“I think what has helped me most, Jack, is the clear way you explain stuff and the explanations and tips you give so freely. ”

“Because of you, Jack, I can do more than just follow a recipe. I can be creative and I can problem solve with my bread because I understand how and why things work. Thanks for making me a confident baker!”

“When I started making dough (for pizza mostly) I found very hard to find any info on understanding the science behind it rather then a recipe and I was looking in different sites and forums but that was very confusing till I found your site/channel. Since then I am able to know what I am doing and to bake some tasty breads and now is me new hobby.”

“I have learned so much from your videos!
Thank you”

“Love the easy thorough videos man. They’ve helped me dial my technique. When people ask me how to bake bread I point them to you!”

“Every video helps and you make me smile and well bake better bread too. ”

“But how do you thank someone
Who has taken you from crayons to baguettes?”

“Great videos which take the confusion out of sourdough bread making. ”

“Some of the best foodie content on YouTube and i always get something from your videos. Love the energy, the monologues and the humour. ”

“So very grateful for all your excellent videos, equipment, and teaching!”

“Your “bread principles” teaching method really takes away confusion and is quite confidence building- plus the videos are fun too!”

“You are Awesome. I never imagined that I could make bread and have fun doing it. But more than that, you are fun, engaging, thoughtful, and inspirational. ”

“You are an amazing instructor. Helpful, concise, encouraging. I’m so glad I stumbled on you!”

“Enjoying your videos! They are pleasant to watch, straight-forward, easy to follow and understand. They are helping me become a better bread maker. Thank you so very much! ”

“You have been instrumental in guiding the way on my bread journey!”

“Great approach. My breads are working. Thanks”

“I already loved baking bread before I found your channel, but now I love it even more!!”

“Enjoy your energy and cheerfullness......and your basic sourdough rocks! ”

“Thanks Jack, you gave me the Confidence to Neglect my starter and still get great sour dough...I haven’t purchased bread for about 12 months (family if 6) I live in Australia and have no aircon, so have worked out that I can adjust how much starter I use to set my fermentation time depending on the weather and my personal needs. ”

“Thank you for teaching me how to make sourdough and for your continued cheerfulness in these troubled times.”

“Thank you!!!! Your real time videos are really helpful for when I think I’m doing something wrong and the dough is still sticking”

“Thank, Jack for all your marvellous teaching! I found you at the start of Covid, and have been making wonderful bread ever since. ”

“I have baked bread for nearly 50 years and your sourdough 101 is my go to method these days! I am entertained with a smile and get to bake eye popping wonderful bread too! ”

“I really like how you encourage experimentation. Your let us know that it’s ok if it isn’t perfect and that most of the time it’s going to still be “wicked tasty”.”

“Thank you for teaching me how to make bread.”

“Been making sourdough from your videos for 18 months and think I have made the best loaf to date this week. Love your method of explaining the why not just the how. ”

“Thanks for being so PSYCHED about sharing your smile, positive attitude and breadmaking skills and knowledge. ”

“Thanks for your knowledge and encouragement Jack! I’ve never seen a better discussion of kneading”

“I am a newbee ( live in Colombia) and find you one heck of an instructor! Congrats for making us smile...!”

“Natural and non condescending for us complete novices”

“Such a joy to see all your hints and tips. I am constantly recommending your site to others. As a result of your sourdough method we have a constant supply of delicious bread.”

“Using a loaf tin instead of my Le Creuset Dutch Oven and being delighted with the result. Advice to NOT dust the kneading surface with flour.”

“Many thanks for your sourdough method. After struggling for months with various others, your system works every time - and with 1/10th of the mess.”

“ I’ve learnt joyous nuggets of information from every video I’ve watched and you always raise a laugh. I had a lot of fun making ciabattas for the first time yesterday and I am unfeasibly pleased with how they turned out!”

“ I now understand that recipes are very dependent on the environment/ ingredients/tools/ovens/mixers/hand techniques in which they were developed. I like your style of deconstructing the process and exploring challenging questions...It has really helped a lot in identifying changes to my own processes which have improved my results enormously. ”

“I bake mate, but I don’t have time to teach my friends, so when they ask I just tell them “YouTube, check out Bake with Jack” !!”

“Love your take on baking on a tray. Very helpful. Keep it up”

“Your videos are a delight! Don’t change a thing.”

