🥖 Artisan Bread Baking: Focaccia, Boules & French Baguettes 🌾

A Hands-On Breadmaking Experience

There’s nothing quite like the aroma of fresh bread straight from the oven! Join Chef Kaitlyn for an unforgettable hands-on baking class where you’ll discover the techniques professional bakers use to create beautiful artisan breads with crisp crusts, tender interiors, and incredible flavor.

Whether you’re brand new to breadmaking or looking to sharpen your skills, this interactive class will guide you through every step of the process. You’ll learn the art and science of breadmaking—from mixing and kneading to fermentation, proofing, shaping, scoring, and baking—while gaining the confidence to recreate these bakery favorites in your own kitchen.

Chef Kaitlyn will share professional tips, troubleshooting techniques, and baking secrets that will help you achieve consistent, bakery-quality results every time.

Throughout the class, you’ll sample freshly baked breads, enjoy plenty of tastings, and leave with the knowledge and confidence to continue your artisan bread journey at home.

🥖 On the Menu

🫒 Italian Rosemary & Roasted Garlic Focaccia

A light, airy Italian flatbread infused with roasted garlic, fragrant rosemary, flaky sea salt, and extra virgin olive oil, baked until beautifully golden with a crisp exterior and soft interior.

🔥 Dutch Oven Artisan Boule with Chef John’s Famous EVOO Dipping Sauce

Learn the secrets to baking a rustic European-style boule with a beautifully blistered crust, tender chewy crumb, and incredible flavor. Enjoy it fresh from the oven with Chef John’s famous extra virgin olive oil dipping sauce.

🥖 Classic French Baguette

Master one of the world’s most iconic breads as you learn to shape, score, and bake an authentic French baguette with its signature crispy crust and light, airy crumb.

🥖 Every guest will take home their own freshly baked French baguette to enjoy with family and friends!

🎓 What You’ll Learn

By the end of class, you’ll have the skills and confidence to bake artisan bread at home like a professional.

✅ The science behind yeast fermentation and gluten development

✅ How to choose the right flour for artisan breads

✅ Mixing, kneading, and developing dough for exceptional texture

✅ Proper fermentation and proofing techniques

✅ How hydration affects dough and finished bread

✅ Professional shaping techniques for focaccia, boules, and baguettes

✅ Scoring techniques for beautiful bakery-style loaves

✅ Dutch oven baking techniques for crispy artisan crusts

✅ Tips for baking artisan bread in a standard home oven

✅ How to know when bread is perfectly proofed and fully baked

✅ Common breadmaking mistakes and how to avoid them

✅ Proper cooling, storing, freezing, and reheating methods

✅ Professional baker’s tips for achieving consistent results every time

🍷 Full-Service Bar

Make your breadmaking experience even more enjoyable with a visit to our full-service bar, open throughout class.

Choose from a wonderful selection of craft cocktails, premium wines, domestic and imported beers, hard seltzers, and non-alcoholic beverages, all available for purchase.

Relax with your favorite drink while your bread bakes, enjoy the incredible aromas filling the kitchen, and toast to an afternoon of delicious learning!

👩‍🍳 Instructor

Chef Kaitlyn
Professional Pastry Chef & Artisan Bread Baker

👐 Class Format

Hands-On & Demonstration

Perfect for beginners, experienced home bakers, couples, friends, and anyone who loves fresh, homemade bread.

✨ Come hungry, leave inspired, and head home with new artisan baking skills, unforgettable memories, and your own handcrafted French baguette fresh from the oven! 🥖💛