One way of trying out breadmaking

A great way to see whether bread baking is for you.

After the 5 day course with Richard Bertinet, I was sure I wanted to bake more bread. I started to look into courses. But I also wanted to test myself. Did I have enough stamina to be a baker? How would I cope with heavy sacks of flour? Would I enjoy early mornings and hard work?

Some years previously, I’d spent two weeks near Toulouse, France. I helped …