eight loaves of sourdough bread cooling on rack

Austin Durant, of Fermenters Club, teaches sourdough bread making & baking at San Diego Craft Collective

Intermediate Sourdough Workshop

$85.00

Master the Art of Sourdough!

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This 2-hour class introduces intermediate level topics in sourdough baking, such as heirloom wheat varieties, inclusions, discard recipes, a new less time-intensive bread recipe, and bulk baking.
This workshop includes your own take-home loaf of sourdough bread (to bake the next morning).

Prerequisite: It is helpful if you have already taken Hands-On Sourdough Bread Workshop &/or already know how to maintain a starter and bake a loaf of sourdough bread before taking this class. We won’t be covering the basic bread recipe or basic starter maintenance.

This workshop is for ages 16+years.
All ingredients and materials included.

• Military, first responders and sibling discounts: Email us for more information.
• Scholarships available: Click here for an application.
• Homeschool funds accepted: Click here for enrollment details.
• If this class is full, join the Interest List to be notified.
• If you would like to be notified of future offerings, join the Interest List to be notified when new dates or spaces are available.

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Intermediate Sourdough Workshop
Select a date from the drop-down menu.

San Diego Craft Collective, 2590 Truxtun Rd., Studio 106, SD 92106 • 619.273.3235 • make@sandiegocraft.org

This workshop will be held indoors, so we suggest:
• Dress in layers, so you are comfortable.
• Bring water/beverage if you need to be comfortable.
• Bring an apron &/or clothes that may get food on them.

DIRECTIONS: Located in Liberty Station’s Arts District, you can find our studio at the end of the hallway on the 1st floor of the Dorothea Laub Music & Arts Center (Bldg 176) at the corner of Roosevelt & Truxtun, next to The Lot movie theater. There is plenty of free parking. Parking Lot Q is behind our studio — enter via the driveway off Dewey. Across the street in the Vons parking lot, it is also free. If you can’t find us, call or text 619.273.3235.

CLASS SIZE: 7 min. If the minimum is not met, you will receive a full refund or credit toward another class.

REFUNDS: No refunds for tardiness or no-shows. For a refund (minus a 5% processing fee), you must cancel 7 days before the start of the class. After 7 days, we cannot offer refunds, as materials and supplies have already been purchased.

TRANSFERS: You may transfer your enrollment spot to someone else, but transfers must happen before the workshop begins. Please email us to let us know who’s coming.

INTEREST LIST: If a class is full or you would like to be notified of future offerings, join our Interest List to be notified when new dates or spaces are available.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Austin Durant has been fermenting food for over a dozen years. In 2011 he founded Fermenters Club, whose mission is to improve people’s lives by teaching them why and how to make and enjoy fermented foods; and to create communities that are connected through their guts. Austin has taught hundreds of classes on a wide variety of fermented foods and their traditions such as sauerkraut, pickles, kimchi, kombucha, miso, and sourdough bread.

Austin has also collaborated with some of the world’s leading researchers of the human gut microbiome at the University of California, San Diego, and has been featured in a research paper. He has been featured in Sunset Magazine, KPBS News, Savor San Diego (KPBS series), the San Diego Union-Tribune, Edible San Diego, Korduroy.tv and many other local publications and blogs. Austin has given presentations at the Wise Traditions Conference in 2022 and 2024. In 2024, he published his first book, Fearless Fermenting.