Sourdough Making Class

Recent reviews of Sourdough Making Class

• 5/5 from Pierre Mars, attended Feb 2025: Teacher, Marion, was excellent - took the class through all the steps to bake sourdough in great detail. We made a dough which hopefully tomorrow will be a great loaf of bread. We were also given to take home some sourdough starter, and the implements to make a sourdough.
• 5/5 from Catherine Young, attended Feb 2024: Viola! My first loaf is a triumph! Thank you Marion for your patience and wisdom. Some like me were newbies, others seeking insight and strategies. All were well catered for. We also learnt to made our own crackers and pancakes with the discard which Marion matched expertly with a charcuterie board. It was a lovely touch and a great experience.
• 5/5 from Joel Olivieri, attended Feb 2024: Enjoyed this experience thoroughly. Directions were clear and despite being in a group, it felt like everyone was attended to.
• 5/5 from Simon Francica, attended Feb 2024: Very good teacher - new her stuff worth doing very informative can not wait to bake at home
• 5/5 from Emily McMaster, attended Feb 2024: This course was really great. It delivered everything that was stated and so much more. Marion was very knowledgeable about making sour dough bread and has an engaging style to her instruction. She is well paced and stops to demonstrate so everyone can follow and then moves around the class to make sure everyone is progressing. Lunch was great using some of what the class made as a part of the food. We left with goodies and clear instructions on how to proceed further, both verbal and in an extensive document. I cannot recommend this any higher.
• 5/5 from Allison Paten, attended Feb 2023: Our teacher, Marie was so knowledgeable, organised and professional. The venue was lovely and we shared an amazing cheese platter for lunch. I learnt so much and got to ask questions which Marie answered comprehensively. She also had essential kitchen tools for very reasonably priced purchase. This course was excellent value for money.
• 5/5 from Zelda Chan, attended Feb 2023: Marion was really personal and very helpful answering many questions. The learning environment was super chill and comfortable. had a lot of fun!
• 5/5 from David Currie, attended Dec 2022: Marion was so amazingly patient, friendly, well structured and organized. The fear of baking sour dough is now in the park with Marion’s hands on, step by step to making a starter right through to handling the dough & baking. This has to be the best sour dough class in Australia!
• 5/5 from Andrea Hernandez, attended Nov 2022: What an awesome class! I can't say enough great things about Marion's sourdough baking class. As soon as all participants arrived, Marion took us thoroughly through all the steps of bread baking while overseeing our own creations. We had plenty of time to ask various questions about the process, and Marion also provided valuable troubleshooting tips. During the class, we had several breaks, which were used to prepare more bread products, such as sourdough crackers and pancakes. Not to mention that we also had time to taste everything (freshly baked bread, crackers, and pancakes), and Marion generously offered a plate of charcuterie as well. The entire class was very well organised, which also made me inspired about improving my own baking techniques and equipment. Well-equipped with knowledge and a starter kit, including everything I needed to bake my first loaf at home, I left very satisfied and ready to spread the sourdough love ;-)
• 5/5 from Victoria Williams, attended Nov 2022: Such a wonderful experience! Easy location to get to, lovely teacher and great company. There was a lot of to learn but Marion made us feel comfortable and guided us at each step. It was so nice being able to try some freshly baked sourdough bread, crackers and pancakes. All of which were delicious! Looking forward to baking my loaf of bread tomorrow. There was a lot included in the cost of the class: a jar with the beginnings of a starter, bakers flour, ingredients for the starter and a banneton.
• 5/5 from Matt Whaley, attended Nov 2022: This was a great intro to sourdough bread making. Marian makes it all look easy, which it isn't and delivers a very relaxing class where we had some fun & learnt a lot. I've already recommended this to some friends
• 5/5 from Emily Adams, attended Nov 2022: A perfect day spent learning how to make sourdough (and other things!) in a lovely setting. Good food, conversation and just good vibes! And home with delicious looking sourdough to bake and all the tools/tips to keep it going at home.