“You have inspired me. I make the best sour dough ever- in high altitude...Everyone thinks I’m a genius! I’m not. Just a devoted bake with Jack fan. ”

“You got me baking bread!!!! Mega thanks”

“Your techniques have really encouraged me and shown the process much more detailed so that I can understand better. I am a visual learner and you are so much fun to watch!”

“Love your bread recipes and tips, plus your great personality! ”

“I enjoy your videos and am more comfortable working with my dough now.”

“Big fan from over here in Hawaii.
Thank you for making baking so much fun for me.”

“Thank you for your enthusiasm for making bread. Your instructional videos have been very helpful in my journey of making sourdough bread.”

“You’ve been a great help and motivation. Found you on YouTube and have learned so much. You keep it simple, easy to understand and your style and personality are, well, I get a chuckle and good feel out of the way you present. ”

“Our first attempt at sourdough was a disaster, so looked for help on the internet and found your sight. We are now converted and make all our own bread and also your hot cross buns”

“Thank you for all your videos, they’re super useful and my go to source for recommendations on bread.”

“I finally made a proper bread dough, thank you so much!”

“I’ve baked almost all our bread for over a year thanks to your advice and particularly the sourdough scraping method. It’s brilliant.”

“Your videos have helped me immensely in my breadmaking.
Your simple, straightforward approach is refreshing.”

“I made my first loaf of bread using my hands instead of a mixer with a dough hook. It was the best bread I have ever made and I’m planning on having lots more practice. I loved the process and the results. ”

“Thank you for your ‘easy to follow’ fool-proof (nearly!) common-sense sourdough instructions ... a pleasure to use and recommend!”

“I found your vids about two months ago when I was searching for sourdough tips. I watched them and found you so helpful that I subscribed to your YouTube channel and started watching from Tip #1. You’ve been a big help and your enthusiasm confirms to me that baking bread is as cool as I have thought it is. ”

“As a professional baker once in my youth, I enjoy your videos very much. I like your enthusiasm and knowledge ”

“I found your videos a little way into the first lockdown, and really enjoyed them, and have followed them whenever I could ever since, and have made bread and rolls and other goodies that I never dared try before.”

“Jack, you have done so much to make breadmaking an approachable topic for us amateurs, you keep it real, ... a great balance of technical and practical. ”

“You’re an amazing teacher over Youtube, and your easy to watch videos and your enthusiasm strengthens my love for baking.”

“Thank you, lots of great tips, helped me get a banneton out, to understand my sourdough better, folding, shaping, slicing, using a stone, appreciate the trouble shooting also, would have saved a few loafs ”

“genuinely some of the best content I’ve seen. Always entertaining, has my attention, just the best. ”

“I first saw you on a weekend television show, at the beginning of lock down in 2020, you helped me to get back to baking bread again after 30 + years.
Thank you so much Jack, you’re a real inspiration and you brighten my day with your cheerful personality.”

“I absolutely love your videos Jack; I watch them every day on Youtube. I’ve been making okay bread for over four years; now I make fantastic bread! ”

“I follow your recipes and videos and never fail. Thanks for being there - special thanks for those urgent moments when a quick reminder watch of a video gets the bake back on track!”

“You’ve been a tremendous help, I can’t thank you enough!”

“Thank you for sharing your bread making knowledge with us. It has helped me tremendously to get started. Now I am able to bake decent bread that everyone in my family enjoy!”

“I think you’re brilliant and I love your passion.”

“ I credit your involvement in my success and convincing me it was doable and not that difficult.”

“You do a great job of presenting information and you have a personality.”

“Thank you Jack, I only started baking bread because of you -(your videos)”

“My sourdough bread making was totally unsatisfactory until I watched your videos. Additionally, the fundamentals you teach and the tips you gave made bread making much simpler and easier.”

“My sourdough bread making was totally unsatisfactory until I watched your videos. Additionally, the fundamentals you teach and the tips you gave made bread making much simpler and easier.”

“I would like to thank you with this donation for your passion and you wounderfull way of sharing your knowledge with others in the whole world.
Your Youtube channel is always so entertaining, easy to follow and so full of deeply internalised knowledge.
You are a really special person.”

“You have helped so many people get through lockdown and to improve our bread making skills at the same time. Your videos are so much more helpful than mere recipes. ”

“Your YouTube videos are the most helpful bits of advice I’ve ever come across! The only person giving useful, straight up advice rather than mystical, confusing, and pointless steps that aren’t necessary.”

