We’re incredibly excited to offer our classes in person once again for all of you hungry folks of San Francisco!!! This 2 hour class is limited to a small group so each and every one of you will get plenty of attention and hands-on experience.
We’re incredibly excited to offer our classes in person once again for all of you hungry folks of San Francisco! This 2 hour class is limited to a small group so each and every one of you will get plenty of attention and hands-on experience. We’ll teach you how to:
Keep your sourdough starter healthy and active
Mix a batch of whole grain sourdough bread
Shape a loaf of bread
Turn your home oven into a professional bread oven
Expertly slash your loaf in the moments before loading into the oven
and much more
JBB is a small team of bread bakers who specialize in freshly milled whole grain sourdough. Josey Baker is a bread baker, published author, teacher, public speaker, and business owner based in San Francisco.
He’s the founder of the bakery Josey Baker Bread, and co-owner of The Mill, a cafe/bakery in San Francisco, CA that he runs with Four Barrel Coffee. Josey is the author of Josey Baker Bread (Chronicle, 2014), and leads a small team of bread bakers & pizza makers who specialize in freshly milled whole grain sourdough.
He was born in New York, raised in Vermont, and moved to San Francisco in 2005. He started baking in the spring of 2010, and founded Josey Baker Bread that fall. By the following summer he was baking full time, was writing his first book, and had begun work to open his bakery, The Mill.
Josey has taught baking workshops all over the world, and has a loyal and passionate community who love bread. He takes great pride in working to embody a balance of integrity, quality, compassion, and fun in everything he does. He currently lives in Oakland, CA with his outrageously great wife and son.
In this 3 month workshop, our students will learn everything that they need to know about bread! You will learn about decorative breads, sweet breads, baguettes, Italian breads, basic baking techniques and more!
This class is focused on bread making! We will learn about yeast dough and quick breads. Your child will get to make their own individual baguette of bread and a mini loaf of quick bread too.
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Students will learn how to make a yeast dough from scratch. They will then cut out, fry, glaze and decorate your delicious creations!
Stuck on how to begin baking? Doughs 101 is designed to inform the basics of three distinct types of baked goods. Sweet, savory, puffy, crunchy, they're all covered. Good for beginners, or those less comfortable with baking.
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