Artisan Bakery Discovery Assignment.

This assignment is designed to help you to start to formulate your own ideas about what it the term ARTISAN means to you and what passions and values are important to you personally with the craft of baking and pastry arts.

The first step is to spend some time online doing some research about various artisan bakeries from anywhere on the globe. We have been discussing Artisan Bread specifically so far but if your passion is another avenue of Pastry Arts (maybe Cakes, or Viennoiserie, or Restaurants) you can focus on a pastry shop, restaurant or other type of food business that inspires you. Most of the same ideas and ethos that we have discussed around artisan bread apply to most artisan crafts from all disciplines.

Once you have found a few places that inspire you and reflect your own unique set of artisan values and ethos please narrow it down to the one that really stands out to you as a reflection of the dream ARTISAN bakery, pastry shop, restaurant or other type of food operation that you could envision yourself in in the future.

Most bakeries have websites, social media and traditional media pieces that give great insight into what drives the business, what values the company or person holds dear and what makes it unique. Dig as deep as you can to formulate a strong sense of what ARTISAN values the business you have chosen focuses on

You will w.rite a profile of the business (Four hundred words) and explain what it is that made you chose this business as the ideal representation of your own artisan values

and sensibilities

Please include and answer the following questions regarding the Artisan Pastry Operation you choose to investigate:

1. The name and web link to the business that you are showcasing

2. A brief description of what they business specializes in, where they are located and the

history of the business

3. What ethos, values or practices does the person or business practice that stands out to

you?

4. Express your own goals for the future within our craft and define your own personal vision of what it means to be an Artisan

4. Can you identify something that this business represents that you might strive to adhere to as you grow as an artisan and pastry chef.