Next Steps in Sourdough : Elevating Wheat To A Higher Level

Class details:

  • Are you looking to expand your repertoire of sourdough breads and bring your baking to the next level?
  • Are you looking to create a soft, nutritious loaf for all the family to enjoy?
  • Are you looking to use Irish oats and other whole grains in your breads?
  • Are you looking to gain consistency in your sourdough baking throughout all the seasons?

Then this class is for you!

This hands-on class is suitable for people who have completed our Starting Sourdough Class, as well as for those who have some experience baking sourdough breads.

  • 8 places, €149 (incl. VAT) per person, 10am-6pm, 1-day class

Availability:

  • Saturdays – 10th October 2026 (2 places available), 14th November 2026 (places available), more classes to come in 2027

You will learn:

  • how to use cooked Irish whole grains (eg rye, oats, barley) in your sourdough bread to create the softest, lightest, most delicious, and highly nutritious sourdough loaf to suit all the family
  • how to make a flavoursome Malthouse Sourdough bread with a wheat levain
  • how to increase your understanding of wheat sourdoughs for the best flavour and fermentation
  • how to best maintain a vibrant sourdough starter
  • how to incorporate Irish grains and flours into your baking
  • how to focus on temperature and gluten strength to maximise the volume and lightness of your breads whilst ensuring a full flavour and consistency
  • how to use baker percentages to create and regulate your own recipes

Price includes:

  • All the delicious sourdough breads you have baked at the class for you to take home so that you can taste, showcase and share your learning experience with others.
  • Fresh vibrant Riot Rye Sourdough Starter to bring home with you. This powerful, well-nurtured starter is perfect for your journey into sourdough baking.
  • A full set of class notes to accompany you on your sourdough journey.
  • Delicious Home-made Vegetarian Lunch: enjoy a farm-to-table meal made with fresh, organic, and locally sourced ingredients from Cloughjordan Community Farm, the Ecovillage and Mossfield Organic Farm.
  • Ethically sourced Organic/Fair Trade Tea & Coffee available to refresh you throughout the day.

This class will focus on making you a more adventurous baker!

Please see terms and conditions here.

Sourdough Course Level 1

Testimonials

“Over the course of a day we learned a vital life skill, and picked up tips about every aspect of the process of making bread. The nine people attending the course were made up of beginners, bread-makers and bakers, and everybody went away with an increased skillset and an understanding not only of how to bake bread, but armed also with a new insight into community, agriculture, and the well-being of the planet.The course is very good value for money, and classes are small. You really learn deeply here in Riot Rye, and you’ll be so glad you chose to take a class in Cloughjordan.”

 

Sally McKenna, McKenna Guides

“Joe Fitzmaurice, baker extraordinaire in Cloughjordan, Ireland, is the godfather of sourdough in Ireland. Take a sourdough course with Joe and a few of your pals. It’s the best money you’ll spend this year!”

Susan J White

“A huge thank-you to Joe and Julie for their hospitality on their Sourdough Course. I highly recommend this course as Joe is a master sourdough baker who is passionate about the ethos behind feeding people with nutritious, healthy, well balanced, organic food. Thank-you!”

Peter, Newry

“Joe is so knowledgeable and kind with his time. He gave us a great understanding of the fermentation process and how to get the best nutritional value and digestibility from your bread. For anyone wanting to increase their knowledge whether beginner or amateur baker this course is for you. We travelled from Dublin for the day and I have to say it was well worth it. And its great craic too!”

Elysia, Dublin

“Thank you for a really wonderful day in your beautiful bake-house. The course was fascinating and inspiring and the lunch absolutely delicious. I was also delighted to become acquainted with the Ecovillage. I’d heard much about Cloughjordan over the years but never been there, so your introduction to the project, Julie, was most welcome. I used to be a historian and a long time ago I wrote about the history of the co-operative movement in Ireland. The poet, painter and co-operative organiser, George Russell had a vision of how he would like to see villages in Ireland evolve which is quite close to what you are achieving. I’m sure he would be thrilled to know that his dreams haven’t died.”

Carla, Shillelagh

“I did a one day course with Joe and it was excellent. Really enjoyed the day, the people, the food, the bread making, the oven and everything else! Been making sourdough bread regularly ever since. We make more bread than we buy now, for sure!”

David, Kilkenny

“Fantastic day baking along with my hubby and daughter last Saturday..just baked our first Common Loaves this evening. Thanks guys for sharing the love of good wholesome bread”

Maureen, Mayo
Julie & Joe at Riot Rye
image by Gentl & Hyers

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