AUTENTIK EXPERIENCE · Montmartre or the Marais
In 90 minutes at a working neighbourhood bakery in Montmartre or the Marais, you bake baguettes and financiers, the little brown-butter almond cakes, and carry both home. It's a good bread class, and we list it honestly: you won't make croissants.
AUTENTIK EXPERIENCE runs this class in a working neighbourhood bakery in Montmartre or Le Marais; check which one your booking names. It opens with a welcome pastry and a drink, then you bake baguettes and financiers, small almond cakes made with brown butter. Groups are small: six, the listing says, though it mentions eight in another place.
At an hour and a half it is the shortest class on this site. The instructors guests name, David, Temi and Yeju among them, get as much praise for the history and the bakery trade as for the baking. You take home a baguette and a box of financiers.
The title says "baking experience", which makes it easy to book expecting croissants. It makes none. If croissants are the point, the working bakery class is $6 cheaper and covers bread and croissant dough. This one also isn't for under-5s, wheelchair users or anyone with a nut allergy, since financiers are made with almonds.
A pastry and a drink at the bakery to start.
Shape and bake baguettes with the baker.
Brown butter and almonds go into the batter, then into the oven.
A baguette and a box of financiers to take home.
★★★★★Fun and good learning experience making baguettes. Instructor did a great job.
★★★★★Our chef Yeju was amazing, she explained the history of what we were baking and the experience was wonderful.
★★★★★The activity was great. Lots of learning about the bakery and the product. Temi was excellent
★★★★★David was excellent. Knowledgeable, funny and he made the experience very enjoyable.
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No. You bake baguettes and financiers. For croissants in a working bakery, see the bread and croissant class.
A small French almond cake made with brown butter. You bake a batch in the class and take a box of them home.
In a working neighbourhood bakery in Montmartre or Le Marais. Your booking confirmation says which one.
From age 5. Under-5s can't take part, and the almonds rule out anyone with a nut allergy.
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Bake baguettes and brown-butter financiers in a neighbourhood bakery, and take both home.
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