• 5/5 from Josephine Doueihi, attended Oct 2022: In the past I'd tried (very badly) to make sourdough. I bought books, read websites, and watched YouTube videos. And still, every time I ended up with a dense loaf more suitable for playing a game of football or breaking my neighbour's window than something for eating. After only a few hours with Marion, LOOK AT WHAT I MADE I would highly recommend this class. The notes she provides are as excellent as any book I've got on the topic. And if you're not sure about what to buy, she sells those too. She is an excellent teacher and was able to show me what I'd been doing wrong. I would recommend this class as a first stop of you're wanting to go down the path of making your own excellent bread from home
• 5/5 from Steven Khalil, attended Oct 2022: Marion is an excellent teacher with a great passion for sourdough baking. She went up and beyond to organising a well-structured and enjoyable session suitable for emerging sourdough bakers. Her love of the craft is evident by her attention to detail, overall cleanliness and willingness to provide as much assistance during the session.
• 5/5 from Matt Byron, attended Oct 2022: Marion is a friendly, cheerful teacher, who explains things carefully but thoroughly. Her thoughtful tips helped me to really understand what was going on with the starter and the dough. Great class, really learned a lot.
• 5/5 from Sheridan McMahon, attended Sep 2022: A five star sourdough experience with Marion! The location is 8 minutes walking distance from North Sydney train station or ample street parking nearby. Marion has a beautiful, immaculate apartment and is a fabulous hostess. We learned how to score and bake our sourdough for after the class, and how to use sourdough discard for crackers (delicious) and pancakes (also delicious). We made our own sourdough loaf to bake at home as well as our own sourdough starters. Marion served us a delightful charcuterie board with sourdough bread and crackers then pancakes afterwards. We received a goodie bag with flours to keep our starter going for a few days, as well as the banneton, bread lame blade and an email with all the steps and recipes covered off during the class. This class is good value for money, especially considering the length of the class, the food served and the additional inclusions. Lots of helpful discussion around common mistakes and tips for success. Fantastic experience and I highly recommend - thank you!
• 5/5 from Lily Turpin, attended Sep 2022: Great class - Marion is a fantastic teacher who is passionate and knowledge about all things sourdough
• 5/5 from Revathi Velampati, attended Sep 2022: My teacher was great in explaining and demonstrating. I felt I got the worth for what I paid.
• 5/5 from Jennifer Krix, attended Aug 2022: Marion was very personable and thorough with her instructions, with a lot of patience thrown in! The experience was great, I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to learn the skills of sourdough baking. The gift of a banetton, flours, blade and jar with your homemade starter was fabulous. The platter was yum and the views to die for!
• 5/5 from Shiraz Hamdan, attended Aug 2022: It was an amazing experience. Marion explained everything we need to know about sourdough preparation and was happy to answer any concern or questions we had. The class is small (4 bakers + Marion) which made it easier to learn. When I booked the class, I wasn’t expecting that I would learn sourdough making that well as most of the classes would be mainly for fun than actual teaching. Marion was very generous, she prepared for us beautiful brunch from the starter that she made (bread, crackers, pancakes) which made the experience more fun, and the location was fabulous facing the harbor bridge.
• 5/5 from Sondhya Ghedia, attended Aug 2022: I really enjoyed Marion's sourdough bread making class. We were a small group of 4 and Marion welcomed us into her home. She is very personable and patient. The class was well organised. We had a lovely lunch of fresh sourdough bread and cheese platter. Marion taught us how to make crackers and pancakes with the discarded starter. At the end of the class, we were given goodie bags to make our own starter and a bento basket for our bread. I would definitely recommend this class to others.
• 5/5 from Lisa Norris, attended Aug 2022: Marion runs one of the best cooking schools/classes I have attended and I have attended classes from Europe to Thailand. She is a delight and has also a lot of experience and technique that she willfully offers you to ensure, what is actually quite a technical process that I couldn't master at home via google, results in you not only being able to make sourdough but I think I will definitely stick with it. Thank you Marion, I am converted!
• 5/5 from Ian Pendleton, attended Aug 2022: Marion was relaxed, organised, patient and perfect to lead us through our first sour dough making experience. We loved the session, and feel well prepared to make our own sourdough going forward. There were a couple of surprises along the way, and the tasting was delicious. It was a lovely way to spend a few hours on a cool Sunday.
