It’s hard to believe, but we have finally fired our wood-burning bakery oven up at Elpha Green in Sparty Lea! There are a total of 6 curing firings (using wood at 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and finally 18 kilos) until the oven has settled in, and we can begin to practise our baking.
We’re aiming for our first practise bake on Tuesday the 22nd of May, and meanwhile the whole bakery kitchen is coming together too, so our production of real home-baked bread will commence shortly thereafter. It’s all very exciting indeed!
Although we’re about 2 weeks off schedule now, thanks to all that deluge of rain at the end of April, we’re pretty confident that we shall be able to offer our first breadmaking course in the Elpha Green bakery on Tuesday the 19th of June. That will be our hugely popular Breadmaking for Beginners course. Please contact Carrie immediately on 01434 618879 to book your place.
We’ve filled all the Festive Breads and Sourdough Techniques slots, and sent some very delighted bakers home with all their treasures.
Just today, Wednesday the 11th April, with only six days to go before our last session this spring (more to come in June, watch this space), we have a new space just opened up for our Breadmaking for Beginners course on Tuesday the 17th April, next week. The price is still £75.00 for this course, and you take all the bread you make, home with you, besides having a lovely morning coffee, a delightful lunch, and sweet afternoon tea! Contact Carrie quickly so we can accommodate, on 01434 618879.
Demand has been very high for our breadmaking courses, and we’re very grateful to Tom Gutteridge of The Journal, for his delighted and delightful assessment on his blog [BlogFromTheNorth.blogspot.com] and also in today’s Journal, of his experience making bread in our bakery on Tuesday the 6th of March.
Unexpected family crises and scheduling problems newly identified by eager learners have contributed to a couple vacancies in our Festive Breads course (which will ensure a huge stock of specialty breads just in time for the Easter holidays!) and also one place newly available again in our Fancy Breads course on Tuesday the 20th of March, as well as one place newly available again in our Sourdough Techniques course on Tuesday the 27th March. Contact Carrie on (01434) 618879 or by email info@allendalebakery.com to see if the place is available. The price for the day-long courses is only £75 which includes all the bread you bake, morning coffee, a lovely lunch, and afternoon tea. It really is incredible value!
