Ever fancied making bread yourself? Why not come and learn how we make it with professional equipment. Learn how you can apply all of our techniques at home.

We'll show you how to make wheaten sourdoughs and 100% rye breads from the initial fermenting of the starter right through to the finished loaf. We will show you how we make our traditional Metfield breads using the old fashioned techniques of long fermentation and sponge methods. We will show you our methods of creating different textures and flavour in our loaves from the fine texture needed for a sandwich loaf through to the waxy billowy textures we achieve in our baguettes and ciabattas. You will take home your loaves and should you wish for it a portion of sourdough starter culture to seed your own starter at home.

Our next course will be Saturday 11th October  2008. Space is limited so please book early. A deposit of £50 will be required to book. The price will be £145 for the day. Morning coffee, home made cakes and a buffet lunch are included.

This is the blog about our last course, have a look at it and comments that the participants left. There will be a short film about it from the beginning of the week commencing 29/10/2007

For those of you with your own pigs, come and learn how to butcher them professionally. For those of you without pigs as well as those with, learn how to make bacon, hams, chines, black puddings, brawn, sausages, terrines and how to utilise every single bit of the pig apart from the grunt.

We will talk about the reasons we use the kind of animals we use, and how by good husbandry and careful breeding/choice of breed we can improve flavour.

We will strip down a whole rare breed pig and show you the major cuts.

We will then cover a variety of British charcuterie and where to source any special ingredients or equipment.

Our next course will be Saturday 18th October 2008 and space is limited so please book early. A deposit will be required to book. The price will be £145 for the day. Morning coffee, home made cakes and a buffet lunch are included.