Fabulous French Baguettes

French Baguettes made in our Virtual Baking Class. Photo by Antonis Achilleos

Join us for one of our best hands-on classes for new bakers, where you'll learn how to make traditional French baguettes the Zingerman's Bakehouse way. Most commercial bread in stores labeled “baguette”, are soft and bland, bearing no resemblance to the traditional French bread that Parisian bakers first developed around 1920. When a law went into effect forbidding them from starting to work before 4 am, they began baking the long thin loaves that are synonymous with French baking today.

In this class, we'll teach you to make our traditional French baguette recipe—starting with a flavorful poolish (bakers call it a pre-ferment, it’s like a starter) and mixing up our bread dough. We'll then go over the techniques of hand rolling and shaping the dough into baguettes, which we'll proof and then bake to a crispy golden brown. Imagine serving breakfast to out-of-town guests and bringing out a perfect baguette that they swear must have been airlifted from Paris.

You'll leave the BAKE! class with our French baguette recipe, the knowledge to recreate it at home, and the baked French baguettes you made in class as well as the dough you will make.

In-Person Class: We'll end class with a tasting and you'll also leave with some great coupons.

Virtual Class: We will send out a video two days before class showing how to make a poolish the day before class.

What our guests have to say about this class:

I came in never having tried making bread and I feel I'm leaving with the knowledge to try and create some on my own. —Nate R.

Everyone should know how to make baguettes like this. I've been trying to make good baguettes for awhile. This has opened my mind. —John D.

Taking your baking classes has given me the confidence to bake more frequently, trying new recipes to prepare for friends and family. —Lisa S.

Additional Products

Basic Bread Baking Kit

$60.00

Our Basic Bread Baking Kit is great for bakers who are just starting to experiment with bread baking. It comes with 5 tools that will help you get started on your bread baking adventure: a bowl scraper, a bench knife, a lame with three razor blades (for scoring bread), an oven thermometer, and a digital thermometer. The price includes ground shipping. For more in-depth equipment descriptions please go to our FAQ page or send an email to [email protected]



Our classes (except for family classes & kids camps) are for adults 17 & up.

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Friday, April 5, 2024 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 1:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
In-Person $135.00 8 spots left
Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
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Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 1:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 - 1:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
In-Person $135.00 9 spots left
Friday, June 7, 2024 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
In-Person $135.00 12 spots left
Friday, August 2, 2024 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
In-Person $135.00 11 spots left