Oven Classes

This is a collection of links (not all recently verified) mostly relating to wood-fired ovens for baking bread and pizza. This page was automatically generated from my Firefox 3 bookmarks file on Wed May 16 7:31:38 PM Central Daylight Time 2012.

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Other Class Listings

For Kiko Denzer’s list of oven workshops, see his Oven Connection page.

Portable Oven Classes

For classes on building portable brick ovens scheduled for 2012, see this page.

Alan Scott-style Oven Classes

For the North House Folk School class on oven building, look here for more information.

For a class on building Alan Scott-style ovens in Dakota County near the Twin Cities (May 4-6, 2012), see this page.

The class on building Alan Scott-style ovens in Victoria near the Twin Cities (July 13-15, 2012) has been cancelled.

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Oven Classes

These are oven classes that I have found anywhere, from any time. In some cases places with classes in the past haven't set their future schedules yet, so having knowledge of past classes at least lets you know where classes might be in the future. Also, the type of oven built in class could be cob or brick.

California - PRICE REDUCED – NB 103: Build an Earth Oven Solar Living Institute Students will help build an earth oven as part of the Gardens Project of North Coast Opportunities through River School at Mendocino County Office of Education’s (MCOE) facility in Talmage. NB 103: Build an Earth Oven Solar Living Institute Sep 4-5 2010, 9am-5pm. Earth ovens combine the utility of a wood-fired, retained-heat oven with the ease and timeless beauty of earthen construction. Building one will appeal to bakers, builders, and beginners of all kind… Workshops & Events | Vertical Clay WOOD FIRED COB OVEN July 24 & 25, 2010, Location: Berkeley, CA Cob Pizza Oven Workshop – Ojai Arts & Entertainment Ojai Events: Ojai's Grow Food Party Crew presents: Cob Pizza Oven Workshop, March 27th & 28th, Saturday Artisan Breads: Wood Fired Oven Baking | Workshops San Francisco Baking Institute – Baking and Pastry Arts School for Professionals and Enthusiasts, Bread, Pastry, Baker, Pastry Chef, Flour, Chocolate, Bakery, Pizza, Wood Fire, Baguetter Croissant, Wheat, Macaroon, Gluten, Rye, Whole wheat, Ciabatta, Baking School,baking career, baking classes, baking class, baking courses, baking college, pastry baking, baking course, Bread and Bakery Professional Training Root Simple: Los Angeles Earthen Oven Class – May 25-27, 2012 Upcoming Events and Classes « adobeisnotsoftware
Illinois Earth Oven Workshop-9/12/10 | Angelic Organics Learning Center Earth Oven Workshop-9/12/10
Maine Classes at Stone Turtle Baking and Cooking School in Lyman, Maine 04002. Stone Turtle Baking and Cooking School in Lyman, Maine. Learn to bake and cook in paradise. 2-Day Green Building Workshop in Whitefield – The Portland Maine Permaculture Meetup Group (Portland, ME) – Meetup.com Meet other local people who support Permaculture design for sustainable human existence.
Massachusetts News and events – ovencrafters Three consecutive weekends: September 11 & 12 18 & 19 25 & 26, 2010 Earthen Oven Workshops | Katywil
Michigan Strawbale Studio NATURAL BUILDING / Calendar Pizza: The Other American Pie | BAKE! with Zing
Minnesota North House Folk School North House Folk School – Courses, Classes, Workshops Ovencrafting: Building and Baking In The Wood-Fired Brick Oven North House Folk School Course by theme North House Folk School – Courses, Classes, Workshops Ovencrafting: Building and Baking in the Oversize Oven Building the Brick Bread Oven in Grand Marais and the Gunflint Trail – A Culinary Odyssey ...I decided my consolation would be to head north the following day to the North House Folk School in Grand Marais, MN on the North Shore 40 miles from the Canadian border and take a 3 day course, Ovencrafting – Building the Wood-fired Bread Oven. BlackOven – Vermont Work Shop Despite the title, it's about the oven-buiding class at North House Folk School. Build Your Own