About this Course

Get hands-on with sourdough in this practical cookery course, perfect for beginners and enthusiastic home bakers. You’ll learn how to create and care for a sourdough starter, understand fermentation, and master the key techniques of mixing, shaping, and baking. By the end of the session, you’ll have the skills and confidence to bake flavourful, well-textured sourdough at home.

Starter
Leven
Sourdough
Granary Rolls
Multi Seed Bread

  • How to make a sourdough starter
  • How to make sourdough from scratch
  • Understanding wild vs fresh yeast
  • Confidence to use wet dough
  • Shaping masterclass
  • Finishing and glazing
  • 9:30 AM – 15:00 PM (Arrival at 9:15 AM for a prompt start).
  • Hands-on practical cookery
  • Interactive demonstrations
  • Live feed TV screens to capture expert skills
  • Professional tuition and qualified advice
  • Sit-down lunch & drinks
  • Local Dorset ingredients
  • Use of WhitePepper training kitchen
  • No weighing up
  • No washing up
  • Recipe packs & food to take home
  • Your own sourdough starter to take home
  • 18+ years
  • All our course are tailored to adults, however we are happy to accept under 18’s as long as they are accompanied by an adult.

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Just completed the Bread making course and would definitely recommend you give it a try.  Great tuition and perfect venue along with lovely meal and atmosphere.  Many thanks to the White Pepper team.  Will be back soon.

Stephen

A great day learning how to make bread.  Very professional with a relaxed atmosphere, full of great tips.  At the end of the day I felt very confident that I had learnt the skills to make my own bread at home…

Lisa

Another amazing day the other week.  Expected nothing else really as this place is 5 star all the way. Bread, Fish, Patisserie, Italian, Indian, if thinking about doing or gifting one of these days, stop thinking and just book!..

Marcus
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