking two places together on any one course.**

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.

Find more information at: 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 [at] mayfieldfarmbakery.co.uk

Mill Green Mill and Museum

**A £10 discount each when two supporters of the Real Bread Campaign attend the same class together**

Mill Green, Hatfield, Herts, AL9 5PD

In a lovely working watermill setting, a variety of courses throughout the year caters for all levels of traditional bread making with white and wholemeal bread for beginners plus sweet dough, Mediterranean, and seasonal breads for those wanting a stage further.  Learn to understand and know when the dough is ready at its various stages, to produce the  best quality home-made bread. Course tutor Linda Dobbs must be doing something right as people love to recommend the beginner’s course and return themselves time and again to increase their bread making skills. A maximum of six people per class ensures lots of personal attention in a relaxed home kitchen atmosphere. Course includes a tasty home-made lunch. 10am – 3pm. Cost between £75 - £85.

Find out dates and more information at: www.welhat.gov.uk
Tel: 01707 357850
email: museum [at] welhat.gov.uk

Pretty Witty Cakes: Introduction to Bread Making Classes

**10% discount for Campaign supporters. Please quote your supporter number when booking**

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. A full day class runs from 10.15 to 4.30 and you make around 30 to 40 different bread rolls, loaves, hot crossed buns etc to take home.  You also get a free starter pack and fact pack containing recipes.

Find more information at: www.prettywittycakes.co.uk
Tel 07976 32 72 78 or 01892 611 710
email: cupcakes [at] prettywittycakes.co.uk

A Taste of the Past Bread Making Classes

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporter**

80 Orpin road, Merstham, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 3E

We offer small bread making classes for home cooks that should be enjoyable and informative.  Now in our third year, our range of courses is increasing as more customers want to come back.  

Some are suitable for complete beginners some for more experienced home cooks.  We use our local village hall which has vintage charm, a great oven for making bread and enough space for our courses all with the great bonus of supporting our local community. 

Courses are led by Claire, an enthusiastic bread maker for many years.  She has experience of working in catering and training and now combines these two skills to help others learn to cook.  She is passionate about helping people make good bread at home for a fraction of the cost of the supermarket product and without all the additives.  The cost of the course includes a home cooked lunch, light refreshments, all your course notes, ingredients and all your bread to take home.

Find more information at: www.tasteofthepast.co.uk
Tel: 07999871053
email: atasteofthepast [at] gmail.com

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 [at] virtuousbread.com

Wild Baker

3 Sycamore Close, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX13 6ER

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters. Please quote your supporter number when booking**

I run wild yeast sourdough bread making classes for a maximum of four participants per course, giving you lots of individual attention. Over the course of a morning we will go through each stage of the sourdough baking process, including how to make, maintain and store a sourdough starter. You will learn different kneading and shaping techniques and I will teach you a method that gives you fresh bread all week with only minimal preparation once a week. I will show you how you can manage to make real, sourdough bread even if you lead a busy life. While the loaf you have made is cooling, we will make and bake delicious sourdough pizzas. You will take home a couple of my sourdough starters, a proving basket, your baked loaf and a life skill you will treasure forever.

Find more information at: wildbaker.co.uk
Tel: 07780 993938
email: wildbaker [at] btconnect.com

Wild Bread

Faversham, Kent

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign members, and a 15% discount if you book and pay for two places (i.e. bring a friend/relative)**

The Wild Bread Baking Class is all about sourdough, and covers how to bake both wheat and rye sourdough loaves by hand and completely from scratch. This is a very hands on class with full instruction given on the whole sourdough baking process. You will bake a 100% Rye loaf during the day, make sourdough pizzas for lunch, and take away your unproven pain de campagne loaf in a wood pulp proving basket to bake in your own oven. By the end of the day you’ll have the knowledge and skills to start baking great sourdough loaves at home.

Classes cost £80 for the day and are limited to 6 people per class.

Find more information at: www.wildbread.org
tel: 07738 161565
email: james [at] wildbread.org

Zenbread

Reading, Berkshire

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters. Please quote your supporter number when booking**

I am passionate about bread making and love inspiring people to make their own bread. Come and spend the morning at my home in Reading to learn the craft of traditional breadmaking in a fun and relaxed environment. Eat some of your delicious creations while you're here and take your loaf home with you. Choose between a white loaf, sun-dried tomato and fresh basil, or a traditional cottage loaf for the more adventurous. You will leave with all the skills and knowledge you need to bake your own bread at home. This experience is ideal for couples or friends, and it's a perfect birthday gift experience to create a memorable occasion. You will mix, knead, proof and shape your own bread, this course is suitable for beginners of up to four people,  the classes last 3.5 hours and dates are available during the week and weekends. email me let me know what date you want to do.

