🍞 Focaccia Bread-Making Class – Minute-by-Minute Timeline

$55 per person

🕡 Start Time: 6:30 PM

⏳ Total Duration: 2- 2.5 hours

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Welcome + Setup (10 mins)

• Greet guests as they arrive

• Light refreshments (optional)

• Hand out aprons, name tags (if using)

• Explain what we’ll be doing and show example focaccia

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Dough Prep (25 mins)

• Demonstrate each step as guests follow along

• Mixing dry + wet ingredients

• Kneading basics (or stretch & fold technique)

• Proper dough texture

• Dough goes into oiled containers to rise

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Topping Station + Creative Prep (20 mins)

While dough rests:

• Introduce topping bar (sweet + savory)

• Share topping ideas and inspo photos

• Guests prep toppings: slice tomatoes, herbs, fruit, etc.

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Shape + Decorate (25 mins)

• Dough comes out, shaped into pans

• Guests oil, dimple, and decorate focaccia

• Add sweet/savory toppings

• Sprinkle sea salt or herbs

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Bake + Social Time (25-45 mins)

• Focaccia is either in the oven or packaged to take home for a cold fermentation

• Optional: small tasting of pre-baked samples

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Tasting + Wrap Up (15 mins)

• Remove baked focaccia from oven

• Enjoying their own creation

• Group photos with bread

• Pass out Printed copy of Art of Focaccia

Create focaccia dough and design. All materials and ingredients provided. Take home the dough to bake (recommended for cold fermentation) or choose to bake in house.

⏰ Class Timeline (~2 Hours)

• 6:30–6:40 PM Welcome & intro to ingredients and tools

• 6:40–6:55 PM Mix focaccia dough

• 6:55–7:10 PM First rise (dough rests) & tasting of sweet and savory focaccia samples

• 7:10–7:30 PM Prepare toppings and trays

• 7:30–7:50 PM Shape and decorate focaccia (floral designs included!)

• 7:50–8:20 PM Bake focaccia

• 8:20–8:30 PM Cool and plate focaccia

• 8:30–8:40 PM Wrap up: package take-home dough, hand out recipe books, Q&A