GREAT NEWS! As you may have seen we have now secured our new premises and work has begun. There is plenty to do so we won’t see you for classes until November when we reopen in our new Studio. This is a very exciting time for the Delightful Tea Bake School. It will mean a brand-new studio, bigger premises, and easier transport access. We cannot wait to share with you. We are open for business as usual behind the scenes, so if you need to contact us for anything at all, we are still available.
Our new address is:
The Delightful Tea Bake School, 2a Meridian Point, 449 Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 2PH.
Before leaving our studio in Great Wakering we held another Perfect Patisserie course where the ladies created some beautiful patisserie. This is a two-day intensive course and the results were amazing, thank you to those ladies for joining us. As usual our Bread Making: a beginner’s guide course was as popular as ever with great results and one student continuing their success at home which is what we love to hear about and our final event was a Hen Do, which was great fun, the Hen and friends enjoyed their afternoon and took away all their jammy dodgers and custard cream biscuits.
But now onto a new chapter for the Delightful Tea Bake School, thank you to all those that have joined us at the studio at Great Wakering over the last few years and have discovered the wonderful world of baking, we hope to see you again and join us in our new Studio.
We have the following courses running in November – Mastering Swiss Meringue Buttercream Techniques, Perfect Patisserie – Two Day Course, Classic Biscuit Baking, Hello Cupcake! Baking, icing and sugar craft for Beginners, Real Bread Making: Croissants and Pains au Chocolat, Introduction to Macaron Making and the Two Day Introduction to Baking.
Happy Baking
Delightful Tea Bake School Team
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Summer time at Delightful Tea Bake School is all about the Jam Making.
A quintessentially British teatime bake! Bake a delicious, moist sponge completely from scratch before filling it with fresh cream and homemade strawberry jam. A lovely class for an aspiring baker, but also great fun for more confident bakers to enjoy together, so perhaps bring a long your friends for your own mini Bake Off! This class runs during the British strawberry season only, typically late May – early September, Mother Nature dependent! Our next classes are on the 29th August and 2nd September.
This month also sees our Adult & Child School Holiday Classes take place, if you are stuck for something to do with the kids then come and join us for either Cookie Decorating, Scones & Shortbread, Viennese Whirls, or our most popular course Cupcake Baking & Decorating. The kids love it, you learn something too and of course you take home all that you have made and leave the clearing up behind. We have various dates in August for either morning or afternoon courses. Please check our website for further information www.delightfultea.co.uk
We have the following courses running in August – Victoria Sponge, Beginners Bread Making, Macarons, French Bread, Doughnuts & Churros and our Two-Day Patisserie course, as well as our Adult & Child School Holiday Classes in Cookie Decorating, Cupcake Baking and Decorating, Viennese Whirls and Scones and Shortbread.
Happy Baking
Delightful Tea Bake School Team
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Last month was a very varied one at Delightful Tea Bake School. We had Group classes running, Adult & Child classes our first Two Day Introduction to Baking and many Private Classes. The students at the Private classes were wonderful and all manner of baking took place, from Pretzels to Cupcakes all with that special one on one tuition that comes with a private class. We also had a Private class in fine Patisseries, we hope you saw all the wonderful delicacies the student made on our Facebook page. Thank you to all the students who attended.
If you want to cover a wide range of recipes and techniques or would like to treat yourself or someone special to the ultimate personalised cooking experience, then a Private Baking & Cookery Tuition may be for you. We can design a completely bespoke half or full-day programmes.
How about all that, in your own home. If you would prefer to learn in your kitchen, we can tailor classes where we come to you in the comfort of your own kitchen, with all your familiar surroundings. With the benefit of no mess or clearing up as we do that too. Please get in touch if you are interested.
Berries are in season in July, time to make your own Jam with the fresh berries picked from hedgerows. Come and join our Victoria Sponge class where you will be taught how to make homemade Jam, we can guarantee there is nothing tastier, for all those cakes and afternoon teas.
We have the following courses running in July – Victoria Sponge, Hello Cupcake, Teatime Treats, Biscuits, Beginners Bread Making, Croissants and another Two-Day Introduction to Baking.
Happy Baking
Delightful Tea Bake School Team
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An exciting month at The Delightful Tea Bake School, this month is the launch of our new Two Day Introduction to Baking Course. This two-day course is designed to cover a range of core baking techniques. Over two days students will individually make from scratch the following:
- Shortcrust pastry – classic quiche Lorraine (or vegetarian alternative if required)
- Sweet shortcrust pastry – to take away to practice with at home, along with our suggested recipes
- Rough puff pastry – sweet and savoury palmier
- Real bread – wholesome tin loaf
- Muffins – savoury tomato and basil
- Cookies – decadent dark chocolate chip
- Loaf cake – lemon drizzle
In addition to the recipes covered, the tutor will be on hand to give advice on alternative recipes, to enable students to make variations and extend their baking repertoire even further at home. This is a small group to ensure that every student has plenty of attention from the tutor. We will be running a promotion on this course, details coming soon, we would be delighted to meet you.
