As everyone knows, Shanghai Young Bakers (SYB) is a charity training organization. Commencing each August, SYB provides one year of free training in French bakery to 32 disadvantaged youth. What most people may not know however, is exactly what the students do in class, and how you can also enjoy the delicious result of their hard work!

Class Content

SYB’s course structure is based upon the French CAP diploma system. Students learn to make many of the most commonly seen traditional and classic French breads and pastries. In the bread category, they learn croissants, baguettes, brioche, and natural yeast breads. In the pastry category, they learn to make mille-feuille, charlotte, and many variations of tarts and puffs.

Ingredients

As a charity organization and as a matter of principle, SYB is attentive to and maintains strict control over operating costs. This perhaps may cause some to wonder if SYB is using low cost or poor-quality ingredients to save money. You can rest assured that this is not happening. SYB is very fortunate to receive financial support and in-kind donations from several famous companies. With their generous help, SYB can ensure the high quality of its training and bakery products. For example, during class, students use Elle & Vire dairy products, Ravifruit fruit compotes, Valrhona chocolate, and Grands Moulins de Paris flour. These high-quality imported products allow the results of our practical bakery training to approach standards used in France.

Teaching and Product Standards 

Our teachers are all SYB graduates who have furthered their studies in France and completed a one-year CAP diploma program in either bakery or pastry. After returning to China, our teachers pass on traditional French methods and techniques to the next generation of students. Many people who have tried our students’ products have praised them saying they were just like those made by experienced bakers and every bit good enough to be sold on bakery shelves.

Bakers Basket

Each week our students produce a large quantity of breads and pastries. To make the most of their painstaking efforts, and to ensure these delicious products and expensive ingredients do not go to waste, SYB created its Bakers Basket. The SYB Bakers Baskets contains an assortment of student-made products which are packaged and delivered every Thursday to customers throughout Shanghai. The Bakers Basket is suitable for company meetings, afternoon tea, employee birthday parties, home parties, and other events. To find out more about ordering a Bakers Basket please contact us at the numbers below.

Email: baking@shanghaiyoungbakers.com

Phone: 136 8168 7194

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