Pod Info :
This Pod was created by Anthony Broderick and is about a job as a Baker from the Manufacturing and Production industry sector.

Background to the Pod:
Rob de Wit of Orpington Close in Luton is so passionate about what goes into bread that he's running courses to help others use their loaf. His day job in finance goes by the board at weekends when he runs classes in his kitchen to demonstrate just how simple it is to make dough.

He says: "Most people feel the bread before they buy it. They squish the top to see if it's fresh." He pulls a pained face and adds: "So that's what you're taking home, something that's been fingered by other customers. And it's either full of additives or has had all the goodness bleached out of it."

He was so fed up eating rubbish that he decided to teach himself how to bake. "If you really want to learn something, that's the way to go," he says. "And I just enjoy it, experimenting with different flours and trying different shapes." But he admits attending a couple of courses himself - just to make sure he was doing everything correctly.

He's also taken to teaching with amazing ease. He explains: "I like to keep it hands on so I have no more than three students at one time. That way I can show them what to do. You don't have to have lots of fancy equipment - all you need is a mixing bowl, scale and jug for water."

He says most people consider breadmaking too much like hard work: "It's not part of the modern schedule. But many ovens nowadays have a 'proof' setting so you don't even have to sit around too long waiting for it to rise."

Sunday courses with the Homebaker cost 65 and last from 9.30am until 4pm. Lunch is provided and you take home what you bake. For more information, ring 01582 690934 or email thehomebaker@btinternet.com by clicking here to reserve your place.

Alternatively visit the website www.thehomebread.com

Words: Bev Creagh
Video: Natalee Hazelwood
www.lutontoday.co.uk
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