Enabling positive, sustainable change
On a recent free, covid-inspired, bakealong by zoom, we made these wonderful tunnbrod – or “thin” bread. Healthy and delicious, they are perfect food for a picnic! If you would like to join the free bake alongs, join our mailing Read More …
Baking bread is not for everyone all the time, but it is something we can all do some of the time. The fact that micro bakery businesses have been booming during the pandemic is proof that there is something about Read More …
We are beginning to prove conclusively that baking bread, at least in part by hand, has a positive impact on mental health. Without scientific evidence, we at the global HQ of Virtuous Bread, the Bread Angels, and the thousands of Read More …
We founded Virtuous Bread in 2010 to change the world through bread. Since that time many of the Bread Angels, and others associated with Virtuous Bread have baked in prisons and old people’s homes, street shelters and schools. We have Read More …
Many people love to bake, and they dream of setting up a baking business. It’s hard, sometimes, to turn your dreams into reality. There are doubts to overcome such as, “will my bread be good enough?”, “I know nothing about Read More …
Problem solving tools are not meant to help people collaborate, care for each other, or engage productively with their families, communities, or organisations. They are meant for situations in which generating hypotheses, gathering data and undertaking rigorous analysis are required Read More …
The School of Artisan Food and Virtuous Bread are delighted to launch the first annual Small Food Awards. These awards will celebrate small, professional food producers in the UK who are often on the leading edge of innovation and excellence in the food industry. In 2016 we Read More …
In 2010, realising I could not change the world alone, I developed and taught the first microbakery course. I designed the course to help budding entrepreneurs, set up their own bread businesses, and structured it along three main content areas: Read More …
Over the years Virtuous Bread and the Bread Angels have been baking bread with prisoners. It all started about four years ago in The Clink restaurant in a prison in Highdown prison in Sutton, Surrey. We are still active there Read More …
A couple of weeks ago I visited Bread Angel Julia Farkas at the market in the grounds of Roehampton University where she sells her amazing bread to a growing number of students and staff of the university. The market is Read More …