Baba is originally from Ghana and is curious about different types of flour, ingredients and the health and nutritional benefits of good bread. Baba came to the baking course run by Lisa Wilson, Bread Angel and founder of Eventful Bread, wanting to be a master baker. He used to work at a bank but six
Easter Monday 2010 – Stockholm, Sweden “You are going to do what?” I was spending Easter with my friend Kat. It had been a difficult few months. A profoundly disappointing client engagement led me to want a break from strategy consulting and I had been baking obsessively, building my bread business and trying to decide
What is a social enterprise? Social enterprises exist to benefit society; but they are not necessarily charities. There are two sides to a social enterprise – the “social” bit and the “enterprise” bit. Social enterprises need to make money because they need to spend to help benefit society and because the people who run them
Selling virtuous bread (and cinammon buns) at The Wheatsheaf Pub in Fulham gave me a glimpse into another community building, recession busting enterprise. We don’t need the Big Society. We need more people like Lance.