Are you ready to make your baking hobby into a business? Do you want to run your own bakery and produce real bread for your community?

Learn how to set up a micro bakery with a multi-award winning baker with years of experience.

Alexandra Vaughan has been running a Microbakery since 2016. She has completed considerable training, namely a Microbakery 12h course with the Bread Angels, a 5 days course with Richard Bertinet at his Cookery School in Bath and several other short baking courses, volunteered at bakeries across the UK and worked as lead baker in a small Artisanal bakery in West Yorkshire. She has been running The Crow’s Rest Bakehouse as her full time job since September 2019, from her terraced home in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

Topics to cover can include:

• Developing a business plan

• Building a Bakery Business - the practicalities, processes, customers, finances, space and equipment.

• Baking - with sourdough processes, commercial yeast, or gluten-free flours. Scaling up. Working formulas to fit your space and circumstances.

Classes can be arranged one-to-one, bespoke to your needs, or as part of a larger group.

Feedback from previous students

“Had a really lovely time with Alexandra on the micro bakery course. Picked up loads of information and made some lovely loaves, would highly recommend.” Google review, September 2021

“I attended Alexandra's enjoyable "Setting up a gluten free micro bakery course". Due to the current Covid restrictions I was the sole participant which gave me the opportunity to quiz Alexandra on all the elements of setting up a micro bakery which I'd been struggling to figure out. I'd had a real block on the way forward and after spending the day with Alexandra discussing marketing, sales, PR, upscaling etc, etc I felt motivated and inspired to take the next steps. Alexandra's gluten free breads were delicious and I was thrilled to go home with lots of goodies to share with my gluten intolerant son...thanks for the fab recipes Alexandra and for your ongoing support and help :-)” Google Review, February 2021

"I had a wonderful couple of days learning with Alexandra Vaughan of the Crow's Rest Bakehouse in Wakefield. Alexandra was kind, patience and so generous with her time, knowledge and experience - it was a real privilege to learn with her. We made loads of fantastic bread, and Alexandra shared lots of really invaluable information and her own experiences as a baker and a businesswoman. The experience has really helped me to consolidate and build upon my existing experience, deepen and expand my knowledge, and, perhaps most importantly for me, has really lifted my confidence in running my own microbakery. Thank you so much." TripAdvisor review, January 2020.