bread courses london

Chocolate buns

If you enjoy baking buns, why not buy The Book of Buns and enjoy some bun challenges every few weeks. To learn more about bread, click here to take a face to face or Zoom baking class or click here to take one of our e-learning classes. You will enjoy really fun, informative sessions. We

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A two country bread tour and not a hole in sight

How do I get those big holes in my bread?  That is a question we often get from students.  In fact, we get it so quickly that there is a post dedicated to it. However, take a set back and ask yourself these questions: Bread with holes in it is simply one kind of bread,

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Four of the best bakery hacks for you!

Setting up a bakery can seem daunting.  Even if you want to mess around at home after taking one of our wonderful bread courses can seem daunting. All that stuff!  It may seem like rather a lot to spend, especially if you don’t know whether you are going to take to it. Ladies and gentlemen

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Ka’ak

Ka’ak are the third in our series on Banned Buns (click here to read the first and second of our banned bun recipes).  They are little, crispy buns shaped like tiny bagels and they used to be on sale all over Syria in coffee shops, bakeries and bars.  Sprinkled with sesame seeds and satisfying crunchy,

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Of lack and longing

Many people focus on what they don’t have.   You may know them: everything about what they say and what they do reinforces how their life is incomplete.  In general, they speak one of two languages:  the language of longing or the language of lack.   The language of longing has about it a kind

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How do I make vegan bread?

Is bread vegan?  If it is plain old bread, yes it is given that it is made of flour, water, salt and yeast.  Sweet bread, on the other hand is typically enriched with milk, eggs, and butter.  Not vegan.  Not at all.  What do you do if you are vegan?  If you refuse to eat

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