Alice’s Baking Class - Braids, Buns & Bubbles Evening

Not the usual "bubbles" in a glass! But, the big shiny white and wobbly bubbles of a focaccia dough.......
 
Enjoy learning to create two kinds of bread, organic and healthy, which you will be taking home at the end of the evening, in a warm and relaxing environment. All equipment and ingredients as well as the facilities and parking is included.  You need bring nothing. 
 
You will make a plait or braid, when you can learn the six strand style, if you would like, as this will be a Challah, with an optional seedy crust, some buns suitable for burgers as well as a focaccia, beautiful, wobbly and bubbly, into which we can push some olives, or tomatoes, if this takes your fancy on the night! All of this takes place in a warm, relaxed and friendly environment with full guidance and demonstration, by Alice, along with a glass of wine (healthy soft drink choices also available), and a delicious smorgasbord of various foods will be laid out for you to keep you going throughout the evening.
 
The idea is that you learn to create these breads using our organic yeast and organic ingredients, enjoy yourself, and find the whole evening fun and retain the knowledge to be able to continue to do this afterwards. All of this with full guidance and attention, whilst we hope that you ask lots and lots of questions along the way. We love to think that you may be fully armed and set up to be able to avoid highly processed breads after this experience. We use as many local and seasonal ingredients as possible and no artificial additives are used here. (NB You can freeze the breads if you are not able to eat them all straight away.)
 
These luxury and attentive classes are ideal for individuals, groups of friends, as a soiree, or for corporate team building.
 
You will be creating, and taking home:-
 
1. Freshly baked braided loaf, this is in fact a Challah
2. Some buns, choose whether you would like sesame seeds on top
3. Focaccia, a full tray
 
It takes place in Titchmarsh Village Clubroom, only a couple of doors down from the bakery. It is a good space with two fan ovens, and parking, it helps that the environment will be just like a home kitchen so that you can learn to do this in your own home more readily.
 
The class will consist of up to 10 people, pairing up for some of the equipment and activity, all of us together in one space. I will demonstrate everything first in any case and also assist. There is no pressure! It is all meant to be fun!
 
Be prepared to get stuck in... you will be weighing, rolling, lifting as well as working with a hot oven, involving handling hot pans, boiling water, and sharp knives.
 
Wear something that you don't mind getting floury and doughy! And be able to roll up your sleeves, and be comfortable. Don't worry about your clothing too much or a pinny; it's relaxed. 
 
Alongside the baking experience there will be a selection of food choices as a grazing buffet. We hope that we please everybody, examples include antipasti such as olives, artichoke hearts, falafel, a selection of cheeses, sauerkraut of course!, parma ham, grapes. Gluten free won't be something that we are able to provide on this day unfortunately, as wheat is going to be all around us at all times.
 
NOTE: Please be advised that within 8 weeks of the workshop we cannot cancel a reserved place and give a refund however we will attempt to re-sell your place should you need us to, and if successful, we will refund you.