“You give useful information and your cheerful personality shines through like a sunny day”

“I started baking sourdough bread after I learned from your Youtube channel. Now baking bread is a part of my life!”

“ About a year ago, I tried making sourdough and finding your videos helped me improve the quality of my sourdough enormously (and is now a weekly routine). Then your videos encouraged me to try other things, and since I’ve made naan, focaccia and brioche buns.”

“Your instruction, variety of approaches, and theory videos have been a real boost to my bread baking confidence. Instead of being stuck in the “I can bake a loaf following this one particular recipe to a T” stage, I can recognize how certain changes to flour, hydration, or shaping method will effect the final product which allows me to make the bread I want the most for that bake!”

“During last year’s lockdown I finally learned how to make Sourdough thanks to you.
I love the whole process. ”

“Thank you Jack for being your wonderful self. I have learned a lot from you and made my first successful sourdough because of you. I have referred many friends to you and even my 10 year old grandson is excited to make sourdough because of you.”

“Yours has the most positive energy and most relatable details of any sourdough”

“I thank you from the bottom of my heart! YOU appear to be the one and only sourdough person that I can relate to. Walking that fine line by offering guidance without strict rules. ”

“Big fan from the very beginning, I keep baking 2 sourdough breads a week - one with, one without gluten”

“Jack, you are the reason I can bake sourdough bread. I love your scrapings method for starter. All your videos have made a big contribution to my abilities as a baker. ”

“You have given me so much insight on principles, allowing me to experiment making my own bread recipes. The newest family favorite is cracked black pepper and emmenthal cheese, the next iteration will be to change it to sour dough.”

“Your sense of humour is wonderful throughout your videos, and the content is clear and concise. The videos are very professional looking and the sound is perfect. ”

“I have benefited a lot from your videos especially the one about hydration/percentages. Also your style makes your videos very enjoyable to watch, you deliver information clearly and to the point. ”

“ Your teaching is amazing and we are so grateful to you for enabling us to make fantastic sourdough or yeasted bread each and every time! ”

“I started making sour dough (who didn’t ;-) ) in the 1st lockdown. It was ok but I stumbled across your tutorials & it’s gone from being ok to fab so just a wee something to say thanks & keep doing what you do & how you do it!”

“I found the sourdough schedule very helpful and also the part how to clean the mess”

“Thank you for being an amazingly skilled teacher!”

“I love what you do and I enjoy every new video. They are entertaining and helped me already a lot with my baking skills.”

“Thank you so much for introducing me to The Bread Baking PRINCIPLES!! Love your tips and tricks. ”

“You have made me brave with all things bread. My family has awarded me the “better than MnS Hot Cross Buns” award too (ultimate accolade). So I have reached the pinnacle of achievement. ”

“Thanks to you, I now stop strictly following recipes and try to understand “why” each step in the instruction in necessary. This was a game changer for me because once I understood the why, each bake got really easy for me and I was able to make adjustments and get creative with each bake.”

“Just wanna say thanks for the tips. Have found your videos recently and your style is so refreshing and easy to follow, without any prissiness.”

“Your recipe for beginners sourdough bread was on point my breads were perfect you so much ”

“Watched your vids showing exactly how to knead and bake wonderful bread, results are tasty loaves just by watching a cheery cheeky chappy who loves what he does and got me once again to love what I do! ”

“I’m brand new at this...your overall process and kneading instructions are really helpful. ”

“Absolutely! You have helped me A WHOLE LOT. I used to be scared of bread-making. The mess, whether it’s going to poof up or not. But you showed me that it is a learning curve and to face if head on! And I did just that”

“You have blessed our lives and am so grateful for you. Thanks Jack for teaching us to bake, make mistakes, do it over and accomplish our goals of baking bread!”

“I followed your tin loaf video and learned more about timing than from anything else I’ve watched or read. Thank you.”

“Raised my bread to a completely different level.”

“Your videos are great! I finally made sourdough bread!”

“You are an inspiration and I wish you much success. I especially like your mix of facts and humor. My breads and pizzas are much improved. ”

“Your videos have given me a real understanding of the process of bread making, and I have been able to bake amazing white and sourdough loaves - with oven spring and everything!”