Oven « The Heavy Table Oven building class at WEI. Now in the past. Build an Earthen Oven June 9-11, Minneapolis Northeaster Events web site that mentions my March 17, 2010 class at Silverwood Park Portable Brick Oven Past and future classes Tunnel Mill Calendar of Events Possible future location for my brick oven class. Portable Oven Classes Saint Paul Bread Club (SPBC) Quest for Ovens and related pages about cob and brick ovens Three Rivers Park District : build-and-bake-brick-oven Curious about backyard brick ovens, but not ready to commit to permanent construction? Join David S. Cargo of the Saint Paul Bread Club to learn how to build a portable stacked brick oven from loose bricks. After the oven is built, it will be fired and heated up while students learn how to make dough for flatbread, pizza, and bread. Bake (and eat) all these in the brick oven. Reservation required. Quest for Ovens: Portable Oven Class Contents Stillwater Oven Class, June 3-5, 2011 Saint Paul Bread Club (SPBC) Quest for Ovens and related pages about cob and brick ovens Dakota County Oven Class, May 4-6, 2012 Saint Paul Bread Club (SPBC) Quest for Ovens and related pages about cob and brick ovens Build an Oven – Build a wood-fired, retained heat oven Victoria Oven Class, July 13-15, 2012 Saint Paul Bread Club (SPBC) Quest for Ovens and related pages about cob and brick ovens
New York Make Your Summer Greener with Workshops at Better Farm « F that S Redwood, NY: JUNE 8-12: Cob Oven Construction – Cob is an ancient building method utilizing mud, sand, water, and straw. Participants will together construct a cob bread oven and adjacent cob bench, and a living roof-ready roof structure framed with round poles. Students will leave with hands-on cob building skills, a detailed knowledge of cob bread ovens, and a general knowledge of natural building principles. Building with mud has a way of transforming people—come get dirty with us! Instructor: Mark Mazziotti is a natural building teacher and homesteader at Red Earth Farms Community Land Trust in northeastern Missouri. He apprenticed with Michael G. Smith, co-author of The Hand Sculpted House, and Daryl Berlin, both at Emerald Earth Sanctuary in California. Building on a background in art and design, Mark has taught several workshops and has seven years of experience working with natural materials and techniques. Currently, he is finishing his own strawbale home where he lives with his partner Alyson Ewald and their daughter Cole. Cost: $500 01/24 Wood Fired Pizza 7PM Monday January – 01-24 Wood Pizza – The Brooklyn Kitchen and The Meat Hook 01/24 Wood Fired Pizza 7PM Monday January Pizza School New York Pizza School—Welcome to Goodfella's Wood Fired Brick Oven Pizza School of New York, where you will learn from the best with hands-on experience! Staten Island pizza school promises perfection | SILive.com Goodfella's founder promises the ultimate culinary education Pizza School New York Pizza School—Welcome to Goodfella's Wood Fired Brick Oven Pizza School of New York, where you will learn how to make pizza from the best with hands-on experience! Pizza Still Brings in the Dough – Restaurant Management (RMGT) Restaurant Management (RMGT) is a mobile magazine that produces top-quality news and features for owners, executives, chefs, and other decision makers in the full service restaurant industry. As a mobile magazine, RMGT reaches its audience where it works—because the restaurant industry is not run from a desk. LEARN TO MAKE YOUR OWN PIZZA OVEN !!
North Carolina Earthen Oven Workshop at Sacred Grove Retreat | Firespeaking Earthen Oven Workshop at Sacred Grove Retreat Gold Hill, NC April 16-18, 2010 Contact us now to reserve space, or with any
Oregon Special Cob Oven Workshop in Oregon : Design_BuildLive Learn to make a clay oven at Sweet Home class Earthen Oven Workshop | KBOO Community Radio Learn to build your own backyard earthen oven at Tryon Life Community Farm, May 2 and May 3. Cob Oven Workshop, May 2-3 | Tryon Life Community Farm