Last month was Real Bread Week. We hope you had a chance to practice that Bread Making, our French Bread class was a huge success and we hope we have inspired more of you to bake your own.
After running our Adult & Child classes over the School Easter Holiday we had great feedback. One of the comments: My 12-year-old son and I had a great morning at the Delightful Tea Bake School on a Mum and Child event making shortbread and scones – rather yum to say the least! Sarah is very friendly yet professional as was her assistant. Highly recommend. As a small business, any amount of feedback is so important to us so always lovely to get great feedback, thank you.
We have the following courses running in June – Victoria Sponge, Hello Cupcake, Teatime treats and Doughnuts and look out for the Adult & Child classes running in the Summer too.
Happy Baking
Delightful Tea Bake School Team
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May-be its time to do that baking course you have been thinking of always trying your hand at!! Whilst having that Spring clean and finding those bread tins and all that flour in the back of the cupboard, why not put them to use and have a go at one our courses either to refresh yourself or learn something new.
We have the following courses running in May – Real Bread Making: A Beginner’s Guide and French Bread, Macaron Making and Mastering Swiss Meringue Buttercream Techniques.
If you are at home with the kids for the May half term, then we are here to help. We have the following Adult & Child School Holiday Classes available for you and the kids to enjoy together. All the fun of baking, without the clearing up, what more could you ask for, and the kids learn something too.
- Cookie Decorating
- Cupcake Baking & Decorating
- Scones & Shortbread
- Viennese Whirls
Please look at our Baking Courses tab for further details.
Happy Baking
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Happy Easter from us here at the Delightful Tea Bake School.
Easter holidays are looming, if you are lucky enough to be going on holiday we wish you a good break. If you are at home with the kids, then we are here to help. During the Easter break we have the following Adult & Child School Holiday Classes available for you and the kids to enjoy together. All the fun of baking, without the clearing up, what more could you ask for, and the kids learn something too.
- Cookie Decorating
- Cupcake Baking & Decorating
- Scones & Shortbread
- Viennese Whirls
Please look at our Baking Courses tab for further details.
Some of our courses in April are getting full so please don’t delay if you are interested. We still have spaces on the French Pastries and Perfect Teatime Treat classes at the moment.
Happy Easter & Happy Baking.
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We are very excited to announce that we have a brand new course titled Two Day Introduction to Baking, and yes, you guessed it, it’s a complete course for those looking to cover a range of core baking skills in one course! There’s lots of different techniques covered, including pastry, cakes, cookies and more, so it’s sure to be a popular one. Students will make everything themselves from scratch as always and with our small group sizes, will be assured plenty of support from their tutor when they need it. Find out more by visiting the course page
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So, after all the festivities of Christmas and the New Year, it’s back to normal – so why not make it the year that you get to grips with some new skills? Whether you’re a novice or a more experienced home baker, our classes are designed to inform and inspire, leaving you with the know-how and the confidence to recreate what you’ve learned at home. On a health kick? Consider learning to make your own bread, it’s so much heartier than mass-produced types and of course, you know exactly what went in! Want to wow friends and family, consider our macaron or swiss meringue buttercream classes, both which will teach you great skills for delicious, showstopping treats. We’ve lots of titles to choose from, so take a peek at our course calendar for details or get in touch for advice. Best wishes from Sarah and the Bake School team x
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Now it’s mid-October we feel it’s time for us to start letting you know what’s upcoming this Christmas at the Bake School. The first of our festively-focused classes is Festive Sugar Modelling where students will master six different sugar toppers completely by hand from scratch. It’s a 5.5 hour class that’s suitable for beginners, improvers and we can even welcome accompanied younger students aged 14+. Click here to find out more and book – places are strictly limited to two dates, so hurry!
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We’ve just updated our course calendar with lots of new dates right up until March 2017! So there’s lots of opportunities to book your favourite title and join us. We will also be adding some further dates for current courses as well as some brand spanking new ones very soon too, so keep ’em peeled folks! Check out what’s on offer by clicking here
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We are very excited to announce that we have made the finals of the prestigious Essex Business Excellence Awards 2016. We are amongst three finalists for the Best New Business category – very exciting! After being shortlisted last year, it was fingers crossed that Delightful Tea Bake School would this year be recognised for our continued growth through the last 12 months. The next step is to attend the awards ceremony on 23rd September and fingers crossed we will nab the award, but if not, it’s amazing to get this far and we are all very proud!