“Your videos and energy is just amazing. After struggling to make a decent loaf of bread, I finally found your channel, and made amazing bread the FIRST try! Thank you so much for what you do! ”

“You have changed our lives for the better. I’ve been baking your basic sourdough loaf every four days since last April”

“Thanks Jack, your videos have been worth more than all the bread making books in the world. I would have never attempted sourdough if it weren’t for you and my boys are now asking for bagels on a weekly basis! ”

“Having given up on making bread I discovered your YouTube videos. The rest is history”

“Thank you for your videos on sourdough. I have been trying to master this for a month with mix success and your videos have answered several of my problems.”

“Thank you for all the lessons! I have bought one loaf of bread in the last year - the rest has been made at home”

“Thanks for all you do. Today I realised I needed to improve my dough shaping skills so found just the video tutorial”

“ I could go on and on summarizing all the helpful advice you provide, but in a nutshell I love that your videos are not just recipes but instead are a robust toolkit. ”

“You produce a competent bread maker! Guaranteed”

“Your an inspiration I’m so many ways Jack.”

“ In the baking and the eating, there’s heartwarming magic in a slice of Simple Yeasted Bread and your recipes/methods have helped me consistently bring a bit of that magic into our home and the lives of people I love over these many crazy months. I don’t buy bread anymore, I buy flour in 20kg sacs and don’t plan to ever go back! ”

“I wouldn’t be anywhere near making the loaves I make now without you.”

“Thank you for your soothing and joyful sourdough videos. They help me come through these harsh pandemic times.”

“You inspire by being friendly, practical, knowledgeable, and presenting with charm and humor like no one else. You are the perfect mix to succeed greatly in this new world of online education.”

“ It really helped me understand the (sour)dough and the whole baking process, and finally I was able to bake good bread with consistency. Plus, you make it fun!”

“Thank you very much for making me love homebaking and teaching me how to bake amazing bread.”

“I have enjoyed your videos more than you can possibly know. My bread making skills have gone from barely adequate (after years of trying) to what I think of as excellent.”

“Always love your videos, great content and very educational.
”

“Baking bread is something that I’ve wanted to learn for a long time. Finding your channel gave me the motivation to give it a try. I’ve been baking bread almost every week since October.”

“Your videos have been incredibly helpful and made me start baking amazing breads of all kinds for friends and family. ”

“I have watched almost all of your videos and they really helped me develop an understanding of bread. ”

“Took me two years of searching but finally found what I needed from your explanation and recipe for sourdough.”

“Thank you for all the amazing bread making tips and the one’s that are yet to come. You are such a great teacher and it is a pleasure to listen to you!”

“Your sourdough recipe/method is the only one that has worked for me consistently over the past couple of years.”

“You’ve been most helpful - and entertaining.”

“I had tried bagels before and failed miserably, following your recipe has helped me turn out brilliant ones as well as big improvement to my bread!”

“I followed your simple yeasted loaf and when I put it in the oven, it rose so much! I was thrilled to say the least”

“Your help is beyond words. ”

“Thanks for all the great advice. My sourdough has come on in leaps and bounds since I started watching your videos.”

“Thank you Jack, your humour and vision is simply inspiring!”

“Thank you for the inspiration.”

“You’ve made bread seem so simple and your explanations of the technical side of bread just make troubleshooting my own mistakes so easy.”

“ I first came across your videos about 16 months ago and it started me on my baking addiction... Love what you do! ”

“Thanks for helping make my first successful sourdough bread.”

“Your channel is bread-making inspiration”

“You have really helped me to get my bread the way I want it. Thank you so much for your informative videos.”

“Thanks for sharing your knowledge and wisdom”

“Haven’t bought bread since first lockdown and used your videos to help me along the way.”

“Since I looked at video 130, all of my loaves have been perfect. What a transformation. ”

“You are an inspiration. Your commitment to be advertisement free and bake for the love of baking is a spirit I embrace. ”

“I love your tips, I am a happy home baker now since November 2019 and lots of things I do in baking was affected by your tips.”

“I’ve scrapped everything else I’ve read and I’m sticking by your school of thought and teachings! You are a spectacular teacher!!”

“Learning to make great sourdough has got me through lockdown! Thanks so much Jack!!”

“You taught me to relax and experiment while enjoying the process. ”

“It helps to see a kind, generous person sharing his knowledge and talent this way.”

“I have made overnight great white using different flours and the results are amazing. Thank you very much for the detailed videos.”

