News Update AUTUMN '25

***    We're delighted to announce that the Baking School has reopened this Autumn!       ***

​We are now booking dates from September 2025 right through to Christmas and beyond.

After a busy year and a flurry of activity behind the scenes, we have managed to secure our premises for a few more years and are simply delighted this means we can reopen the school in our familiar, charming 17th century building, rather than finding new premises elsewhere.

To celebrate the grand reopening, we will be introducing some new workshops, in addition to our most popular classes. Check out our Workshop Calendar for the workshops over the forthcoming year.

And, don't forget, our baking retreats in Tuscany continue at the beautiful Castello di Potentino.

For details on our Baking Retreats in Tuscany, please click HERE
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For those of you interested in corporate training or team building days, please contact me via email.

SOURDOUGH EPISODE OF SLICED BREAD

We were delighted to welcome the ever-curious Greg Foot from Radio 4's Sliced Bread to the White Cottage Kitchen. As we bake sourdough together, we chat about artisan bread-vs-sliced bread and the rise of supermarket 'sourfaux'. Food historian, Dr Sue Bailey, takes us through the history of bread manufacture in the UK  and Professor Tim Spector discusses the nutritional benefits of sourdough-vs-sliced white. Is sourdough the best thing since, well...?

BAKING RETREAT IN TUSCANY

We're delighted to announce that Helen Underwood of White Cottage Baking School will once again be teaching a 6-night baking retreat at the Castello di Potentino in Tuscany, Italy, this Spring and Autumn. Find out more and book your place...

TERROIR TUSCANY

​Helen writes: "Towards the end of 2018, I was privileged to join a group of chefs, writers, farmers, archeologists, photographers and filmmakers for Terroir Tuscany. One thing unified us all - food: its provenance, history, politics, production and sustainability..."
We offer corporate hospitality and team-building days for groups of up to eight people. Get in touch to find out more or to arrange your bespoke workshop.
It's always fantastic to hear that you've loved learning from the classes as much as we love teaching them! Read what some past students have had to say about our workshops.
White Cottage is an artisan bread and baking school run by award-winning sourdough baker Helen Underwood.

​Based just outside of Cambridge, we offer workshops for all skill levels—so whether you're a complete novice or an experienced baker, we have a workshop for you!

REVIEWS & AWARDS

FEATURED WORKSHOP

6-NIGHT BAKING RETREAT AT THE CASTELLO DI POTENTINO, TUSCANY

2026: Dates to be confirmed

We are delighted to be returning to Castello di Potentino in Tuscany to run our week-long Baking Retreat in  2026. Dates to be confirmed shortly...

NEWS & EVENTS
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