What do you think of our lovely yellow door? Our inventor/designer neighbour Tom carved us a new wooden sign with his laser thingummy-jig, and Penny spent some very happy hours painting and varnishing it, ready to welcome new students.

Indeed, with this summer seeing more of us planning a stay-cation, and more of us than ever baking our own breads, we reckon it’s the ideal time to come down to Devon and hone your skills here at The Artisan Bakery School.

We have started running small classes again (4 students max.), and it’s a joy to see happy bakers up to their elbows in flour and fun. If you’d like to join in, or know someone else who might, please check out our Course Dates (with suggestions of lovely places to stay locally) and don’t forget our Gift Vouchers too.

If you don’t feel quite ready to travel or take a live class, there’s always the option of choosing one of our Online Baking Courses, which now include three different gluten free options too. Our latest, The Gluten Free Sourdough Masterclass was launched just today.

Yesterday, Sunday, we ran the Ancient & Heritage Grain Flours course, and I just wanted to say how delighted everyone was with the range of heritage wheat flours from Mike Pinard at Lodge Farm in Surrey. We used Orange Devon Rough Chaff, Red Lammas, Old Kent Red and Hen Gymro, as well as ancient einkorn, spelt and emmer. If you’re looking for more flavour, and more authentic sourdough bread, then do give these a try!