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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How to stop the website from crashing.

I am really sorry to those who could not log in on a Thursday night, and I was also unable to access the website, which stops me from teaching.

  • I do not like emails much. I feel it is better to share information where is can be accessed when you want to find it.  I set up a short cut link as a helpful quick way to find the link for Thursdays.
  • I had not banked on everyone not putting the information into their calendars, and so when I checked with the IT company they told me that almost every student opened the shortcut link to the zoom at 6pm and/or 7pm, and left it open.
  • The poor server crumbled and this (as I suspected) was why I was unable to use the site to teach from and why some students were unable to log in as the server is NOT designed to concentrate this much effort onto just one page. It used up all the capacity.

Please add your zoom links in to your dairy and do not go to the zoom via the links on the webpages.

Term time ONLY

CUSTOMER SERVICES OPEN MEETING: 4pm (GMT)

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Meeting ID: 897 8151 8036

Passcode: 813462

6pm (GMT) THEORY Module Session ONLY diploma students 

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86929943406?pwd=NjJPNlNUazdkcGlVM1RDQXFibHl2Zz09

Meeting ID: 869 2994 3406
Passcode: 381202

7pm (GMT) PRACTICAL Session on Thursdays in our Zoom Meeting.

How to join:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83771542603?pwd=T2F0M3BMMXEzRGI0Wm1ycTB3Njl5dz09

Passcode: 088460

Meeting ID: 837 7154 2603

8pm Optional Q & A – Open Session  – also for Sourdough Club members

At 8pm The Sourdough Club Clinic (GMT) Thursdays Join Zoom this Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86285930255?pwd=OW1PdFBvMFBQbUtPeGxHbGRDSnR1dz09

Meeting ID: 862 8593 0255
Passcode: 023266

 

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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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