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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Once you have booked

When you have booked your payment is being processed and a receipt has been sent to you.  While your place is secure, you will still need to complete the application form below as part of the registration process.

Your next steps:

STEP 1 – You need to fill in this online form straight away. Please register your application NOW by clicking this link.

STEP 2 – Book yourself in for your conversation with Vanessa – click here.

Please note that if you have already had an interview with Vanessa and you have been gifted a scholarship or a bursary, then you don’t need to speak to Vanessa again.

What is the chat?

This is a quick, informal chat to make sure your expectations match the course and that you are a suitable candidate. Should we feel that the course is not suitable for you, for any reason, then we will talk this through with you and arrange a refund within seven days of  your conversation with Vanessa. We therefore suggest that if planning to attend the School in person, you do not book any travel or accommodation until you have had confirmation that your application has been accepted. You will also need to make sure you have read our Terms & Conditions. 

GETTING STARTED 

The syllabuses connected to your course are all in one place and delivered via www.thesourdoughclub.com Many students get confused at the start of term as they muddle up our two websites! So, although your course is run by the Sourdough School, we use the Sourdough Club website to deliver all our lessons.

  • There is nothing to do until early September, when we will use the same email that you used for your payment on sourdough.co.uk to contact you and invite you to register on thesourdoughclub.com. We will give you a specific link and code that will register you on the course that you signed up for. This link opens up the syllabus. We will ask you to follow a comprehensive welcome module that includes list of equipment.
  • You will be invited to attend a pre-course live session via Zoom, to make sure you know your way around the website, forum, and live clinics. We also include an invitation to attend the pre-course information tutorial at 6pm on 22 September 2022.
  • The course begins on 29 September 2022 at 6pm with a live tutorial.
  • Email [email protected] if you have any problems.

See you in September!

Attending Your In-Person 2 weeks training: 

When you attend the in-person parts of this course  all the information you need about attending can be found here.

However, we will also send you a printable document with the location and the timetable three weeks before your course date. If you have any problems, at all please contact us on [email protected] 0r phone us on +44 (0) 1604 882174. If you would like to bake as much as possible before your course starts, you can find all of my books here.

We really look forward to meeting you, either in person or online.

Kindest regards

Vanessa

P.S . IMPORTANT NOTES

We absolutely have to have the form back with the correct information to book you in, and tempting as it might be to delay form-filling, until you have filled this in, we can not allocate you a place. Please do this immediately. Failure to return this form may jeopardise your place on the course.

If the email address you used for payment is different from your everyday email address, please check the email account you used for payment, as this is where we send our initial email. Do also look out for emails from us, as we will be sending out essential information and timely reminders.

 

 

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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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