The Big Bread Experiment

Curate Cath Vickers is starting up a bread group in her home town of Bedale in the Yorkshire Dales. With the help of professional artisan bakers Patrick Ryan and Duncan Glendinning, she sees if they can generate enough enthusiasm to start up their own community bakery. Meanwhile, a local mill is about to undergo a renovation, and the baking group hope to be able to use its stoneground flour in their baking.

Led by curate Cath Vickers, the bread group based in the Yorkshire town of Bedale has started training with professional bakers Patrick Ryan and Duncan Glendinning, and they are rapidly learning new skills. Renovation is also continuing apace at the mill. However, a major setback throws everything into disarray.

It is now a year since the experiment started. After a setback when their fearless leader curate Cath Vickers was relocated further south, the Yorkshire-based bread group are now reformed and are forging ahead with plans for the community bakery. The mill is turning and producing flour, but the bread group need to find premises, hire a new trainee and get everything ready in time for their big launch.