The Sourdough School

BALM – Proven as one of the healthiest approaches to bread in the world.

Based in the walled gardens of Dr. Vanessa Kimbell's beautiful Victorian home in rural Northamptonshire, UK, we tutor individuals and train bakers and healthcare professionals in Baking as Lifestyle Medicine (BALM). Personalising bread to your lifestyle, gut microbiome, and unique genetics for optimal health—tailoring fermentation, fibre, and diversity so that your daily bread becomes the foundation of your health.

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FREE: A DIY Gift Sourdough gift voucher that you can print, fill in and gift.

It is almost Christmas, and the pressure is on.

Buy, buy buy. I do buy gifts, but the truth is that almost everyone I know has everything they need and I have for a long time felt that there must be an alternative.  We don’t have to spend money to say we care. Time and knowledge is far more precious.  So I am delighted to share my gift voucher.

It’s very simple.  Download this free printable Sourdough Voucher.  Fill in the details to suit what you want to give and where it says me gift in you can fill out what you would  like.  It might just be one sourdough boule, or it might be 1 x sourdough a month or even a sourdough lesson with you.

The things is, you don’t need to spend money to say I love you.  Affection can be expressed through baking, sharing and just spending time with each other hanging out and making bread together.

It is also perfect to gift with some equipment from our shop if you want give a useful gift too, but don’t feel obliged as so many things that you might have can be repurposed from the kitchen as you can see in this sourdough equipment video here.

Kindest regards

Vanessa

 

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All reasonable care is taken when advising about health aspects of bread, but the information that we share is not intended to take the place of treatment by a qualified medical practitioner. You must seek professional advice if you are in any doubt about any medical condition. Any application of the ideas and information contained on this website is at the reader's sole discretion and risk.

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