Find more information at: www.zenbread.co.uk
tel: 07557909594
email: stephenjcarr@hotmail.co.uk

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 Artisan Bakery School

**15% discount to Campaign supporters who book two places on any day-course**

Sparkwell, South Devon

Dragan and Penny have been successfully teaching the art of Real Bread baking since 2009. The Artisan Bakery School (formerly ‘Love Loaves’) is run from our cottage home in Devon, where we also sell breads and pizzas. Our bakery provides a relaxed and friendly setting for day courses at every level, covering yeasted breads, sourdoughs, heritage flours, gluten-free, wheat-free, Viennoiserie, wood-fired pizza and the magical Croatian method of baking 'under the bell' on an open fire.  

We offer charming and characterful B&B accommodation if you’re coming a long way, and our all-inclusive artisan baking weekends are booked up months in advance.

Our microbakery and micropizzeria blueprint workshops offers comprehensive practical insights and information for anyone wanting to run a bakery business from their own home.

Find more information at: theartisanbakeryschool.com
Tel: 01752 837718   Mobile: 07886 280 800 (Dragan)
email:  theartisanbakeryschool [at] gmail.com

The Bertinet Kitchen

**10% off our 3 or 5 day bread making course or our 4 day baking course both with Richard Bertinet.  Please telephone to book and quote your supporter number to obtain the discount.**

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.

Find more information at: thebertinetkitchen.com/programmes.php
Tel: 01225 445531
email: www.thebertinetkitchen.com/contact.php

Bordeaux Quay Cookery School

**10% discount on bread classes fro Real Bread Campaign supporters**

Bordeaux Quay Ltd, V-Shed, Canons Way, Bristol, BS1 5UH

The Cookery School at Bordeaux Quay School offers fun, inspiring experiences in a relaxed, sociable and attractive environment. The aim is to give students the knowledge and confidence to buy local, seasonal and fresh produce wherever possible through a team of chef-tutors who love to share their knowledge of how to cook delicious simple dishes that can be easily reproduced in a home environment.

Find more information at: bordeaux-quay.co.uk/cookery-school.php
Tel: 0117 9413200
email: info [at] bqbristol.co.uk

Brook Bakery School

**£25 discount for Campaign supporters.  Please quote supporter number when booking**

The New Works, Roughmoor Industrial Estate, Williton, Somerset TA4 4RF

Brook Food and award winning baker Mark Bennett are excited to offer a three day intense bakery course for people looking to start a commercial bakery business.The hands-on residential program will see participants learning skills, techniques and products seen in artisan bakeries up and down the country.

The course covers a huge amount of products in a fully-equipped commercial test bakery, During including sessions dedicated to bread making, lamination and patisserie.The price is £399 + VAT (before discount) including two nights' bed and breakfast accommodation, lunches and two evening meals.

Find more information at: www.brookbakeryschool.com
Tel: 01984 640401
email: info [at] brookbakeryschool.com

Harts Barn Cookery School

Forest of Dean

**£5 discount  for Campaign supporters**

We offer the following two classes  in a beautiful cookery school run by Dede Liss:

Heritage and ancient wheat classes using spelt, khorasan, emmer, and einkorn, offering a chance to taste and see how different these wheat varieties are. These grains are delicious, very nutritious and some people might find them easier to digest than modern bread wheat.  £55

One-day sourdough class designed to help you understand the basic ideas involved in making sourdough breads; from preparing sourdough starters to making delicious artisan sourdough breads using both wheat and rye. £80.

Find more information at 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 [at] hobbshousebakery.co.uk

Lower Shaw Farm Beginners Bread Baking At Home

**10% off for Real Bread Campaign supporters. Please e-mail to book and quote your supporter number to obtain discount**

Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.

Join us in the Lower Shaw Farm kitchen for a morning of stirring, kneading, proving, and baking. You will learn our tried and tested method for making a yeasted bread dough, which can then be used for loaves, rolls, pizza, fruited breads, and more. You will also learn how to make a rye sourdough loaf, which is ideal for those wishing to cut down on wheat – and is delicious!

Price from £57.00: includes refreshments, all ingredients, recipe sheets, and bread to take home.  Bed and Breakfast available.

Find more information at lowershawfarm.co.uk
Tel 01793 771080
email andrea [at] lowershawfarm.co.uk

Made By Jane

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

**20% off essential bread, Italian bread or 2 day sourdough course for Campaign supporters**

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.

