Croissant Baking Class, Mastering the Art with a Pastry Chef

About this tour

Work alongside a French pastry chef to hand-make croissants from scratch in a 3-hour class. You'll learn the lamination technique that creates those signature buttery layers, handle the dough yourself, and walk away with your finished pastries plus digital recipes to recreate them at home. Based in France, this class strips away the mystery of French pastry-making and proves croissants aren't as intimidating as their reputation.

Highlights

• Master lamination: the folding technique that creates flaky layers
• Shape and bake your own croissants under chef guidance
• Take-home box of your fresh-baked pastries
• Coffee and tea with tasting of class-made pastries
• Digital recipes emailed to you for future baking
• Learn timing and dough-handling from an expert
• All equipment and ingredients provided

What to expect

Expect to get your hands dirty. The chef will demonstrate each technique—mixing, folding butter into dough, rolling, shaping—then you'll replicate it yourself. There's a rhythm to croissant-making: some waiting time between folds for the dough to rest, then focused periods of active work. You'll shape at least two croissants and watch them proof and bake. The final hour includes tasting warm pastries fresh from the oven, alongside coffee or tea. By the end, you'll understand why temperature, timing, and patience matter more than strength—though kneading does require some arm effort.

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