The Sourdough Bread Masterclass takes you through the 7 key steps of sourdough baking, starting with culture care right up until you cut and eat a delicious loaf. 

This is a full day course packed with knowledge, tips & tricks and practical hands-on experience from start to finish. There's no other course with the amount of content & learning in SA. There are no prerequisites for joining this course.

This course is an excellent grounding from the beginning. The course sets you on a path to make great bread. The course starts with the bare basics and continues into more detail and expands on the topics. The course condenses the 7 steps of sourdough baking from 36 hours into a single day.

This is a great way to start your baking with natural fermentation, or get an overview and some tips on the process if you have already started sourdough baking. We cover the important technical aspects of your sourdough culture, fermentation, and all of the variables that go into producing a perfect loaf. 

Most of our courses run a full day from 9:30am to 4:30pm.

Participants are invited to meet for a coffee at our Motherdough store in Franschhoek anytime from 8:30am, and we will move down to the training venue together.

Lunch is included and is usually suitable for vegetarians.

We require booking and payment via our online system to confirm your registration. Bookings on this page are for Franschhoek ONLY.

Courses are intended for amateur and domestic bakers cooking for friends & family - not for commercial applications of any size. We reserve the right to cancel a booking should this not be the case.

Course bookings are not refundable in cash; we will offer a date change or a voucher to use for course at a later date for changes made more than 7 days before the course date. For date changes within 7-14 days of the course start, a rebooking fee of R500 per space will be charged to change your date. Rebooking of a course must take place within 12 months of the original course date, after which the credit will expire. Should the price of the course increase before rebooking, the difference in price will also need to be paid.

We will accommodate participant name changes up to the day of the course free of charge.

No shows and cancellations on the day of the course are charged 100% cancellation fee. Booking conditions apply for bookings made in error.

We reserve the right to reschedule a course should we not reach a minimum quota of 4 participants.