The Abergavenny Baker

26/08/2024

You’ll have a lovely relaxed evening with delicious wine, cheese and freshly baked bread to nibble and great company 😃

15/08/2024

Join us in the cookery school for a day bursting with colour 🥬 🌶️ 🍋‍🟩 🌿 and the fresh, delicious flavours of Vietnam 🇻🇳

Tuesday 27th August
9.30am to 3.30pm

Book directly on the website or give Rachael a call 07977 511337 for more details 😃

10/08/2024

Stecca and Portuguese style cheese & chorizo breads for 🍷 in the ☀️ with and

06/08/2024

This is Rhodri and Cath from filming their beautifully crafted weaning products in the cookery school ❤️ There’s obviously no age limit for the “Coverall Weaning Bib” when it comes to messy meals 😂

16/07/2024

Day 1
Take interior wall down in the new kitchen ✅ Dismantle wardrobe ✅ Take plasterboard to tip ✅ Fall into bed exhausted ✅

09/07/2024

Gearing up for the new classes : simple speedy dishes with vibrant colours and flavours to nourish your body and feed your soul 🌶️🌿🍋‍🟩

Vietnamese Street Food 🇻🇳
Tuesday 27th August

The Tastes of Goa 🇮🇳
Tuesday 10th September

See my website for details and bookings. Just need to wash all those labels off now. Any tips? 🤔

25/06/2024

22/03/2024

Hmmmmmm 🤔 which colours to stencil on a bright orange table?

The husband suggested Van Gogh’s combination of orange and green. I was dubious 🤨 but, as he made the tables for me, I thought I’d better give it a go. I think he was right 😍

21/03/2024

Asked the kids what they thought of the new tables “Looks like a nursery school” they replied. Well. I asked for honesty 🤷‍♀️

Bright white stencil from on a deep teal background - inspired by the Mandala Cafe in Goa 🌴 🏖️

Vibrant colours in the dining room to match the vibrant flavours of the new Korean, Goan and Vietnamese cookery classes 🌶️ 🥥 🍋🥬🥕🍉🥭🍊

(To be fair, their comments were pre-stencils)

05/03/2024

NEW CLASSES planned for 2024 "Food to Feel Good About" inspired by a month in Goa earlier this year.

Combining ordinary ingredients from your regular weekly shop with a twist of the unusual and exotic - creating fresh, deliciously simple food to fill your tummies and feed your souls.

I'm hoping to find local producers at the Spring Fair who will supply both the ordinary and the extra-ordinary ingredients for the Vietnamese, Goan and Korean classes I have planned. Details to follow...

22/12/2023

Shall we book sunshine ☀️ for next year?

Applications are now open to trade at Abergavenny Food Festival 2024 (21 & 22 Sept). Deadline: Tuesday 27 Feb. Selections by panel will be made early to mid-March and applicants notified by early April on the outcome of their application. See T&C and apply here: https://bit.ly/3RKCk3L

20/12/2023

Thinking of class ideas for 2024 🤔

A half day Roscon de Reyes class for the epiphany? Soft, sweet dough layered with brown sugar, cinnamon and brandy-soaked fruit, flavoured with fresh orange and decorated with candied peel. A crown loaf that’s steeped in tradition and fit for a king 👑

19/12/2023

What a Very Merry way to spend the day when your daughter comes home for Christmas ❤️

06/12/2023

Happiness is : when your customers come back for the third time, wearing Elf hats, Christmas jumpers and huge smiles 😃

Thanks to everyone in class (all nine of you!) for a very merry Christmas baking day. I hope your bread went down a storm when you got home 🥂

29/11/2023

Christmas Baking 🎄🥂🎄

There are two places left on 5th December. Join us to bake a tear and share parmesan and herb wreath, a plaited Swiss zopf and a beautifully light, spiced stollen with brandy soaked fruits and marzipan.

9.30am to 4.30pm
Second breakfast, lunch and refreshments included. See website www.abergavennybaker.co.uk for bookings or give Rachael a call 07977 511337

24/11/2023

Lovely day baking with my big bro Henry Iles ❤️

Roscan de Reyes : Spanish Christmas bread. Soft and sweet, flavoured with orange and oh so pretty 😍

Traditionally, a tiny ceramic king and a fava bean are baked into the loaf. Whoever finds the king is crowned and treated like royalty for the rest of the day. The finder of the bean has to buy next years Roscan loaf!

I think David was pretty pleased with his baking skills 😃

11/11/2023

And remember a👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 class isn’t just for Christmas!

