San Francisco Baking Institute
S San Francisco, CA 94080-4920
Phone: (650) 589-5784
Editorial Review for San Francisco Baking Institute – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
The San Francisco Baking Institute prides itself on its small class sizes and focus on individual creativity. Guest instructors have included such floury luminaries as Richard Bourdon, Craig Ponsford, Nancy Silverton, David Norman, and Volker BaumannIn addition, many Bay Area bakeries, including La Brea Bakery, Grace Baking, The Acme Bread Company and Il Fornaio, send staff to The San Francisco Baking Institute for training or use SFBI's on-site consulting/training services.
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User Reviews for San Francisco Baking Institute
02/18/2008 Posted by HappyB
This is the temple of artisan bread and pastry baking! I spent a long time trying to determine where I would learn how to bake and EVERYONE (including Tartine, Acme, Il Fornaio, and Semifreddi's bakers) pointed to SFBI. I recently took a 5-day Artisan 1 (bread) workshop here - the course was amazing and I will return as often as I can afford. I can't wait to take a pastry course. My class was composed of professional bakers and enthusiasts from around the world. I was a little nervous because I was a beginning home baker. Fortunately, the class size was limited (14 or 15 people)and I got a lot of individual attention while meeting fantastic people. I didn't realize that I could learn so much about such a complicated subject in such a short period of time. I think this may be my highest review yet - SFBI deserves it. This is a truly special place. I envy anyone who gets to take the Professional Program.
Pros: Top-quality everything, I can write my own recipes/formulas, I can call on them any time I need help
Cons: I wish they had weekend or evening courses
