Description
The Pastry Project is a social enterprise and community space providing free baking and pastry training to individuals with barriers to education and employment in the industry.
Join Co-Founder and Culinary Director, Heather Hodge, in the classroom to learn how to make delicious, chewy Bavarian pretzels from scratch. In this demonstration class, you’ll learn how to proof, roll and shape a delicious pretzel along with the techniques to create the golden crust, and special pretzel flavor and texture. We’ll finish it off with pretzel salt to create the perfect savory snack and show you how to make a crowd-pleasing beer cheese sauce to dip it in! Learn the why behind the community space and about all the products that help support the mission and pastry education project in the most delicious way.
About the instructor: Heather Hodge grew up in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York with a passion for cooking outdoors and eating all things, but especially dessert. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America with a degree in baking and pastry arts, she experienced many facets of the food and beverage industry from fine dining service to working as a private chef. Upon moving to Seattle, she began work as an ice cream maker at Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream before eventually becoming the Culinary Director. Heather has focused her career on improving benefits and compensation standards for back-of-house employees. Now, Heather is the co-founder of The Pastry Project, where she trains and mentors individuals with barriers to employment seeking a profession in the baking industry, all while going through the ups and downs of running a successful small business.
Class notes
- This is a hands-on format class for adults.
- Class information will be emailed 48 hours before class. Our emails can get caught in spam filters or blocked entirely, please contact us if you don't receive the class information.
- Cancellation Policy: Classes are nonrefundable. If you cannot attend, you can request a class credit or transfer to a different class up to 7 days prior to class or have someone attend in your place.
Menu
- Bavarian Pretzels
- Beer Cheese Sauce
Classes
Green Lake Village PCC
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Tuesday, June 6, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
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