Starter Care & Culturing
Feed, maintain, and read your wild yeast culture so you know when it reaches peak strength for better rise, flavor, and oven spring. You will receive your own culture in class.
Everything is already set at your station. I’ll guide you through starter care, dough strength, fermentation, shaping, scoring, and a clear plan for baking at home—so you can learn the artisanal sourdough cues by feel instead of guessing... and start baking bread at home today.
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Together, we’ll tackle avoiding sluggish starters, sticky dough, collapsing loaves, and the questions that make sourdough feel harder than it should at home.
Sourdough is not just a recipe you follow from a book. It is a living craft taught through touch, timing, temperature, and intuition. I built this masterclass to strip away the online confusion and teach the visual and sensory milestones that turn flour and water into a confident, beautiful loaf. You can too.
Feed, maintain, and read your wild yeast culture so you know when it reaches peak strength for better rise, flavor, and oven spring. You will receive your own culture in class.
Learn how hydration, folds, rest windows, and handling build a resilient dough that can hold shape from bench to bake.
Read volume, bubbles, surface tension, aroma, and timing so you are not relying on a generic kitchen clock.
Practice the hands-on mechanics that build surface tension, create clean scores, and help produce a beautiful crust and crumb.
This is a local, hands-on sourdough bread-making workshop—not a watch-from-the-side demo. Your hands stay in the flour, I coach the real sensory cues in the moment, and you leave equipped to bake confidently at home.
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Browse upcoming schedules, check our main multi-class roadmap, or look into setting up an exclusive private sourdough gathering with Chef Evangalene.
Browse upcoming schedules, check our main multi-class roadmap, or look into setting up an exclusive private sourdough gathering with Chef Evangalene.
Browse upcoming schedules, check our main multi-class roadmap, or look into setting up an exclusive private sourdough gathering with Chef Evangalene.
Browse upcoming schedules, check our main multi-class roadmap, or look into setting up an exclusive private sourdough gathering with Chef Evangalene.
Browse upcoming schedules, check our main multi-class roadmap, or look into setting up an exclusive private sourdough gathering with Chef Evangalene.
Browse upcoming schedules, check our main multi-class roadmap, or look into setting up an exclusive private sourdough gathering with Chef Evangalene.
Browse upcoming schedules, check our main multi-class roadmap, or look into setting up an exclusive private sourdough gathering with Chef Evangalene.
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Students choose Eat Well ABQ because wrestling with wild yeast alone can feel completely overwhelming. I make the entire fermentation cycle visible, tactile, and highly supportive—so you leave with the confidence to repeat your success at home.
“I had so much fun and learned a lot! Evangalene was funny and made sure the class understood before moving on.”
Becky R. Sourdough Bread Baking Class“Her classes are so well thought out—you’re constantly learning and doing, never just sitting and watching. It’s empowering, practical, and honestly so much fun.”
Shannon H. Eat Well ABQ Class Student“Amazing class. I learned so much and can’t wait to try it on my own.”
Elizabeth M. Eat Well ABQ Class StudentUseful answers for people comparing sourdough classes in Albuquerque, beginner bread-making classes, and hands-on baking workshops.
Both. First-time sourdough bakers get step-by-step support, while home bakers and experienced cooks get live correction, clearer dough cues, and a stronger understanding of the full bread-making process.
You will learn starter care, mixing, dough strength, fermentation timing, shaping, scoring, baking, and troubleshooting for Albuquerque’s dry high-desert climate.
No. You do not need to bring an established starter. You will take home a starter to keep feeding, so your sourdough practice can continue after class.
You will take home a live starter to keep feeding, two loaves, and a recipe to return to as your skills build.
Of course not! Chef Evangalene at Eat Well provides every single tool, piece of equipment, and fresh ingredient you need. Your only job? Show up ready to master the kitchen! ✨
Classes are held at Eat Well ABQ, 9927 Silverton Dr NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114. The individual class shows your class date, time, price, availability, and final details. So excited to see you there!😊
No. The Advanced Sourdough Inclusion Class is Part Two, so students must complete this foundational sourdough bread class before booking the advanced experience.
Look for a genuinely hands-on class that teaches starter activity, dough strength, fermentation timing, shaping, scoring, baking, and troubleshooting in real time. Chef Evangalene teaches those complete bread-making cues while you work with the dough yourself.
It is a hands-on sourdough baking class. You work through the process with Chef Evangalene, receive live dough feedback, practice the techniques yourself, and leave with a starter, two loaves, and a recipe to continue at home.
Eat Well ABQ combines small-group instruction, real-time correction, starter care, fermentation, shaping, scoring, baking, and Albuquerque high-desert guidance in one foundational class. The goal is not only to finish bread in class, but to understand the cues well enough to bake again at home.
Choose an upcoming Albuquerque sourdough bread class, read what to expect, or plan a private sourdough experience with me, Chef Evangalene.
After you’ve built the foundation in this class, the advanced Part Two workshop is where we explore savory fold-ins, sweet variations, and laminated flavors with Chef Evangalene.
Part One comes first, so your flavor work has the high-desert proofing and dough cues to stand on.
Start with the foundational workshop. Once the master dough feels familiar, you’ll be ready to build into advanced flavor work.
Explore Part TwoOnce you’ve found your sourdough date, you can explore handmade pasta, gluten-free baking, seasonal specialties, or a private group experience.