Yes, You Can Make Your Own Brioche

Soft, rich, buttery brioche bread is what French toast dreams are made of: It slices beautifully, soaks up the eggy custard, and sears to a perfect golden brown in the pan. It can be savory, or sweet. 

How can you make it yourself? FitC member Michele Haines will teach you, so you can make it at home.

You'll enjoy it while you're there, as you eat it with white wine or tea, pate de foie, and raspberry sauce.  And you'll take home one brioche. 

Date: July 23, 2025, 12 noon - 2:30pm

Cost:  $85 plus FitC processing fee $1 (no refunds for cancellation*) for FitC members.

For non-FitC members: $90 plus FitC processing fee $1 (no refunds for cancellation*)

Size:  Limited to 6 participants, FitC members only.  *Class will be canceled if fewer than 6 sign up. 

I was born into a family who loved food and wine. Many of my relatives were chefs, pastry chefs, bartenders, owners of vineyards. Although my beginnings in adult life did not reflect these talents, I was and still am occasionally an interpreter at the U.N., I created the Anthropology and Spanish departments at Germantown Friends, and I give lectures occasionally on Pushkin.

But my love in life is food and wine, because through food and wine, I meet many people from all corners of life, learn a lot about different cultures, and it makes me a better person.

In my life, I have done many things: 

• As a chef I had worked with Les Dames d'Escoffier
  
• I have worked with the International Cheese Forum in Bra, Italy;
  
• as a chef in Nizhny Novgorod, Siberia; 
  
• worked on Russian television;
  
• been a guest at the Slow Food Convivial in St. Petersburg, Russia;
  
• been a guest chef at a monastery in the Philippines
  
• been a guest chef at the American Consulate in Melbourne, Australia
  
• and of course I was the chef/owner at the Spring Mill Cafe in Conshohocken, where my son has taken over
  

In Russia I was elected and presented with a crown as the Queen of Brioche. 

*While there are no refunds if you cancel, you can receive half off the cost if Michelle repeats the sessions.

Questions? Contact Amy Goldman, amy.sue.goldman219@gmail.com