“I would have quit baking bread after my first few attempts if I hadn’t found your videos.”

“ I watch your Thursday tips and OMG!! They have helped me soooooo much.”

“1st time baker and grateful for you’re cheerful face and straight forward, informative coaching”

“Everything I’ve made from your blog has come out fantastic.”

“I love learning about baking serendipitous sourdough at home, without all the finicky details commercial bakers need for consistency.”

“Entertainment and education simply combined in an enjoyable package. Baking with you is such a pleasure and the bread is FAB!”

“Your videos are clear and really understandable”

“I haven’t bought bread from the supermarket for the past 18 months - all down to your great videos & blog”

“We really enjoy the videos you put out and have found them so useful. We’ve both finally cracked sourdough”

“I love your YouTube videos! Thanks for helping me to make bread”

“I am relatively new to bread making and can now make a pretty decent loaf, IMHO, with your help. Your advice is so clear. Now progressing to sourdough. Thanks for your inspiration”

“You are so inspirational. Thank you for starting me on my bread making journey. ”

“Your basic loaf recipe is by far my favorite and always my go to!”

“I’ve been baking for years but always had trouble reaching the next level. I’ve learned so much and wish I had found your channel sooner! Really appreciate the humor and positive attitude, too”

“Your videos made me smile and taught me heaps about making bread.”

“I love your videos, explained bread making in a way I never got from any books. Just made my first Boule using your techniques and its the best I have ever done.”

“Thank you so much for teaching with such simplicity and passion. You helped me pick up the habit of sourdough making and I love it! ”

“Sentences like „Please don’t stress out“ (about whether the bread is ready to bake) and „you don’t need a posh oven“ are so good to hear. ”

“Really enjoying learning to bake bread with your videos and advice and most are turning out really well, thank you!”

“Watched a number of sourdough videos while I was starting a brand new starter and how to make a loaf. Became somewhat confused with all the conflicting advice, then I stumbled on you no waste scrape method then watched the loaf start to finish video. From that moment was no further confusion.”

“thank you for all your content and for you being the person you are... It gave me a huge amount of information and inspiration and I’m greatly thankful for that.”

“I’ve learned so much from you, and have baked wonderful loaves, rolls, mini bloomers, and sourdough. I even applied the principles you’ve taught and made my own pizza dough recipe, which my family loves.”

“Thank you. You have helped me pursue a childhood dream.”

“Thank you for all your videos and tuition - you are an inspiration and a natural teacher. ”

“I learned a lot from watching you do your thing. Also your remarks help a lot.”

“Your generosity with your bread wisdom has made me a better bread baker.”

“Thanks to you with your superb way of teaching principles as well as demonstrations it has become an absolute pleasure and even a bit of an obsession to produce a wholesome tasty bread in its myriad of guises.”

“Huge thanks Jack for guiding me through the joys of bread making, something I always wanted to do but found too complicated”

“My grand father was a baker, my father was a baker, I decided it’s time for me to become a baker. Your videos have been a tremendous help. Thank you.”

“Given me a whole new understanding of yeast baking”

“I struggled with Tartine for 6 months and always had flat loaves. Tried your method ... success every time. Thankyou. ”

“The principles of sourdough bread making that you explained were really useful. I could find a process that fits my schedule and i enjoy doing it every time. I can now confidently bake pretty great breads and i understand whats going on when something is not quite right. ”

“Your videos helped me crack the code to sourdough which I have attempted on and off for years. Now I make sourdough for my family twice a week using flour from a local miller”

“ I first found you when I was struggling to find consistency with my sour dough. You helped me over the hump and I now am proud of my loaves. AND... I have just made Panettone with your recipe, I can’t believe I have lived a long life without ever tasting this delicacy!”

“Watching your basics videos (starting at the beginning) has been a revelation. I thought you had to knead really firmly and was tearing my dough all the time. Using your technique has made me feel so much more competent. And the results so far are good.”

“Your YouTube videos have been brilliant at helping me learn to bake bread this year. Thank you!”

“I had always troubles with my bread until I discovered your videos and like magic, week by week you answered all my upcoming questions. Now I proudly present my baked goods. ”

“You’ve helped me a lot and made it fun!”

“simple sourdough - so glad I was recommended to your site. Thank you!”

