Art of Breadmaking

Find out what all the bread hype is about! Join us for a hands-on class learning the art of breadmaking. Chef Melissa Walnock will begin the class with sourdough basics from how to start and feed your sour, to how to actually turn it into delicious sourdough! Next you'll learn step-by-step how to make everyone's favorite French Toast bread, Brioche! Lastly she will lead you through a soft pretzel recipe that will become your go-to game day appetizer. At the end of the class each baker will go home with a bountiful assortment of breads.

Melissa Walnock is A Certified Hospitality Educator of baking and pastry arts at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). Chef Walnock serves as pastry chef and instructor in the college’s Apple Pie Bakery Café. Before joining the CIA faculty, Chef Walnock worked at some of the finest restaurants in the United States including The French Laundry in Yountville, CA, Jean-Georges V Steakhouse, Union Square Café in New York City and The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL.