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Spring Holiday Breads with Craig Ponsford

April 3, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Join Craig Ponsford for a lively day of baking spring holiday breads. With roots stretching from the Byzantine Empire to South Africa, these sweet and savory breads signify the arrival of spring and coincide with many religious holidays. This will be a hands on class. The following will be covered:

Greek Orthodox Easter Bread

Gibassier

Matzoh

Schlissel Challah

Variety of Hot Cross Buns

 

 

CRAIG PONSFORD graduated from the California Culinary Academy with top honors and opened Artisan Bakers with his family in Sonoma California in 1992. In 1996 his breads won the Gold medal at the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie in Paris. He then went on to coach the US Team to victory in 1999. He has coached each U.S. team since and served as U.S. judge at the 2002 and 2005 Coupe du Monde and 2007 Louis LeSaffe Cup held in Argentina.  He currently is an instructor at the Artisan Baking Center in Petaluma, California and has his own bakery/innovation center, Ponsford’s Place, in his home town of San Rafael. Craig was an early member of the Bread Baker’s Guild of America and has volunteered as the guild’s chairman for the past eight years. In his teaching at various culinary institutions and in his international consulting for product development and systems optimization he emphasizes quality of ingredients, techniques and product.

Categories: Baking Class, Beginner, Intermediate     

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