- How to set up your own micro bakery
- Learn to knead your perfect loaf
- Add the right amount of water
How to set up your own microbakery
- Turn your passion into bread baking business!
- £350.00
Course Dates 2018
12-13 February - Mon-Tue - 10-4pm
9-10 April - Mon-Tue - 10-4pm
11-12 August - Sat - Sun - 10-4pm
We can also offer to run this microbakery workshop on dates that suits you - either as a one to one workshop or a small group. Just contact us to arrange a suitable date.
Time: 10-4pm
Group Size: 1-3 students
Skill Level: Suitable for all
Location: Bexleyheath, Kent
Do you have a real passion for bread and want to share it with others?
Are you thinking of setting up a microbakery or a community bakery and are not quite sure where to start?
This microbakery course is the perfect starting point.Turn your hobby into business and learn how to set up a home baking business (microbakery) with experienced home baker Magdalena Marsden. Practical 2 day course to help you to successfully set up your own bread baking business from home.
What's covered and what you will learn:
- Practical Bread Baking
- Hands on bread baking during both days
- Scaling up your production
- Kneading, shaping and baking your bread
- Learning about fermentation, bread baking process and gluten
- Labeling
- Ingredients
- Starting up a Bread Baking Business
- Legal requirements
- Insurance
- Equipment - what's necessary and what can be on your wish list
- Running your Bread Baking Business
- Pricing, costing and charging
- Promoting your business - what works and what doesn't
- Finances, budgeting, Invoicing
- Wholesale
- Business Plan
- Useful resources (suppliers, websites, books)
This microbakery course covers as much practical side of bread baking as it covers theory. During the two days, we will cover all the basis types of bread, using different types of flour and other igredients.
Types of bread covered:
- White Loaf
- Wholemeal Loaf
- Rye Sourdough
- Bread Rolls
- Focaccia
- Soda Bread
- Speciality Breads (Olive & Rosemary, Seeded Breads etc.)
Our microbakery workshops are exclusively run by Magdalena Marsden who established her business in 2011 following a life long passion with bread. Magdalena's work background and experience (Managing Director and Operation's Director) helped her to set up, now very succesful baking business.
Our workshops are deliberately run in small groups to allow you to get the most of your day, ask as many questions as you like.
What's included:
- 2 day practical workshop (10-5 pm)
- All refreshments and lunch
- All the bread you make during the workshops
- Course Resource Pack (includes recipes book, practical business information, on-line resources, accounts spreadsheets and book, business plan template, start up budget spread sheet and other helpful resources already done for you)
- Business Coaching - one follow up session via Skype and e-mail follow up after the session. This session is best booked within 3-6 months (or when you feel you need an extra help with your new adventure). You are welcome to book more coaching/mentoring sessions at additional cost.
Hi Magdelena,
