COURSE DATES AVAILABILITY FOR 2024
You are welcome to choose a date and book for any course you like (for one-to-one lessons or small groups for up to three people). I usually run my courses on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, but other days might also be available, just ask.
- March 2024 – fully booked
- 4, 6, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20, 24, 25, 27 April 2024
- 1, 29, 30 May 2024
- 1, 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 June 2024
- 18, 20, 24, 31 July 2024
- 28, 29, 31 August 2024
- 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 14 September 2024
TIME: 10 – 1 pm (or you choose – this course can also be run in the afternoon or evenings)
COST: £95 per person (minimum booking 2 people)
TUTOR: Magdalena
GROUP SIZE: 2-3 students
SKILL LEVEL: Suitable for all
LOCATION: Bexleyheath, South London – Kent Borders
HOW TO BOOK:
- Get in touch with your preferred dates and starting time and how many people you’d like to book for or use the booking form below.
- Payment is by card or via bank transfer (details will be included in the confirmation e-mail)
This Introduction to Bread Making Course is the perfect way to start with bread baking. In just over three hours you will create simple, but delicious types of bread with various flavours and finishes.
This is a hands on bread course – you will learn how to mix, knead and shape basic bread and rolls. During this bread baking course we will typically make a white or wholemeal bread, rolls and soda bread.
You’ll have the opportunity to flavour your breads with different toppings and ingredients and you’ll be able to choose what type of flour you’d like to use (different types of wholemeal flour, white or other heritage flours). You will also learn about the different types of flours, the process of gluten development and more importantly how to bake your bread to achieve that perfect ‘artisan’ look!
This bread course is run in a homely and friendly environment of our Victorian kitchen with plenty of personal tuition from your host – Magdalena Marsden. There is plenty of bread baking demonstrations from your tutor, but you work on your own bread and decide what flour you use and the style you’d like to achieve.
What you’ll learn
- How to bake yeasted and non-yeasted type of bread
- How to use the right type of flour and other ingredients
- How to mix, knead and shape your loaf, so that it ‘holds’ it’s shape
- How to tell when you’ve done enough kneading and your bread dough is ready
- How to correct your bread if it’s too heavy
- How to score your bread, so that it rises in the oven beautifully
- How to bake & store your bread to keep it fresh
Types of bread we typically bake during the course
- Traditional White or Wholemeal bread
- Seeded bread rolls
- Cheese Soda bread (other flavours also available)
What’s included
- Your work work space to bake your own batch of three delicious types of bread
- Practical demonstrations & tips to help you to bake your own bread
- All bread and rolls you make during the bread course and packaging to take everything home
- Refreshments – tea, coffee, chocolates, cake or biscuits
- Course recipe pack to help you continue baking at home
- Use of all equipment and apron
This course doesn’t include lunch, but there is always butter & cheese available for you to try your freshly baked bread before you head home.
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Customer’s feedback
‘Just a quick thank you for the bread course yesterday. I really enjoyed it and have already recommended you to someone! Thanks and all the best for the future’ Steve, Maidstone, Kent
‘Thank you for a great evening of baking on Thursday, both myself and my uncle thoroughly enjoyed the session’
Once again, thanks for a great class’
Rachel, Bromley, London
‘Thank you for running your bread course for our family. We’ve really enjoyed the day and couldn’t quite believe how much bread we’ve made during the session. We absolutely loved the process of bread baking – it’s such a relaxing thing to do! Well it is now, when I know what to do! I’ve always struggled with bread baking and never realised how important the bread shaping was. Mine bread has always gone flat in the oven.
You’ll be pleased to know that I’m putting my new bread baking skills to a good use and so far I’ve baked my own bread every week. It’s still tricky to bake enough to last us for the whole week, but my eldest son has started to help me and promised he will help to knead the dough for me!
I love how bread baking is bringing our family together and I wanted to thank you for that.
Miriam, Margate, Kent
‘I didn’t know what to expect from the day, because it was bought for me as a surprise birthday present by my daughters. I must have mentioned that when I retire I finally want to learn how to bake a bread!
Thank you for being so patient with me – I think I’m really slow learner, but your bread course was so nicely paced and you’ve always explained what to do next and helped me when I needed it. I could never believe that I can bake bread in just one morning, but here you are, I think I’m the proof you can!
John, Bexleyheath, London
‘Thank you for accommodating our group of friends on such a short notice! We had a few days in London and thought it would be nice to do something practical together. My sister was always keen on learning how to bake bread and I was curious too. My friend had a couple of disastrous bakes in the past, so she never wanted to bake bread again! We’ve really enjoyed the morning with you – you are such a lovely host and so easy to talk to. I think my friend conquered her fear of bread, because (not only that she has enjoyed herself on the day) she already posted few pictures of her latest bread bakes on her Instagram and they look pretty good to me!
Sandra, Leicester
Thank you for a lovely day learning how to bake bread. I’ve recently become sensitive to a mass produced bread, so I thought I would try to bake bread at home. My first few attempts were not particularly good – my bread was quite hard and on one occasion I even burned it because I didn’t want to underbake it. Now, I’m really happy that I came on your course, because you were able to see what I was doing wrong and correct my kneading and shaping technique. I would never be able to get this from a cookery book! I liked the relaxed atmosphere of your homely kitchen and the fact that there was only three of us on the course. It was interesting to catch up with the other course participants over cup of coffee and talk all things ‘bread’!
Michael, Dartford, Kent
Thank you, Magdalena for very informative bread baking day. I’ve really enjoyed learning about bread making and finding out so much about different types of flour. Because I was always going wrong somewhere, I wasn’t disciplied enough to bake regularly, until my wife couldn’t stand my winging and send me on one of your bread course! I have to say, within the first hour I could easily see where I was going wrong all those months before! I’ve baked bread since attending your course and everybody love it.
Thank you again!
Daniel, Greenwich, South East London