The Sourdough Club

A social enterprise where a community of bakers gather and share knowledge

Our small club is run from The Sourdough School and is the alternative way to learn if you cannot attend a course in person. Learn from Dr Vanessa Kimbell how to make the healthiest bread in the world and improve digestion, boost your mood, and connect with a supportive community that’s passionate about baking for better health.
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Welcome – New members

We haven’t just re-thought bread; we also created a revolutionary approach to teaching as a fusion of online lessons, knowledge libraries, and small weekly live tuition groups to support your baking for health. Your membership isn’t just about baking. You will learn how to bake as lifestyle medicine; we often refer to this as BALM. (You will also occasionally see it as BLAM! – but that is because Vanessa is dyslexic, and she writes the content without the editor checking it.) One of the critical parts of the membership is assessing how you feel. This is an important thing because, over several weeks, we saw in our research that people who follow BALM reported feeling differently, not just physically but emotionally.

We’re excited to guide you through your journey with the Baking as Lifestyle Medicine (BALM) protocol. Our aim is to transform not just the way you bake, but also the way you perceive food, health, and community.

We can’t guarantee that the same things will happen to you, but we do know that if you don’t monitor the way you feel then we won’t know. So before you begin please print off this form and put is somewhere where you will remember to fill it in each week.

This is your Welcome syllabus. It has all the key things you need to know to navigate the Club.

Access: We’ve made this content available to all to view to help showcase how the Club runs and see what you can expect to access if you choose to join. That said, you may only access the content and features once logged in as a member.

6 Steps to get going

Step 1 Join the forum
Step 2 Introduce yourself to Vanessa
Step 3 Attend your live session on baking

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