Texas Barefoot Builder Cob Oven Workshop, Nov. 1, 2009, in Bastop, TX, near Austin Cob Oven Workshop : Design_BuildLive Cob Oven Workshop with Thangmaker Construction : Design_BuildLive Cob Oven Workshop @ The Bone House! – Transition Texas Cob Oven Workshop: Sunday, March 28, 2010 Time: 10:00am – 6:00pm Location: The Bone House, 2017 Avenue N, Huntsville, TX. Hey guys, David here with New Jura Natural Building. I am pleased to announce our first cob workshop of the new year!!! In collaboration with Dan Phillips and The Phoenix Commotion, we will be holding a cob oven workshop March 28th in Huntsville Texas at the world famous Bone House. Earthen ovens are simple, low-cost and fun to build. Ideal for baking bread and pizza, earthen ovens are beautiful as well as functional, making wonderful additions to any home garden or patio. We will get started at 10am and go through some preliminary cob philosophy as well as some history. At around 1pm we will break for lunch, I will be serving a delicious vegetarian meal, something simple and light to keep you full of energy and not bogged down. A handmade salad and some grains and legumes. You are more than welcome to bring your own lunches or to go grab a lunch. We will resume the cob oven at around 2ish. In this workshop you will learn how to build a cob oven and then fire it when finished. Dress to get dirty, wear shoes that you don't mind getting trashed. The price for this event is $100 per participating adult, the deadline for registering is March 21st. We are taking registration fees by PayPal - Please visit this page and use the PaylPal button there: http://phoenixcommotion.com/events.html#cob_workshop We will have some fun activities for any children that attend such as making adobe blocks and cob sculptures. Peace to all and hope to see you there!! Contact: David Reed – David@offgridhomesteading.com Kristie/Phoenix Commotion – pravatar@rocketmail.com – 936-661-3446 Cob Oven Workshop @ The Bone House! – HOMEGROWN.ORG Type: Education – Workshop Network: Global Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010 Time: 10:00am – 6:00pm Location: The Bone House, 2017 Avenue N, Huntsville, TX. Hey guys, David here with New Jura Natural Building. I am pleased to announce our first cob workshop of the new year!!! Cob Oven Workshop @ The Bone House!!, Huntsville | Events | SustainLane Learn to build a earthen oven, earthen ovens are simple, low-cost and fun to build. Ideal for baking bread and pizza, earthen ovens are beautiful as well as functional, making wonderful additions to any home garden or patio. Sunday, March 28, 2017 Avenue N. Huntsville, TX 77340
Washington Natural Living Workshops at Hawthorn Farm | Firespeaking Woodinville, WA August 12-21, 2010 Wood-Fired Barrel Oven Workshop (August 12-13-14) In this weekend workshop you will learn all the skills INVOKING ABUNDANCE & COB OVEN WORKSHOP | The Dirt!
Wisconsin Borner Farm Project » First Class at the French Hill Folk School Info about the oven-building class in Prescott, WI on June 12, 2010. Driftless Folk School Driftless Folk School photo gallery | Earthen Ovens Borner Farm Project » First Class at the French Hill Folk School Driftless Folk School | Build and Bake In a Portable Brick Oven Historical Park [Quebec Clay Oven] Authentic reproduction Quebec-style clay oven used in Rendezvous, Summer Day Camp,Yellow River Echoes, school tours, and public tours. Build and Bake with a Portable Brick Oven with David S. Cargo – June 25, 2011 – Upcoming Driftless Folk School Classes – Driftless Folk School – Booking by Bookwhen Join David S. Cargo to learn how to build a portable stacked-brick oven. After the oven is built, it will be fired up while students learn how to ma..
Vermont Yestermorrow Design/Build School offers earthen oven class May 8, 2010, in Vermont. The Earthen Oven class at the end of the day yesterday, with … on Twitpic