• 5/5 from Kath, attended Jul 2022: Hi Marion, Thanks so much for your help and fun sourdough course! Really had a great day! Thanks again Kath x
• 5/5 from Kel McIntosh, attended Jul 2022: Marion was an absolutely impeccable host and teacher. She demonstrated impressive knowledge, passion, patience and humour while showing us how to make our dough. The kitchen space was perfect for the group with a lovely space to relax between activities, complete with a stunning harbour view. Everything was provided for. Make sure to bring a big bag to take your goodies home in. The experience was worth every cent. We are very excited to bake our sourdough loaves and care for our starters. Very certain to remember what a wonderful time we had at our class every time we bake now. Thank you
• 5/5 from Carmel Schmidt, attended Jul 2022: The class was great and I love making the crackers from the discard starter. The pancakes were great. I learned a lot this was my second sourdough class and I learned a lot more in this class than the 3 hour class I did a month ago.
• 5/5 from Carolyn Davies, attended Jul 2022: This course was great fun. Marion made sure we understood steps as we went along - and provided the materials and ingredients to make it easy for us to keep making bread after the course.
• 5/5 from Jacqui Hyslop, attended Jul 2022: Nicely paced, relaxed class. Teacher was excellent - great at explaining and encouraged questions. I liked the small class set up. Lunch was fabulous!
• 5/5 from Sarah McMahon, attended Jun 2022: Super helpful and accommodating- thank you! Will be in touch again for training in the future I am sure!
• 5/5 from Jesline Davis, attended Jun 2022: Marion is such a lovely teacher. She is patient and very clear with her instructions. She has so much passion for baking and she gave us all the tips and tricks we need as an amature baker. The location and the view are to beautiful. Her kitchen was immaculate and the lunch she provide is so delicious. I will definetly recommend this course.
• 5/5 from Lynne Agland, attended Jun 2022: Marion was expert in sharing her extensive knowledge of all things sourdough. I learnt a tremendous amount in a hands on learning environment. Marion's workplace was spotless and the view from her apartment, incredible. The morning went fast and was really excellent value for money. The lunch provided was delicious and inspirational. Thankyou Marion for making me feel welcome and comfortable in your home, your hospitality and ability to teach well was very much appreciated. Best wishes for future endeavours, you are hard working girl. Lynne
• 5/5 from Clare Bowen, attended Mar 2022: This is a fabulous course and Marion is perfectly matched. I never realised making sourdough required so much precision and technique. Made easy by the ease of instructions from Marion. Highly recommend and looking forward to years of delicious bread and other treats. Highly recommended. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Leila Tarakjian, attended Mar 2022: Marion provided a very detail guided workshop that was easy to follow and taught us great techniques. The lunch of the cheese platter and freshly baked bread and crackers was a perfect way to end the class. Let’s not forget about the fluffy pancakes with Nutella! Everything you could think of was available and now I’m heading home with a bag of goodies and bread to bake tomorrow! Well worth the price.
• 5/5 from Richie Garard, attended Feb 2022: Awesome class! Marion is a great teacher, very friendly and happy to answer any questions. Super full from enjoying our bread, crackers and pancakes. Highly recommend to anyone wanting to learn how to make sourdough and/or have a fun afternoon learning a new skill :)
• 5/5 from Amanda Mighell, attended Feb 2022: I recently attended the Sourdough Making workshop with Marion Chanliaud, the teacher, and found it so inspiring and informative. It was a small group of 5 participants so there was plenty of time for questions, answers and practice. The session started at 9.30 and concluded at 2.30pm so we had time to make the starter, bake a loaf of sourdough, make cracker dough and sourdough pancakes with Marion's starter that she provided. We stopped for lunch and devoured a delicious spread of all that we made including a wide variety of cheeses, dips, small goods and fruit. Marion is a very skilled, organised and engaging teacher and was very welcoming. She imparted her knowledge and some highlights of her professional life willingly and with humour which made the workshop even more memorable. It was very good value and the take away bags were filled with everything you needed to continue growing your own starter and to make an extra loaf at home. At the end of the session, Marion emailed a beautifully and well considered document setting out all the instructions of all the recipes we covered with an invitation to contact her at any time if we ever got stuck. Coming from no previous experience, I now have the confidence to make sourdough, crackers and pancakes and I look forward to a lifelong journey of baking. Marion holds the classes in her own apartment with a beautiful view of the harbour bridge and Opera House and the amenities were spotless. I thoroughly recommend this workshop to any one and any gender to participate in as it was so much fun and so informative. Amanda Mighell Wahroonga NSW
• 5/5 from Christine Johnston, attended Feb 2022: Teacher was welcoming, well organised and gave clear instructions. Everything was covered as in syllabus and it was very enjoyable.