Find more information at: www.mannafromdevon.com
Tel: 01803 752 943
email: info [at] mannafromdevon.com

The Norwegian Bakery

**10% discount when two Real Bread Campaign supporters book places in a class. Please quote supporter number when booking**

Southbourne, Dorset

The Norwegian Bakery is a domestic artisan bakery and baking school situated in a beautiful period house within five minutes’ walk of the stunning sandy beaches of Southbourne, a ten minute drive from the beach resort of Bournemouth and a stone’s throw from Dorset’s  Jurassic Coast and the New Forest National Park.

Baking tuition offered  ranges from beginner's to advanced level including sourdough classes.  Depending on the class of your choice you'll enjoy learning how to bake wholesome Norwegian-style loaves or custard cinnamon buns, gorgeous focaccia or pitta breads, or crusty aromatic seeded sourdough breads.  The classes are limited to four people and run from 10am-3pm. The price includes a light lunch with wine, an afternoon snack, the breads you baked and all recipes, a dough scraper and a deep, genuine enthusiasm for continuing baking in your own kitchen.

Find more information at: thenorwegianbakery.co.uk
Tel: 01202 432468 or 07787 553093

The Olive Tree B&B

near Callington, Cornwall 

Set in peaceful countryside on the edge of the beautiful Tamar Valley just over the Devon/Cornwall border, enjoy a half day course running from around 11am until 3-4pm including a light lunch.  Hands-on bread making will include varieties of yeast bread such as sourdough,maybe bagels or focaccia. Basically all tailored to participants particular interests. We will also bake quick breads such as soda bread*, flatbread recipes which will ensure you never buy packet naan again, artisan no knead breads and anything else you would like to learn about.  Alternatively it works quite well running the course over two consecutive days for a couple of hours or so at a time, I'm flexible and dough is very happy enjoying a long slow rise overnight in the fridge.  The course is available to residents and non-residents, and I can give demonstrations (with audience participation!) in your own home if it's relatively local. All ingredients included and lots of bread to take home! £45 per person, £85 per couple, e-mail me with your particular requirements and interests.

Find more information at: www.theolivetreebandb.co.uk
email: kindredspirits [at] blueyonder.co.uk

[*NB soda falls outside the Campaign's area of interest]

OTTAVIA in CUCINA - Italian Cookery and Baking Classes**

**10% discount to Campaign supporters who book either two places in one class, or a place in two classes at the same time.**

Jamie's Farm, near Ditteridge

Ottavia, food lover and baking enthusiast from Bologna runs Italian cooking and baking classes in rural Wiltshire, only minutes away from the centre of Bath.  Ottavia learned to bake and make fresh pasta at her mother's knee and certainly has the magic touch when it comes to dough. She has been baking bread and other Italian oven delicacies for more than 20 years, a tribute to her life long love affair with the warm, complex aroma of a fresh-baked loaf.

The focus of Ottavia’s baking classes is on bread and oven products from a range of Italian regions, from hand stretched grissini Torinesi to Pugliese and Toscano breads, from Genovese Torta Pasqualina to pizza Napoletana  and cantuccini with almonds.  A skilled and patient teacher, Ottavia will clearly illustrate various techniques specific to different types of bread guiding you through the tricky bits, and also tell you about the history and cultural aspects associated with baking in Italy.  Festive Italian baking classes are available before the main holidays of Christmas and Easter to conjure up a flavour of la dolce vita for your home. Ottavia teaches her classes from the kitchen of the beautiful and atmospheric barn of Jamie's Farm, near Ditteridge. Part of the income of the day also goes to the amazing work the charity does with children.

Find more information at: www.ottaviaincucina.co.uk
Tel: 01225 743075 
email: ottaviaincucina [at] gmail.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: panary.co.uk
Tel: 01747 823711
email: info [at] panary.co.uk

Red Dog Bakery

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters** 

Black Torrington, Devon

Bread for beginners. We provide a one day class for those wishing to start baking Real Bread or for those who wish to improve their skills. Small classes of four or five which enable us to provide personal tuition. All necessary equipment and ingredients are provided and students take home all that they bake. Cost is £85 per person including lunch and refreshments throughout the day. French Italian and slow bread classes are also available at £95.

Find more information at: www.reddogbakery.co.uk

River Cottage

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters** 

On our fantastic one day Bread Making course, our 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 our 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 . The course also covers other breads such as focaccia and flatbreads, as well as pizza, some of which you will bake in our wood-fired oven, and eat as part of an informal lunch, along with delicious dishes prepared by the River Cottage Kitchen.