Gift vouchers will be valid for the whole of 2024 😃

Take a look 👀 at my new website designed by the very lovely and talented Amy Teslin (https://www.facebook.com/amyteslindesigns)

Classes for 2024 to be published soon…

It's a good thing Blorenge rhymes with Orange in this photo! It's looking very autumnal around Abergavenny at the moment with the oranges and browns of the trees blending into the mountainsides of the Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons.

Thanks to .studio for the photo. Chris is also helping to organise the popular St. John's Square & Nevill Street Christmas market on the 9th December, one of many great festive events coming up in Abergavenny.

There's fondue nights at The Angel Hotel & Oak Room Restaurant and Christmas baking with The Abergavenny Baker, plus numerous craft and festive markets across the area.

You can find out more on our Abergavenny events page :

https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/explore/abergavenny/abergavenny-events

20/10/2023

New class!

Bread & Breath
17th November 2023, 10.30am-2.00pm
Abergavenny Baker Cookery School
1 The Courtyard, Lion Street, Abergavenny NP7 5PE

If you fancy a bit of a treat, if your life seems overly busy or you’re feeling stressed or anxious, book onto this new Bread and Breath Class. Focusing on your breathing whilst mixing and kneading dough by hand helps you to slow down, soothing the senses and balancing your mind and body. More information in the link below. Places are limited.

If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact Lin on [email protected] or Rachael on [email protected]

27/09/2023

🌾 It’s that time of year again 🌾

24/09/2023

“Come on in… and just join in… let’s have a lovely time together”

Big thanks to Sheila Dillon and Natalie Donovan of The Food Programme who genuinely seemed to love Abergavenny 🙂

… and I can’t quite believe the opening and closing comments are mine. I tried SO hard to sound normal! 💫

Abergavenny Food Festival: 25 Years and Counting

16/09/2023

Life is full of surprises! Like being interviewed by the very lovely Sheila Dillon for The Food Programme on Radio 4 at the Festival today. She made me feel like we’d known each other for years and were just having a chat. Wonderful 😃

10/09/2023

HUGE thanks to Anthony and the boys from Usk Stoves for building me a demo kitchen at the Usk Show
What a fabulous day!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Thanks to everyone who stopped by (despite the heat of the ☀️ and the wood 🔥 oven) for a taste of pizza, garlic butter fougasse and Portuguese chorizo and cheese bread 😋

04/09/2023

See it in action at the Usk show 👩‍🍳🍕🥖

12/07/2023

The Cookery School line up for the Abergavenny Food Festival 16/17th September 2023 is live on their website and there are just a few tickets left!

Demonstrations
Simon King from 1861 Restaurant with Rooms with wine from White Castle Vineyard
Connor Turner from Y Bwyty Bach : The Small Restaurant with wine from Chesters

Wine Tasting
With Robb and Nicola Merchant from White Castle Vineyard

Hands-on workshops
Franco Taruschio : Sweet Italian Biscuits and Crescente
Rachael Watson : Long Fermentation Pizza

Please share with the foodies in your life!!

28/06/2023

Stiff competition for Best Cookery School at the Food Awards Wales on Monday. We were highly commended (second place) 🏆

Big thanks to Laura and Jilly for all their support, hard work and fantastic kitchen skills. To Colin for building me a beautiful cookery school 😘 and to all the lovely bakers who’ve spent the day in my kitchen 😃

27/05/2023

I might run some half day cookery classes…

Soft toasted brioche buns, smash steak burgers, homemade sauce (best I’ve ever tasted) and quickled cucumber 🍔

Plus something sweet we could bake from the leftover brioche dough 🤔

11am to 2pm with lunch and a 🍻

Email [email protected] if you’re interested and please share to the burger loving would-be bakers in your life 😁

11/05/2023

3 years after I set up the cookery school in my home kitchen I was nominated for, and won, Best Cookery School in the Food Awards Wales 2018. I was SO EXCITED I only just made it up the stairs to the stage to collect my award!

Here we are 5 years later... and I've been nominated again. If you have a few moments to fill in the form and vote for me I'd be so pleased. It would be a fantastic boost to the cookery school to win the award again.

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25/04/2023

A traditional Swansea Crusty batch loaf still steaming from the oven in today’s Great British Bread Class 🔥

Next class Tuesday 13th June. Book via the website www.AbergavennyBaker.Co.uk or call Rachael for more info 07977 511337

25/04/2023

A Swansea Crusty Loaf still steaming from the oven in today’s Great British Bread Class 🔥

Next class Tuesday 13th June. Book via the website www.AbergavennyBaker.Co.uk or call Rachael for more info 07977 511337

02/04/2023

Line up now announced for Party at the Castle on Sat 16 Sept! Tickets available now from our website:

https://www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com/party-at-castle-line-up/