Christmas Cookery School Gift Vouchers As always we have loads of great courses on offer in 2014 which make ideal presents for Christmas. You can check out our course calendar on the cookery school page, or go directly to the shop to buy a specific course. If you’d like to buy vouchers so that your lucky recipient can choose their own date and course, then just pop by the cookery school, give us a call on 0121 458 7682 or email cookeryschool@loafonline.co.uk.

We’ve also put together a budding bread makers starter pack including a locally made bakers peel, a spiral proving basket that will hold 500g dough, a plastic dough scraper and a dough scoring knife. All this for the bargain price of £30. The items are all available separately too. If you want to upgrade to a 1kg basket it is £2 extra, and we also have baskets in an oval rather than a round shape. If you want to top off the gift with some of our sourdough starter, just pop into the bakery between 7am and 3pm Tuesday-Friday with a jam jar and we’ll fill it up with starter free. Ring the doorbell as we’ll be busy working in the bakery!

We’ve also got some great books for sale. For budding bread makers we have  Dough by Richard Bertinet for £13 and Bread Matters for £17. For budding foragers we have the pocket version of Food for Free by Richard Mabey for just £4.50. Pop by the cookery school to purchase!