• 5/5 from Jeonga Oh, attended Feb 2022: Highly, I recommend you this class Marion (teacher) is so friendly and professional I met lovely people and enjoyed it ^^
• 5/5 from Amanda Robertson, attended Feb 2022: What a wonderful day. Marion’s style was relaxed and very helpful. I loved the way she explained things and her passion for baking was clearly evident. Her hospitality with beautiful food to eat as we learned about Sour Dough baking was fantastic. We all came away with lots of goddies to help us on our baking journey plus quality notes and tips. I would highly recommend Marion’s course, her quaint kitchen and harbour views made for a great location. The whole experience was awesome
• 5/5 from Edwina Ritchie, attended Dec 2021: Fabulous experience. Class was well organised and well paced. Learnt so much from Marion. Loved her practical tips and positive approach. The lunch was fabulous with pancakes for dessert. The take home kit was well organised and the additional kits were great value. We baked our sourdough from the class the next day and it was amazing! Would highly recommend this class for bakers of all levels.
• 5/5 from Laongdeuan Tankaew, attended Dec 2021: Enjoyed the class, and learn a lot. The teacher was great too thank you very much
• 5/5 from Jean-Luc Domergue, attended Dec 2021: All very good. Great knowledge. Excellent outcome Learnt a lot. Good value Satisfied with the day
• 5/5 from Raoul, attended Dec 2021: Marion's sourdough class was fantastic! It was well organised and structured, and the time flew by. Every bit of food was deliciousshe clearly knows her food and wines well! The class size is kept small, which means you can ask as many questions as you like, and Marion is very knowledgable and experienced. We left with full bellies, plenty of verbal and written information, and all the equipment and ingredients to get started on our own bread making at home. I'd recommend to anyone who's interested in a fun day or wanting to start sourdough baking. Thanks again, Marion!
• 4/5 from Gina Agostini, attended Dec 2021: Great experience and skills to learn, all materials provided plus more afterwards and an amazing selection of snacks. Thank you so much for the lovely day we had as a family, all very much appreciated.
• 5/5 from Wayne Turner, attended Nov 2021: Marion was fabulous! She is a great teacher knowing so much about sourdough bread making. We all had a great time, particularly eating freshly baked sourdough bread, crackers and pancakes! Lunch also was a treat. I baked my loaf on Sunday and it was delicious. Thank you for a fabulous day!
• 5/5 from Olivia Scullard, attended Nov 2021: Marion is a lovely, hospitable and very knowledgable teacher! A++ class - I'd definitely recommend The class was held in Marion's beautiful unit overlooking the Harbour Bridge, which was a great view during breaks and snack times. We were equipped with all the necessary instructions, ingredients and tools to begin one's own sourdough journey, and Marion set out an amazing spread with teas, coffees and gourmet snacks to be enjoyed throughout the class.
• 5/5 from Courtenay Turner, attended Nov 2021: Marion’s class is incredible! It was so well structured and super instructive. She is an amazing teacher - so patient and warm with an amazing knowledge of the science of fermentation. The spread of snacks was also super generous! We nibbled on sourdough bread, crackers and pancakes as well as a lovely spread of fruit, cheese etc. Highly recommend. You also leave well-equipped to bake your loaf along with all the instructions you need to continue on your baking journey.
• 5/5 from Jye Hainsworth, attended Oct 2021: Learnt lots, great end product and Marion was very patient, accommodating and informative! Would recommend
• 5/5 from Tony Papageorge, attended Jun 2021: I learnt that no matter how many YouTube’s I watched on how to make sourdough Marion showed me all the techniques in detail and giving me the confidence to dive straight in. Thanks Marion, great class. And what an awesome lunch; I should have eaten some more pancakes because as soon as my wife tried them they were gone, nice stuff. Oh and I also learned not everything can be learned on YouTube.
• 5/5 from Garry Williams, attended Jun 2021: Marion was a great host and had spectacular views over the Harbour. I learnt everything I needed to make sourdough. I enjoyed the class and highly recommend it
• 5/5 from Chrystal Argus, attended Jun 2021: Marion was fantastic, the time was filled well the spread of food over lunch-time break was more than substantial (and delicious) and her instructions were clear and easy to follow My first successful sourdough was the one I cooked the next day (in my photo) and I look forward to making sourdough for years to come using the techniques that I learned in this workshop!