The Dusty Knuckle Bakery

From bread making fundamentals to advanced pastry techniques, The Dusty Knuckle Bakery offers hands-on workshops at their London bakery. This community-focused establishment operates cafes in Dalston and Harringay whilst running comprehensive baking courses that teach both sourdough and lamination skills. The school's bread workshops cover everything from maintaining sourdough starter to mastering their signature house sour recipe. The full-day Bread Workshop teaches students to create house sour bread, 100% rye bread, and focaccia whilst understanding both sourdough and yeast techniques. Those seeking a shorter introduction can join the three-hour Evening Bread Workshop, which focuses on the signature house sour and focaccia alongside starter care instructions. Both classes provide sourdough starter and dough to take home for continued practice. The Pastry Workshop concentrates on lamination, the butter-folding technique essential for creating flaky layers in croissants and puff pastry. Students learn to make croissants, pain au chocolat, and puff pastry from scratch, mastering the shaping, glazing, and baking processes that produce the bakery's signature pastries, including their feta and honey swirl. Each full-day course includes lunch paired with beer from neighbouring 40ft Brewery, served within the working bakery environment. Students receive practical tools including dough scrapers and comprehensive recipe packs to continue their baking journey at home. The Evening Bread Workshop concludes with dinner and the same brewery partnership. These workshops suit bakers at all skill levels who want to learn professional techniques in an authentic bakery setting where community values and quality craftsmanship take centre stage.

Reviews

Location

Abbot St, London E8 3DP

A few things we think are worth having if you want to keep baking at home.

Equipment

Lodge Cast Iron Dutch Oven

The best affordable way to bake artisan-quality loaves at home.

~£65View on Amazon

Equipment

Banneton Proofing Basket Set

Essential for shaping sourdough. Gives your loaves that beautiful spiral pattern.

~£18View on Amazon

Book

Tartine Bread - Chad Robertson

The sourdough bible. Start here if you're serious about bread.

~£28View on Amazon

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