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Ashburton Cookery School & Chefs Academy

5.0(310)·From £110.00 - £1050.00·40h

Aspiring home bakers and serious patisserie enthusiasts will find comprehensive training at Ashburton Cookery School & Chefs Academy, located in the market town of Ashburton, Devon. This specialist baking school offers everything from single-day workshops to intensive week-long programmes that cover both artisan bread making and classical French patisserie techniques. The school's curriculum spans fundamental baking skills through to advanced pastry work. Beginners can start with the comprehensive Baking day course, where they work individually to master chocolate marble cake with drizzle topping, red velvet cookies with cream cheese frosting, Belgian buns, cinnamon palmiers and cheese straws from £215. The intermediate-level patisserie classes explore more complex techniques, with the Eclairs & Profiteroles workshop teaching choux pastry from scratch, craquelin-crusted eclairs filled with milk chocolate mousse, and tiramisu cream-filled profiteroles from £110. For those seeking immersive experiences, the Artisan Bread Weekend covers traditional methods including poolish starters for sourdough and baguettes, 24-hour fermentation techniques, and recipes for beetroot walnut bread and olive burger buns from £450. The week-long programmes are particularly comprehensive - the Artisan Bread & Baking Week includes high hydration focaccia, three-day pesto olive sourdough, and Chicago-style pizza dough alongside sweet work like pear ginger cake and chocolate hazelnut mille feuille from £950. The Chocolate Making day course teaches table-top tempering methods and filled chocolate production, with students taking home two boxes of handcrafted chocolates from £215. All courses include lunch and containers for taking home the day's creations, making this school ideal for dedicated home bakers ready to master professional-level techniques.

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