Advanced Bread Making: Join Aidan Chapman, artisan baker and Real Bread Campaign ambassador, for a day of advanced bread making at the River Cottage Cookery School. Learning how to create your own bread formulas, you’ll be making delicious enriched doughs for croissants and brioche and sourdough pizzas to cook in our wood-fired oven.  You’ll also cover ferments, such as biga, poolish and sponges, a way to make your bread taste amazing and add shelf life to your loaf.  You’ll learn how ferments are used in ciabattas, focaccias and baguettes and how to maximise your baking at home.  This is the perfect “next step” for those who would like to take their existing bread skills to the next level.

For your Real Bread Campaign supporter 10% discount code click here.

Find more information at: www.rivercottage.net/shop/department/cookery_school_courses/
Tel: 01297 630302
email: events [at] rivercottage.net

Severn Bites

near Slimbridge, Gloucestershire

**10% discount for Real Bread Campaign supporters and 15% if he/she books a companion in the same class at the same time**

Courses are run by Danielle who trained professionally in France. She teaches techniques learned in France, adapted for successful baking at home with particular emphasis on viennoiserie - sweet doughs. Class sizes are kept small for maximum enjoyment and include lunch and refreshments. One-to-one courses also available. If you’re considering purchasing a Rofco oven, special classes or use of the oven arranged.

Find more information at: www.severnbites.com/bread
email danielle [at] severnbites.com

 

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 [at] shipton-mill.com

Square Food Foundation**

**20% per person off bread making course when two people book together**

The Park, Daventry Road, Bristol BS4 1DQ

Barny Haughton and the rest of the team are now 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!

Find more information at: www.squarefoodfoundation.co.uk 
Tel: 0117 904 6679;
email: info [at] cookeryschoolandkitchen.co.uk

Tracebridge Sourdough

Tracebridge, Somerset

**10% discount for Campaign supporters**

Small husband and wife run rural bakery on the Somerset/Devon border started in 2008 and specialising in sourdough. Classes for home bakers wanting to make sourdough on a domestic scale for up to six people. Delicious vegetarian lunch, sourdough starter and loaves to take home. All in a picturesque woodland setting.  A day class costs £99. Other classes include: Sweet dough and pastry, Italian breads and pizza, and fermented foods and drinks. Accommodation also available.

Find more information at: tracebridgesourdough.co.uk
Tel: 01823672301
email: katie@kvenner.co.uk

Vaughan’s Cookery School

**10% discount on all classes for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

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:  school[at] vaughanskitchen.co.uk

Other

Wild Yeast Bakery

**10% off for Real Bread Campaign supporters**

Online

We are former professional artisan bakers, now sharing our skills through online courses. We offer two courses - the Secrets of Artisan Baking - and Sourdough Made Easy (£25 and £20).  They comprise a number of videos, course materials and an email correspondence with Simon. Watch as often as you like and be baking artisan loaves tomorrow! The course is run by Simon Michaels, who ran the bakery for three years. Training and consultancy is also available for restaurants.

Campaign supporters can find their 10% discount code here.

Find more information at: wildyeastbakery.com
Tel: 0845 4580 060
email: simon [at] wildyeastbakery.co.uk

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 [at] soilassociation.org

Northern Ireland

Lesley's Kitchen Ireland

**10% discount for all Real Bread supporters**

74 Mullalelish Rd, Richhill, Armagh, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, BT61 9LT

Lesley's Kitchen is situated in our home which is within a stunning architect designed gated villa, nestled on the outskirts of  the historic village of Richhill, County Armagh, known historically as the orchard County due to its fertile land where apple growing is in abundance . We offer a variety of one day and evening Artisan Bread and Baking Courses, teaching all who want to learn about making delicious real bread. With the emphasis  on learning in a real kitchen setting with a hands-on approach to bread making, we cater for all skill levels. Refreshments, cake, light bakers lunch and a student’s pack are also included in the cost of your course. Max 8 persons per course. Courses run from 10.30am – 3.30pm and our evening courses run from 6pm – 9pm

Accommodation providers upon request

Find more information at lesleyskitchen.com
Tel: 01290 660045 Tel:  0283 887 2244   Mob: 07588 504165
Email: theoldchurch [at] talktalk.net

Outside the UK

Artisan Bread School

**Discount to supporters of the Real Bread Campaign when two people living at same address book on the same course.**

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.

Please check with the school for details.

Find more information and contact details at: www.artisan-bread-school.com

Baking Academy of Ireland

**10% off any baking course for Real Bread Campaign supporters. Please e-mail to book and quote your supporter number to obtain discount**

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.    

