Anne-Claire Rose, spreading breads for a good cause
Meet Anne-Claire, a young French woman living in Shanghai since July 2016. Anne-Claire and her husband precipitately moved to China soon after the birth of their second child. The couple quickly made arrangements to prepare for their new life, took their parental leaves and left Germany, where they had been
Sharing is caring – Starbucks builds teamwork and gives back through baking
On April 22, for the second time during Global Month of Service, more than 20 Starbucks partners (employees) working across departments that lead Princi, an Italian bakery inside the Starbucks Shanghai Roastery, visited SYB and participated in an afternoon of baking, team-building and learning, with 16 of SYB’s 10th batch
School party with SYB!
The school year is slowly coming to an end, and the festivals and parties time finally starts! The team of Shanghai Young Bakers will be happy to join the events of international and Chinese schools during the next months. On top of selling delicious home-made pastries and breads, SYB volunteers
Come to SYB markets to get the latest products!
Every once in a while, SYB participates in some markets in Shanghai. In addition to proposing bakery products through online ordering, SYB will also sell delicious bread and pastries made by the students in class at some very popular markets . During this time, our students or graduates will also
The long-expected intermediate bread challenge
On April 14th, Saturday, we finally welcomed the long-expected intermediate bread class. From this class, participants learned how to bake croissant, fruit danish, pain au chocolat and pain aux raisins. Though it was cold outside, all the participants arrived on time. SYB prepared breakfast for everyone to start an energetic
Shanghai Young Baker’s Trip to Lesaffre’s Yeast Factory
In close to one year of study, the students have been using Lesaffre’s yeast from its ‘Swallow’ brand. That’s why they’ve become very familiar with it. This time again, students have an opportunity to personally visit Lesaffre’s yeast factory in Mingguang, Anhui to understand how yeast is produced. On the
Career advice from senior HR Mrs. Kay
On April 1st afternoon, Mrs. Kay with the support of 34learning delivered a speech about career planning with the Young Bakers and provided some practical advice from professional perspective. Mrs. Kay gave us a warm reception at 34learning training center located at Huang Pu District. 34learning
APM and its amazing volunteers
A Pleines Mains (APM) is a charity program helping the needy, orphans and handicapped people in China through material and financial donations. APM regularly receives second-hand goods or new items from private or corporate donors. These donations can then be redistributed to needy communities all around China or sold to raise