Artisan baking- The principles of fermentation

Join our expert tutor Aidan Chapman for a 3-day journey into Principles of Artisan baking.

This course is perfect for the avid home baker who wants to improve their knowledge, it is also the perfect gateway for someone considering going into baking as a career

The smell of freshly baked pastries coming out of the oven, the aroma drifting up the stairs, what a way to start the day!

This hands-on workshop at our NEW AgriFood Centre here at Plumpton College, with state-of-the-art purpose-built kitchens, will teach you the art of laminating dough.

• Beautiful buttery layers in enriched dough.
• You will make a Croissant dough and a Danish pastry dough.
• Learn how to create the layers, once you have laminated your dough.
• You will make Croissant, Pain au Chocolat and Pain aux Raisin.
• We will look at various shapes and styles of Danish pastry.

Learn how to make Crème Patisserie and various glazes to finish your pastries with!

Join our Expert tutors on this seasonal workshop taking place in our NEW AgriFood Centre here at Plumpton College, with state-of-the-art purpose-built kitchens and discover the joys of making two Easter delights

You will learn how to mix, shape, cross and bake Wonderful fruity and spicy Hot cross buns

A million miles away from the mass-produced ones!

You will also learn how to make traditional Simnel cake.

Another fruited delight!

You will also learn how to make your own marzipan

And learn about the history of these two seasonal bakes  

Come and unleash your inner baker on our Introduction to Bread Baking Day!
Our expert Teachers will lead you on a floury journey to master the basics and fundamentals of creating great bread in the home.

In our NEW AgriFood Centre at Plumpton College, with state-of-the-art purpose-built kitchens, you will make, bake and take your goods home all with the knowledge and recipes for further bakes!
We will make a Classic mixed grain Tin loaf, a delicious Irish Soda bread An old- fashioned Cottage loaf, some burger buns and an amazing fruit loaf!

Come and embrace yourself in the delights of French baking!

On this full day workshop our tutors will teach you all the skills and knowledge to turn your kitchen into your very own Boulangerie

You will make a:

Classic Baguette

A fougasse loaf

A wonderfully buttery Brioche

And some delicious Financier cakes

Every body loves a sweet treat!

Join our expert tutors at our NEW AgriFood Centre here at Plumpton College, with state-of-the-art purpose-built kitchens, for a hands on workshop. 

You will learn how to make a classic French staple, a buttery brioche loaf.

A Eastern European Chocolate babka loaf

Moving closer to home will also be sharing the knowledge of some classic Chelsea buns and iced finger buns.

Moving on to a classic Nordic delight, beautiful Cinnamon buns.

You will learn all the techniques to make these in the home environment

Our hands on full day Vegan baking class.

Our expert tutors will help de mystify how to make beautiful baked goods without eggs and butter.

We will make and bake with you,

Vegan Carrot cake

Vegan chocolate chip cookies

Vegan Blueberry muffins

And a Vegan Brioche bread

All the methods we will teach are all natural and lend them self to a vegan lifestyle

Our hands-on Italian baking workshop will put you through your paces as a baker!

Learning how to work with high hydration doughs to create a wonderful open structured crumb. You will learn to make:

• a classic ciabatta
• a rosemary and sea salt focaccia
• delicious grissini bread sticks
• sweet treats
• twice baked biscotti biscuits
• and some simple but absolutely delicious amaretti biscuits

We guarantee you will leave the classroom saying “Bella Cottura” 

Ask any Italian Pizza chef the secret to good Pizza! They will tell you “it’s all about the base”

Come and join our expert tutors in unlocking the fundamentals of creating amazing Pizza!

You will learn 3 styles of pizza, a classic thin and crispy Margarita, a sour dough deep pan pizza

And a wonderful Calzone

You will also make some garlic dough balls and some thin and crispy Grissini bread sticks!