SYB - September 2016 Newsletter:Â The Young Bakers started their intensive training!

Shanghai Young Bakers - Newsletter - September 2016

The Young Bakers started their intensive training!

The new batch of Young Bakers started their training one month ago and they are since then following an intensive schedule. They started learning the fundamentals of traditional French bakery and French pastry and it is really moving to observe pride and hope in their eyes when they baked their first own bread!

In order to ensure high quality training, students followed practical and theoretical training in bakery and pastry but also thematic training such as food safety and hygiene. Outings are also organised to help them discover Shanghai and its possibilities: outing through Shanghai streets to discover its Cultural heritage to the Bund or a visit to some of Shanghai’s most popular bakeries.

Additionally, to enable the students to adapt well to the 5-star hotel environment where they will start their internship on October 18th, a team of amazing volunteer teachers from our partner NGO Stepping Stones has been teaching them the basics of English: from daily conversation to bakery ingredients, tools and equipment, the Young Bakers receive a specific English training.

For 9 years, Shanghai Young Bakers has been progressively recognized as one of the best French bakery schools in China. In order to be sustainable, SYB also expanded its offers to bakery professionals, such as recipe development, staff training and consulting, as well as master classes and public classes for home bakers, and team building and catering services for companies.

We are really happy to count on social-minded individuals and companies wishing to contribute to our program and of course, we always welcome new partners that can contribute to train more marginalized Chinese youth!

Let’s wish good luck to the Young Bakers in their new path to become qualified bakers!

Marine

Program Manager

The Young Bakers’ warm arrival in Shanghai thanks to our partners and supporters!

The students, who are all coming from disadvantaged backgrounds, just arrived in Shanghai with a small suitcase for one year. Thanks to our sponsors and supporters, all the needed items in a dormitory were waiting for them.

The Young Bakers’ yearly traditional outing to the Bund

There are some traditions that cannot be avoided and that we are proud to organize. Every year SYB’s first outing with the students is the visit of the Bund.

The Young Bakers followed Silliker hygiene training

Observing hygiene rules are prerequisite when working in F&B professional environment. In order to raise awareness among the students about hygiene and food safety, Randy Wang, from Silliker, accepted for the 4^th year to come to our baking centre to provide them a two hours intensive training.

Had too much food on October Holidays?

We have a solution for you: Spinback session for Chi Fan for Charity at Spinback Fitness Indoor Cycling!

It’s time to put your apron on because Shanghai Young Bakers’ public baking classes are back!

Look forward to an exciting first class on 22^nd October learning the recipe of our all-time favorites, Black Forest Cake and Crème Brûlée!
The week after that, celebrate with us at SYB at our Halloween Special baking class! Bake and enjoy your own harvest (Pumpkin bread and Focaccia) for this special end-of-harvest-season festival!

The Young Bakers & SYB graduates gather to celebrate the Mid-Autumn festival!

On Thursday, September 5th, the Young Bakers and SYB team gathered for what has now become a tradition at SYB: dinner at the baking center to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival!

"Give an orphan some bread; you feed him for the day.
Teach him to bake; you feed him for a lifetime!"

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