The Artisan Bakery School

Contact Name: Penny Williams & Dragan Matijevic

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Address:
Old Home Cottage
Sparkwell, Plymouth
Devon
PL7 5DQ

The Artisan Bakery School

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About The Artisan Bakery School

The Artisan Bakery School was first established in 2008. Partners Penny & Dragan remain as passionate about teaching baking skills for breads, pastries and pizza, as when we first began. We also love hosting baking guests in our Devon home, and enjoying good food by the fire or in the garden. Baking makes people more self-reliant, more responsible for their own health, and generally much, much happier! Why not join us?

The Artisan Bakery School's Courses

All inclusive artisan baking weekend in Devon

All inclusive artisan baking weekend in Devon

Enjoy two days of expert, hands-on, bread-making tuition on an all-inclusive weekend's stay at The Artisan Bakery School. The School is in a 300-year old cottage in the village of Sparkwell. It lies within easy reach of both Dartmoor and the stunning South Devon coast, making it also an ideal location for non-baking partners (who only pay £165). This is a great opportunity to develop your artisan bread-making skills, or try your hand at pizza, Viennoiserie, wheat-free or even gluten-free baking. The tuition will be arranged around student's individual requirements,...

Artisan sourdough & rye day

Artisan sourdough & rye day

Sourdough bread is becoming increasingly popular, for the very good reason that it tastes as amazing as it looks, and it hugely beneficial effects on your digestive system. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't even have to taste 'sour'. It is a natural, wild yeast leaven that can be used to create a huge range of tastes. The Artisan sourdough & rye day is a hands-on workshop devoted to learning how to: * Manage consistently healthy wild yeast starters – both wheat and rye. * Decide which are the best...

Croissants, pastries & brioche: Viennoiserie day at The Artisan Bakery School

Croissants, pastries & brioche: Viennoiserie day at The Artisan Bakery School

Delectable pastries, hand-crafted by you! Viennoiserie means 'things from Vienna' - in this case, delicious things created from a laminated (layered) or non-laminated yeasted dough, and supposedly invented by the Viennese (although the French did their fair share!). By the end of the day, you will be able to make your own mouth-watering croissants, pain au chocolat, frangipane butterflies and a selection of Danish pastries. You will also learn how to make a feather-light, buttery brioche, and ways of making it either traditionally, as brioche a tete, or as a...

Naturally gluten-free bread baking at The Artisan Bakery School

Naturally gluten-free bread baking at The Artisan Bakery School

Brilliant baking without the gluten. Beyond the additive-laden GF loaves wrapped in shrouds of plastic, and the boring old branded mixes of rice and potato flour, there exists a whole planet full of fascinating flours that are not only naturally gluten-free, but highly nutritious. On your day at The Artisan Bakery School, you will learn the different properties of flours made from nuts, beans, grains and vegetable starches and how to blend your own house flours for maximum convenience. You will discover the mechanics of gluten-free baking and how to...