Wood Fired Sourdough Bread Workshop

Wood Fired Sourdough Bread and Pitas Workshop

Come take a deep dive into sourdough breads with Jessica Ross, owner of Gold Island Bakery.

Jess Ross is a food, plant and especially grain lover who has been working as a caterer, baker, canner and business owner for over 10 years. After working at the helm and hearth of Gold Island Bakery since 2009, Jess has stepped out of the bakery and back into school where she is now in the masters of environment studies program at York University, learning food education methods and about how to dismantle white supremacy and settler colonialism within food systems. You can find her on Instagram at @jessrossthebaker or at this rare workshop coming up on Sunday October 3rd from 2pm-5pm

The workshops includes:

• 3-hour hands on workshop
• Small group for best learning experience
• Tasting of Gold Island Bakery products
• This workshop is open to beginners and avid bakers. 

The workshop will cover:

1. Mixing your dough from sourdough starter (hands-on)

2. Kneading and proofing (hands-on)

3. While our breads rise, Doug will do a sourdough pita and yeasted based bread demonstration

4. Baking your bread in a wood-fired oven or at home (hands-on)

5. Working with local and whole grain flour from Longspell Point Farm

6. General bread making tips and tricks.

This is a fundraiser to help us cover the cost of our many free community programs.

About the Front Street Community Oven, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

It is a warm and inviting community space for people to cook, eat, and gather together in the park. A firemaster lights the fire and heats the oven, and you arrive later in the day to cook and bake your food. Learn more and see other events at: http://frontstreetoven.ca