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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Baker – Adam Pagor

Adam Pagor filming sourdough pizza
Adam Pagor filming our sourdough pizza tutorials.

 

 

You couldn’t get a more generous, knowledgeable, supportive person than Adam Pagor. He, like me, had worked in the hospitality industry for many years. Perhaps it’s the cheffing that gives you an automatic understanding of flavour and texture. So you bring something more to baking.

Adam has owned and operated his own bakery Grain & Hearth in Whitstable for the last 4 years. Prior to that he operated a cottage bakery from home for 5 years. Here at the School he teaches the professional bakers. When I say professional bakers, I mean the ones who have to do a lot of scheduling and larger mixes. He also teaches the advanced, higher hydration sourdough using a mixer, and is a guest tutor to our Club members via our Live Sourdough Club Baking Clinic on Thursdays.

Adam marries up the practical and the baking theory. He studies his subject, and teaches with a robust and in-depth knowledge. He has this amazing, enquiring mind that’s always looking and always researching, and reading, and learning more. And he’s also an incredible friend. I count Adam as one of my dearest friends. He always has a smile and a hug…and some awesome croissant or cruffins that he brings with him, and I can never resist.

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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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