Find more information at: www.bakingacademyireland.ie
Tel: 0035318451214
email: bakingacademyireland [at] gmail.com

Firehouse Bakery & Bread School

Heir Island, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland

Run by chef and baker Patrick Ryan, our courses at The Firehouse promise to take you on a journey through the versatile world of Real Bread.  Whether you are a beginner, experienced home baker or simply a food lover our one day courses aim to take the fear out of bread making and return bread to its rightful place as 'King of the Table'.

This is a hands-on experience so roll up your selves and prepare to get floured. This is bread making with a difference. Come and experience a Real Bread adventure. A West Cork Island, a wood-fired clay oven and the opportunity to learn a skill for life. Join The Bread Revolution!

Find more information at: www.thefirehouse.ie
Tel: +353 85 1561984
Email : info [at] thefirehouse.ie

The Sourdough Bread Making Experience

**10% discount to Real Bread Campaign supporters**

South Africa

Within two hours' drive from Cape Town airport, this family home of Niel Jonker sits in a crime-free village community surrounded by green fields near the southern tip of Africa. This fun yet thorough monthly workshop emphasizes the benefits of slow fermentation, wholegrain ingredients, and process consciousness. An advanced understanding of bread-making’s core principles are covered while apprenticing in a fully functional artisan bake-house with an Alan Scott designed brick oven. Step by step explanations of all one needs to know is learnt with a glass of wine in one hand, with two lunches included. Novices and experienced bakers are catered for equally while oven building tips are shared liberally. Niel can send you on a self-styled tour of Cape Town's artisan bakeries too.

Find more information at: nieljonker.co.za/breadmaking_workshop.html
Contact: info [at] nieljonker.co.za

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• The offers listed are made by the organisations named, not the Real Bread Campaign. 
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Adding your Real Bread class

If you run regular or frequent classes or courses in Britain to teach people how to make what WE CALL Real Bread, we are happy to offer you a FREE listing on this page.

NB - Please see our new listing requirement in the quid pro dough section below.

To add a listing

Please email the outline of your regular/frequent Real Bread classes/courses:

• in 100 words or fewer
• without specific dates
• noting if you offer any classes/courses for professional bakers
• details of your Campaign supporter discount or recruitment scheme - see the quid pro dough section below.
• IN THE SAME FORMAT AS THOSE ABOVE, please! We need to be able to simply cut and paste the text in here.

The email address to use is realbread [at] sustainweb.org

If you only run Real Bread classes every now and then, or want to promote a particular Real Bread class/course, please add the details to our events calendar instead.

To amend an existing listing

If you have a listing here already that you need to amend, please send the new version in the format described above and we'll update when we can.

The email address to use is realbread [at] sustainweb.org

NB - Please see our new listing requirement in the quid pro dough section below.

Quid pro dough

Due to funding issues, we've had to review our priorities and some things had to give.

Having received nothing for running this service for more than four years, we are now limiting new entries (and amendments) to baking schools that can offer discounts to Campaign supporters and/or offer people who take classes the option of signing up as a supporter at the same time.

Your discount scheme

• We ask that you offer at least 10% off your standard rate for an individual Campaign supporter.
• An alternative option is when a Campaign supporter books and pays for two places (i.e. brings a friend) in the same class, he/she gets a 15% discount off the total booking.
• You can choose to add your own Ts & Cs, e.g. limit this to people paying in full in advance.

The two methods we suggest for ensuring the discounts are limited to Campaign supporters are that they quote their supporter number when they book, or we can publish your discount code in the password-protected supporters-only section of our website.

Helping our charity to recruit Campaign supporters

Something that has proved invaluable to our charity is baking schools signing up new Campaign supporters when they book and pay for a class. This can be done in two ways:

1

• You give customers the option of joining the Campaign at no extra cost when they book and pay for a class.
• You make a donation of £25 to the Campaign for each person who takes you up on the offer. How you build this amount into your pricing/business plan is up to you.

or...

2

• You give your customers the option of joining the Campaign when they book a class/course.
• You collect £25 from each person who chooses to do so.

In either case, please:

• point would-be supporters to details of joining, including the benefits, here.
• make regular (e.g. weekly or fortnightly) returns to the Campaign coordinator advising how many donations you are transferring; and the details of people who have chosen to join.
• promote the scheme on your website, leaflets etc. and we will include details in your listing above.

We will advise you of our bank details for electronic transfer of funds and will send you an invoice.

The email address to use is realbread [at] sustainweb.org

If you have any questions, please just ask.

Data protection

Please advise all new supporters that you will be passing the following information to Sustain (the charity that runs the Real Bread Campaign), strictly for use in administering their support:

• First and last name
• Postal address (for our quarterly True Loaf magazine)
• email address (for our monthly enewsletter)
• Telephone number (used on rare occasions e.g. when email address is incorrect)