A few times a year I hold very intensive hands-on baking classes at Cookery School in London, There are two coming up, Friday 9th July and Friday 10th September. They can seem a little pricy, as you’re in a small group and it’s almost like a personal baking day with me – but perfect if you want to fast-track your baking skills.
However, this year we also wanted to do something more inclusive, affordable and easy, for anyone who has even the slightest yearning to bake without going overboard on techniques and complexity. So when the Oundle International Festival organisers wanted to make bread baking a big part of their summer event it looked like the right opportunity.
Tickets for each workshop are £12.50, children under 12 free. Book for both events and receive a £5.00 discount.
On Saturday 17th July I am doing two demonstrations:
10.30am: The easiest fastest bread making class in the world:
If you’ve never even made bread then this demonstration class will get you riding on a bread roll. We’ll use a very easy recipe, made with affordable ingredients, and produce a light textured, moist and well-flavoured bread with barely any kneading or shaping. You’ll leave thinking “that’s a bread I can make at home”. Demonstration lasts 90 minutes.
2.00pm: Sourdough: how to bake a better loaf:
Learn the three-stage sourdough method that will transform your bread and make it light, full of aeration, and produce a rounded loaf no matter what recipe you use. Whether you’re a sourdough novice or an experienced baker, the demonstration will give you the important techniques that will improve your baking quickly. Demonstration lasts 120 minutes.
The classes will take place in the Victoria Hall, West Street with tickets available from the Oundle International Festival Box Office, 4 New Street, Oundle PE8 4ED 01832 274734 or online at www.oundlefestival.org.uk
