The Sourdough School

DIVERSITY BREAD® || PERSONALISED BREAD || BAKING AS LIFESTYLE MEDICINE

BAKE WITH THE HANDS OF AN ARTISAN AND THE MIND OF A CLINICIAN

Set within the walled gardens of Dr Vanessa Kimbell's beautiful Victorian home in rural Northamptonshire, The Sourdough School is home to the Proven Bread Programme, teaching the art and science of nutrition, the gut microbiome and fermentation in bread. We train bakers to produce Diversity Bread® and healthcare professionals to personalise bread through Baking as Lifestyle Medicine. Arrange a conversation today.

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Troubleshooting Library

Estimated total time: 3 hours 10 mins.

open crumb sourdough

An Amazing Technique to Opening Up the Crumb – with Roller Milled Wholegrain Flour

What If I am Having a Problem with My Baking?

Big holes in Sourdough

Why Aren’t I Getting Big Holes?

My Top Tips to Bake Great Sourdough Baguettes

flat sourdough loaf

Why is my Sourdough Loaf Flat?

bubbles in sourdough starter

How to Recognise if a Sourdough Starter is Ready to Use?

Blending Flour

How to best add inclusions to sourdough

Vanessa Kimbell with a sourdough loaf

Why Do Things Go Wrong?

starter

Have I Killed My Sourdough Starter?

open crumb structure

Open Crumb Structure

Lessons in Troubleshooting Sourdough Starters

Oxidising and Over-oxidisation of Flour

Shaping Croissants & Pains Au Chocolat

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