Practical Flour Milling
Practical Flour Milling
Excellent course content and brilliant and inspiring venue. The tutors know their subject inside out!
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Until 31st May: £95 per person (early booking discount). Full fee £125 per person
Price includes course notes, lunch and refreshments during the day.
Event details
Friday 2 August 2019, 9.30am to 4.30pm
Back by popular demand and by invitation of miller Karl Grevatt we run our Practical Flour Milling course again at Charlecote Mill, a beautiful watermill dating from about 1800. You will spend a day gaining hands-on experience running the watermill under the careful supervision of highly skilled, traditional millers. You will get practical experience of starting and stopping the mill, milling different types of flour, dressing flour, moving grain around the mill, bagging up, plus gaining insight into selling flour. This instructive and enjoyable day will also include discussion on the needs of artisan bakers.
The course price includes course notes, lunch and refreshments during the day.
REASONS TO ATTEND
- To gain experience of milling in a watermill
- To learn how to dress flour
- To learn how to mill different grades and types of flour
- To understand the food hygiene and trading standards regulations that relate to milling and selling flour
- To learn how to operate a mill safely
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Mill volunteers, trainee millers, experienced millers who wish to develop their skills.
COURSE TUTORS
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Accessibility: please contact the SPAB before booking to discuss any special access requirements.