Artisan Breads: Bread dough to Ciabatta

Hospo, Food & Tourism

Perfect your kneading and bread-making techniques in this one day weekend course. Learn to make a range of artisan breads and take home your creations.

NZ$167

inc GST

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This course starts anytime


In-person study

Face-to-face learning in a physical classroom setting

New Zealand School of Food & Wine, Auckland

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Master kneading and bread-making techniques

Participants will perfect their kneading skills and gain hands-on experience making bread from scratch.

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Understand yeast and fermentation

Students will learn about different types of yeast and how they affect bread-making.

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Recognise and manage bread-making stages

Attendees will understand and identify key stages in the bread-making process, from mixing to baking.

What You're Signing Up For

This one-day course is designed for those interested in learning bread-making from scratch, covering kneading and dough techniques, understanding different yeasts, and specialist bread-making skills. Taught with the support of a chef, participants gain hands-on experience and a set of recipes to use at home. At the end, attendees take home a large quantity of fresh bread.

Course Content

  • Kneading and bread-making techniques
  • Understanding different types of yeast
  • Important stages in bread making
  • Working with a starter
  • Different loaf shaping techniques
  • Basic bread dough
  • Plaited white bread
  • Sourdough bread
  • Ciabatta
  • Farmers Bread

What you need to know first

Aged 17 and over

Recommended English: NCEA Level 1 or IELTS 5.0

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What sort of industry will this job lead to

  • Hospitality

  • Baking

  • Cookery

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Future employment opportunities might be

  • Home baking

  • Entrée-level roles in bakeries or food service

  • Improved culinary skills for hospitality sector