The Abergavenny Baker

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Eat, drink, chat, laugh & treat yourself to a day of baking or making fresh cheese and butter. Fresh. Simple. Delicious. £125 per person.

Classes are held for a maximum of 8 bakers allowing plenty of opportunity for discussion, hands on experience and questions. The day starts in the kitchen at 9.30am – with views up over the vineyard to the peak of the Sugarloaf Mountain. We’ll drink coffee and discuss the science that transforms a few simple ingredients into beautiful breads.

10am Roll up your sleeves and start mixing, kneading, shaping and baking. I usually choose three different doughs to make four or five types of bread and you’ll have the option of working alone or in pairs. Late morning coffee and the first taste of your freshly baked bread.

2pm lunch

4.30pm aim to finish

Armed with your bag of bread, recipe cards, knowledge and experience you will leave The school as a baker (no longer a mere follower of recipes) – with the confidence to bake at home. The day finishes at 4.30pm. All ingredients, equipment, recipes and refreshments are included. Just bring a smile to give Rachael when you arrive!

11/10/2026

Soooooooo relaxing 😎 Settled in the warmth of the cookery school on a soft mat, with pillows and blankets and woolly socks. The vibrations of a gong bath washing over you in waves, filling your mind and body with sound from your head to the tips of your toes.
Big 🙏 to Koaura | Sound Healing for the New Moon celebration and looking forward to the Full Moon Gong Bath. If you’re a gong bath devotee, or you fancy trying a new experience, details on future dates to follow…

18/09/2026

🥂… and the Abergavenny Food Festival is a go-go 🍷 🍇 🍷 🍇 🍷

Starting with w**e tasting with Lucy from The Dell Vineyard, 5 deliciously different w**es made from grapes grown right on our doorstep, the lovely warm hum of relaxed conversation and fresh olive bread still warm from the oven 🔥 Thanks to you all for such a good evening 🙏

Saturday
Joe Woodhouse (sold out)
Do Ferment (1 ticket)
Olyfo EVOO tasting (sold out)

Sunday
11am Matt Sampson tickets available
2pm Kathy Slack tickets available

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15/09/2026

I’m intrigued by Matt Sampson!! “World class ingredients” and “obsessive precision” are the polar opposite of the relaxed, informal “you really can bake this at home” bread classes we run at the cookery school.

But when I watched his IG video on his Scottish langoustine 🦐 dressed with the highest quality soy, mirin, Japanese w**e, yuzu (I had to look that one up) and sesame oil, I really, REALLY wanted to taste it myself.

There are just 9 tickets left for his demonstration on Sunday morning at the cookery school. Tasters at the end 😉 Tickets from the main Food Festival website 😃

09/09/2026

Sunday 20th September
2pm - 3.30pm

Kathy Slack, food writer and gardener, will be demonstrating two deliciously autumnal dishes in the cookery school kitchen.

PASTILLA (sweet and savoury North African pie) - the perfect veggie dish for a special family supper. Impressively crispy layers of filo pastry stuffed with mushroom, chestnuts and leeks. Mmmm mmm

PLUS crispy Parmesan Squash with Salsa Verde Butter Beans. Good for your heart, your gut, your psyche and your soul ❤️

Tasters and a glass of w**e included. Last few tickets available via the main Food Festival website.

Kathy Slack🥬Food Writer & Veg Grower Abergavenny Food Festival

07/09/2026

Sunday 20th September
11am - 12.30pm
Matt Sampson : Fish Butchery

For all lovers of fresh fish 🎣 Matt Sampson will demonstrate how to break down a trout, using both loin and belly to cook “Chalk stream trout-smoked eel-yuzu”.

In the relaxed and intimate setting of the cookery school, you’ll chat to Matt about his journey as a chef, his knowledge, precision techniques and his restaurant Fir in Hay-On-Wye.

Tasters and a glass of w**e included. Bookings via the main Food Festival website : just search “Matt Sampson”

02/09/2026

Just a few tickets left for the Joe Woodhouse demo in the cookery school. I asked for beany 🫘 recipes - and look what he’s cooking 🙌

Austrian style LENTILS with giant bread dumplings

Baked rice with CHICKPEAS

Roast HISPI 🥬 with toasted seeds and crumbled chestnuts 🌰

Saturday 19th September
11am to 12.30pm

Tickets via the main Food Festival website 😊 Glass of w**e included.

17/08/2026

🍷 The Dell Vineyard w**e tasting
Friday 18th September
7pm - 8.30pm
Join Lucy for a relaxed evening of w**e tasting and discover the story behind this award winning vineyard, just a few miles from Abergavenny. Fresh bread, nibbles and w**e sales after tasting. 15 places remaining. Book via the Abergavenny Food Festival website 💫

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03/07/2026

Pruning the 🍇 grapevine 🍇 in The Courtyard on Lion Street ready for

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06/05/2026

Hidden in The Courtyard, just above Bean & Bread cafe on Lion Street in Abergavenny is a lovely little cookery school where you can spend a whole day mastering the skills to bake beautiful bread. From crusty focaccia and French fougasse to the traditional batch loaves of Swansea and the secrets of sourdough.

9.30am to 3.30pm Freshly baked bread for “second breakfast”, lunch with w**e, refreshments throughout the day and a big bag of your bread to take home.

Take a look at my website for upcoming classes, gift vouchers and private classes. Or give Rachael a call on 07977511337

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Address

No 1 The Courtyard, Lion Street
Abergavenny
NP75PE

Telephone

+447977511337

Website

http://www.abergavennybaker.co.uk/

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