Hannah Bironzo's Sourdough and Kitchen Stories Cookery Workshops

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Hannah Bironzo's Sourdough and Kitchen Stories Cookery Workshops

I run popular sourdough workshops in small groups over Zoom. I teach how to bake delicious, natural bread, from scratch, from the comfort of your own kitchen.

I also run cookery workshops with chef collaborators offering a wide range of enticing dishes!

02/09/2026

Hello September! A shift in light, a refocus, a welcoming back of routines and….

Fancy learning a new skill which will nourish you and yours through this new season and beyond?

I have a couple of spaces left on my forthcoming sourdough workshop. I teach online so we connect in our home kitchens. My workshop is designed to fit around busy lives and I make it feel fun and straightforward!

Next workshop dates: Thursday 1 - Saturday 3 October 🍂

We meet on a Thursday evening to learn about our sourdough starter (which I share with you). We meet on Friday evening to mix our dough by hand. We meet on Saturday morning to shape our dough and we bake bread in time for lunch!

By the end of the workshop weekend, you have all the know-how to make your own loaves forever more! The process is grounding, calming and creative. The end results are irresistible.

You will get hooked on a good thing! DM me for details 🙂 I would love to bake bread with you 🧡

27/08/2026

Meet Hannah (that would be me, squinting and beaming in the pink) and Hannah (smiling radiantly on the left). Round my house tonight.🥂

I baked a sourdough and we dunked it in dips, stuffed olives in our gobs and sipped white wine…all whilst CHATTING like old friends. it was lovely.

Here’s the thing:

* We are both married to Italian blokes.

* Both blokes are from Turin/Torino, Italy.

* I lived in Turin, many moons ago.

* Hannah now lives in Turin.

I saw her funny comedy sketches on IG last summer and idly dropped her a note to say “Hi! You make me laugh! I am called Hannah too and I used to live in Turin.”

Hannah replied and asked where I now live.

I replied “Oxford”.

She replied “I grew up near Oxford”

I said: “same!”

We switched to DMs.

Turns out we are both from Wantage, Oxfordshire.
We are both called Hannah.
We are the same frickin age.
We are both very connected to Turin.
We both have two kids: a lad and a lass.

Tonight, my friends, over our in-person catch up, I asked where in Wantage she grew up.

Turns out she lived on the VERY NEXT STREET to mine 😮 honestly, I could lob a small pebble from my childhood home doorstep and it would neatly land on hers. Yet, we NEVER met on home turf. It’s maddening and rather bizarre! 🤯

So a recap: Two girls, practically neighbours, meet decades later on instagram. I guess the algorithm spookily knew 😳 Honestly, my mind is blown and I am sad we didn’t connect as teens (we would have had fun!) So much in common!! Two women, two countries, two paths trodden - at times the same path - rather a lot of synchronicity ✨

It’s simple. Talk to your neighbours, people! Glad we found one another now though 😉 (I guess this is your internet good news story of the day).

Next time the two Hannahs should meet in Turin! Will update when we do! 🇮🇹

24/08/2026

A year ago today, I was bumbling along on the Oxford Tube to see the almighty RAYE 🇬🇧🇨🇭🇬🇭 perform at All Points East. I had a lovely feeling about my day ahead and afforded myself a little daydream after a busy few summer weeks. I recall watching the world go by my window, musing about The Gypsy Baker and and baking projects for the autumn 🍂 then who do I spot sat right by me? It was Kitty Tait ! Mega pinch me moment. I mouthed OMG to my husband and he knew I would do what I do best…connect with this fabulous baking queen and talk DOUGH! And we did just that, at Shepherd’s Bush and all the way down the street!

She’s a soul sister for sure. I so wish we could have stopped in a cafe to keep on talking but we were both hurrying - Kitty had a rucksack FULL of flour and was heading to Hackney to teach a breaducating.britain workshop. Of course!

Kitty needs little intro but for those who don’t know, she’s an inspiring girl with an incredible story. I often talk about her on my sourdough workshop. Anyone who doesn’t know her, look her up and read about her Orange Bakery 🧡 founding story. From very fragile teen mental health to community baking on a big scale. Heart, mind and soul connecting - Bread saved Kitty and she has soared ever since. What a star. 🌟

Kitty, if you are reading, I am still hoping we get to have a cuppa and a bun together sometime!

Friends, this is your sign to always look up on your bus ride; you never know who could be travelling alongside you!

18/07/2026

The summer holidays are here and “multitaskable snacks” are BACK!

My 11 year old’s genius invention and frankly brilliant branding from a few summers ago.

It’s very simple.

Get a muffin/cup cake tin. Fill each round section with snacks you find about the kitchen. Eat whilst watching the telly 📺 oh and it’s 💯 made by kids, only. Don’t get involved. Don’t judge. Let it happen.

This is multitaskable snacks. 💪

17/07/2026

Reflections on….lasts. And all the emotions.

This week has been filled with gratitude, community, love and also some quiet weeping (me!) as our little family closes our chapter on Primary School. And what a school ♥️🥹🌸

Simultaneously feeling grief and heart soaring joy.
Gratitude and nerves.
Gently holding on and letting go.

Reminding ourselves that every ending is followed by a new beginning ✨

But first: bread. I turned my oven on early today. The hum of the hearth accompanied my whizzing thoughts and we will gift a loaf to a special soul 🍃 of course, it’s our language, round here.

Love, light and loaves continue.

I did ask my secondary school boy if he wanted to gift a loaf to his tutor and I just got a stare back 😳!!! Ça change!

Look after each other beautiful ones…bigs and smalls…and good luck with all of it ###

24/06/2026

Just a few bottles left of our botanical vinegar drink with a kick! 🔥 Call her fire cider…. Call her Vesta. Named after the Roman Goddess of Hearth and Fire. She contains apple cider vinegar, garlic, onion, ginger, chilli, lemon peel, tumeric, black pepper, rosemary, thyme and honey. Fermented for a month. She’s quite something! Stirred into warm water for a cosy cup…dashed into ice and a sparkling tipple for a summer, feelgood treat or mix into salad dressings or GAZPACHO! Your heatwave must have! She boosts in many ways!

£12 a bottle which includes a donation to . Delivery to those local to me (Oxford). Just the last few bottles left! Message me! 🔥

21/06/2026

Summer Sostice blessings to all my friends from Wittenham Clumps, a very special place where my head and my heart and my feet really like to be 💛 photos by my lovely son and shared with permission xx

12/06/2026

Such a lovely day with for our Sourdough Focaccia Skills community workshop! Whenever I can align with , I do so with gusto and glee. She’s an amazing woman and I am very grateful for our partnership and for the space and opportunities she offered us today.

A delightful group gathered around a long table to learn about Living Loaves. We stretched gorgeous, silky dough; decorated it with artistic flair using colourful, fresh surplus ingredients from the cafe; into the oven they went and we learned about sourdough starter, its story, history, how it works and how to care for it.

The session was as light and bubbly as our sourdough! Conversations were rich, we laughed…I shed a tear as I talked about my starter’s origin story. Wow. All the feels. Colourful vibes, grateful hearts, sticky dough fingers and smiles on our faces. Plus new knowledge and starters to take home as a gift. Can’t wait to know what they bake!

I wish every Friday could be a focaccia one!

I love to teach face to face and to engage people in the soulful pursuit of sourdough. If you would like to book me for a joyfully creative team building, retreat or fun gathering - let me know! Today was special and I would love to build on this.

Fridays (actually any days!) are for friendship, fun, feelgood food and focaccia. 🇮🇹 🫙 ✨ 🍞

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https://oxfordgypsybaker.wordpress.com/

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