Multiple Locations Natural Building Courses and Workshops Course calendar, including past classes. Natural home building courses from around the World. http://www.sgnb.com/learn The link shows future classes for cob ovens (currently in NY, CT) The Last Straw: Calendar of Events: Natural Building The Last Straw Journal: Calendar of Events earthedworld.co.uk :: sustainable building environments and sculpture sustainable building environments and sculpture Both Hands: Oven Building Workshops Organic Bread and Pizza baked in a wood-fired oven | Handcrafted Ovens
Australia woodfired.workshops – Wood Fired Oven Workshops Learn to build your own wood-fired oven (Australia) Cob oven building – 22/02/2010 Enjoy a good squelch as you learn to make a cob Remaining 2010 workshops at Northey Street City Farm | www.communitygarden.org.au
Canada British Columbia (past event) Urban Homestead Gazeabo Cob Oven Workshop — Solutions: A Sustainability Network This was a workshop on sustainable construction methods and materials. Also a cob oven was built in the gazebo. Wood Fire Brick Oven Baking Saturday, May 8, 9am-4pm $105 + $25 lab fee – Learn the ins and outs of baking in a wood fired oven from Artisan breads, to pizzas, to roasts, and more. Also included is information on different types of ovens, their uses, and considerations for planning your own. Wood Fire Brick Oven Baking | Vancouver Island University (VIU) October 16 ; Saturday 09:00 – 16:00. Come discover the wonders of fire. From Pompeii to Rome, wood-fired brick ovens have been used since the dawn of civilization. This course will teach you the ins and outs of this ancient baking method. From breads and pizzas to roasted meats, explore the difference natural heat creates to taste, appearance and finish. Learn about different types of ovens, their uses, and considerations for building a brick oven for your own home. Centre for Continuing Studies | Vancouver Island University (VIU) Vancouver Island University has a long-standing commitment to serving the education and training needs of thousands of lifelong learners in our region, each year. Ontario Green & Healthy Summer Festivals, Retreats and Grassroots Gatherings A free, weekly e-mail newsletter and website about sustainable living, environment and social justice in Ontario, Canada and beyond.
Ireland Seedsavers launch 2010 course and workshop calendar at The Irish Environmental Network Building an earth oven Saturday 19th June & Sunday 20th (2-day course) Participants will build an oven using clay, sand & straw, & some stonework, building a base for the oven with field stone. The dome-shaped oven will be fired by wood, ideal for cooking bread, pizza etc.
New Zealand Adobe Oven Workshop – Hamilton Permaculture Trust Inc.
UK earth oven This course will teach you how to build a small cob oven from scratch. During the day we will look at all aspects of oven building from selecting your raw materials and mixing your cob through to the first firing. Build your own earth oven – New Forest Transition FROM EARTH TO PIZZA IN A WEEKEND! Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October LILI – build an earth oven two-day course building an earth oven NHTT Food Group November Bulletin | North Howe Transition Toun Outdoor Clay Oven Building & Baking Workshop @ someone’s house who wants one Earth Oven Workshop Weekend – Earth Oven Building – Creative Breaks in Herefordshire Over the weekend we will build an Earth Oven as our aim is to give you the confidence and knowledge to return home and build one of your own. All aspects of Earth Oven building will be covered. For Sunday lunch you will cook our own pizza in the bakehouse Earth Oven and to start you off baking you will be given a sourdough culture from a village bakery in Galicia. Learn to make Clay Ovens at Wandlebury May 8th (20 off Cambridge UK Cambridge classes Cambridge UK Build an Earth Oven – Arlington Court & The National Trust’s Carriage Collection, Arlington | 29 May 10 Build an Earth Oven at Arlington Court & The National Trust’s Carriage Collection, Arlington on 29 May 10. Arlington, near Barnstaple, Devon. Cookery school Kingswear Devon | Woodburning Oven Class Kingswear Devon Woodburning Oven Class at Manna from Devon Cooking School, Kingswear Devon. Wood fired pizza oven cooking skills.
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