Sunday, March 16, 2008
This is not a traditional blog. I have had a number of people contact me about the new class I am having for "serious bakers" who live in the Raleigh/Durham area. The details are below and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. I will post a traditional blog tomorrow, Monday, March 17, 2008 and for all my Irish friends, Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!
Course Title:
Starting a Micro-Business: How to Start a Home-Based Bakery
Day: Tuesday
Date: May 27, 2008 – June 24, 2008
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Class Fee: $90 (includes manual and recipes)
Location:
Reedy Creek Middle School
930 Reedy Creek Road
Cary, NC 27513
1st Floor-Home Economics Room
Instructor: Detra Denay Davis, Cooking with Denay
Course Description:
Students will learn how to operate a successful home-based bakery. The class curriculum will cover: The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services compliance regulation, recipe development, projecting quantities of ingredients and food/labor/overhead costs; purchasing/shopping strategies; a discussion on how a professional baker sees/approaches his/her laboratory; equipment, logistics, knife safety and storage/food safety and sanitation practicum; the practical benefits of sustainability and marketing strategies. For the final class students will produce a banquet of baked goods for 25 potential business customers. Total food cost will be shared by students.
Register online @ http://cs.wcpss.net/wcpssonline
Make Check Payable to: Cooking with Denay
Mail Check to address below:
Lifelong Learning with Community Schools
Wake County Public School System
P O Box 28041
3600 Wake Forest Road
Raleigh, NC 27611-8041
Direct registration questions to:
lifelonglearning@wcpss.net
About the Instructor:
Detra Denay Davis is a writer and cooking instructor living in Cary, North Carolina. She writes wonderful how-to cookbooks for the everyday food enthusiast and has been cooking for over 30 years. Featured in Bon Appetit magazine and an active member of the Southern Foodways Alliance, an organization dedicated to keeping the diverse food cultures of the American South alive; when Denay is not writing cookbooks she teaches private and group cooking classes with WCPSS Lifelong Learning with Community Schools. Contact Denay at cookingwithdenay@gmail.com. View Denay’s blog at http://cookingwithdenay.blogspot.com