Sourdough Courses

Top Tips on How to Choose a Great Sourdough Class

The top tip when booking a sourdough course is to ask to see the crumb structure of the bread they will be teaching you to bake. There are thousands of baking courses to choose from, but not all instructors will truly teach you the art of fermentation. Learning this skill is the key difference between a good sourdough course and a mediocre one, and it is their skill on fermentation that is what you are there to learn. In the photo below, you can see the kind of crumb structure you should be looking for from your course. Your course should teach you the nuances that transform bread into remarkable loaves, ensuring you leave with a genuine understanding of how to bake sourdough to this level. All of this comes form a mastery of each part of the technique and your teacher should be able to fully explain how you can get this at home yourself.

Many courses fail to teach bakes how they can get this kind of bread at home, so make sure you ask your teacher questions how they advise you to bring the details to your kitchen, using your flour and timing and temperatures in your class. at The Sourdough School we offer a 15 minute consultation to discuss your needs, and offer the most comprehensive online sourdough courses in the UK. Run by one of the worlds leading bread experts, Dr Kimbell, The school offers a range of sourdough courses from personalised sourdough 1:1 classes, to short sourdough workshops to longer sourdough courses that dig much deeper into nutrition and digestibility of bread, and teach you have to bake the healthiest sourdough breads. You can book a 15 minute free consultation to help you decide which course would best suit you or to find out more about current sourdough courses here.

The most popular sourdough courses are the 3 day courses. These are Specialised Nutrition Courses to learn the art and science of sourdough baking in a hands-on workshop designed for all levels. Perfect for mastering fermentation and crumb structure.

Dr Kimbell is recognised as being one of the best teachers in the world, teaching the art and science of sourdough and advanced sourdough techniques. She is also one of the leading experts in nutrition and digestibility of bread, making the sourdough courses she teaches unique, and highly regarded.

Our 7 top tips to help you decide which sourdough course to book:  

There are thousands of sourdough courses, and we have a list of schools that offer sourdough courses.  What we suggest is that you make sure that the sourdough course is the right level for your experience and that you check the following:

1. Reviews of the sourdough courses they have taught from previous students,
2. Photos of the crumb structure of the bread that you will be baking, and don’t just look at the outside of the bread,
3. Look at the follow up support for students to continue to learn after the course – such as the Sourdough Club membership we offer the Sourdough School Students. 
4. We also suggests that you check the credentials and qualifications of your teacher. A good teacher will welcome your questions, and share how long they have been baking and if they have any formal training or depth of experience. Many teachers are enthusiastic domestic bakers who whilst ,making lovely bread in their own kitchen they may not necessarily have the depth and breadth of experience to teach you what you need to know in your kitchen.  This can be very frustrating, so do not be afraid to ask how their course recipes translate back to your flour, and to your environment. What really matters on a sourdough course is not the bread that you make o the day, it is that you can use what you have learned to apply to the bread that you make when you get home. 
5. Ask to see if they provide you with extra materials to support the course, such as books to go with the sourdough course, or sourdough course material such as baking schedules and helpful course materials. 
6. Check that as a venue that they have appropriate heath and safety in place to run a sourdough course, and their hygiene certificate, and their insurance covers you for any mishaps. 
7. We suggest that if you are traveling that you check your own insurance to ensure that if your sourdough course is canceled that you are covered 

Whichever sourdough course you decide to attend, we’ve got some amazing equipment that will help you learn to bake sourdough, and bake amazing bread. 

If you want get going right now and start learning you can also join The Sourdough Club and begin learning today with instant aces to our Sourdough course today.