“Thank you for your help and inspiration in getting me going”

“Your videos are super amazing. I have now made bread and couldn’t have done it without these instructions. ”

“Keep up the great work Jack, really appreciate all you do and will be using the Panettone recipe this weekend. ”

“Given me confidence in baking and trying new recipes out - I’ve currently got some bagels in the oven for the first time! ”

“On tip 40 and already my bread is better. I did two batches, old and new, and your tips shaved an hour off the process and was so much better”

“Thank you for sharing your recipes, ideas, & videos. Your advice means I can now make beautiful rolls”

“Your sourdough videos and method has reinvigorated my love for bread baking and helped me to be very popular with friends and neighbours by providing them lots of loaves”

“You have kept me sane through lock down. Thank you Jack”

“Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge , practically and inspiration every single Thursday!!!”

“You have helped me so much, Jake ... thank you!”

“WOW! I couldn’t believe it. Sourdough bread CAN be light and airy. Loaves can maintain shape out of the banneton...Thank you so very much.”

“Thanks for helping to learn a new skill during the lockdowns”

“I viewed your Sourdough 101 from start to finish and it gave me so many useful tips that I now rely on!”

“Thanks for all the great content. Keep it up!”

“You give a lot to us and we appreciate it all of us bread makers out there.”

“Your rye sourdough starter was a game changer for me.”

“A special thank you for teaching me how to make and use a starter without throwing away half of it.”

“Started bread making about 6 months ago. Varying success. Found your videos and find your way better than the exact science methods.”

“Thanks for your great videos and recipes, Jack. I’m a sourdough novice and you’re giving me confidence!”

“Your videos have been extremely helpful in understanding even the little details that are very important but are often missed, especially by beginners like myself. I am happy that you explain the technicalities in a simple way that is easy to understand and also take the time and effort to experiment with different approaches to show how how results could vary”

“I hadn’t turned out a really good sourdough for two years until I found your videos Jack! They’re brilliant, so simple to follow and informative. ”

“I most appreciate most your thoughts on the amount of starter that needs to be kept.”

“Great Videos, sure helped me understand sourdough a lot better.”

“Thanks to you I’m now baking really great bread.”

“I love your presentation and wonderful personality. Thank you for all the great bread making tips.”

“I find it extremely refreshing that someone actually focuses on real knowledge, the kind that allows you to know the whys behind the hows. I feel much more empowered baking and cooking (“creating” in general) that way.”

“Wonderful clear and myth busting advice. I have enjoyed and learnt so much!!! So MUCH! I have even attempted to make sourdough cardamom buns - using Back with Jack knowledge”

“Thanks for being such a great teacher! Your instructions have been a game changer for me!”

“I finally was able to master sourdough with your method! I switched to sourdough for digestion so it’s been a great help. I really like the “principals” emphasis.”

“Allow me to make bread without the faff! ”

“Thank you for all your videos you are the reason our flat smells like bread 2 times a week”

“ Your videos have been fantastic and I am churning out great bread ”

“Love your YouTube videos. Struggle with sourdough sometimes and revert to you for a refresher!..”

“I love your YouTube videos. Although I have been making bread all my adult life (40 yrs) I always learn something new.”

“Your videos have been fun to watch and a great help.”

“I love the video’s. They have inspired me to pick up breadbaking once again. My dream is self baked a fluffy french batard.”

“I had never baked bread in my life before I saw your videos. Your passion and enthusiasm for what you do (and your general cheeky monkey ways) inspired me to give it a crack. I make sourdough now. And it’s good sourdough at that! ”

“Thank you so much for the way you give such lovely clear instructions on your videos, Jack. I’ve learnt so much from you and make all our bread now.”

“Great work Jack. You make a weekly gift to your global community.”

“Just my first sourdough into the fridge and can’t wait till tomorrow to bake it. If it’s edible, then I call it a success. Thank a lot - I would not get that far without your vids.”

“Thank you Jack for your contributions to us. Please keep us educated!”

“You are to baking what Jamie Oliver was to cooking 20 years ago: an inspiration!”

“I think what you do is amazing, and so helpful to all us home bakers. I love that you explain the science of bread making in simple language, so I can properly understand what’s happening and what I can do to make better bread. ”

“Your videos are like therapy but more fun and no tears 😉”

“You have given me the confidence to make excellent bread. Yeasted bread is no problem every time.”

“I have learned to not be afraid of sourdough. I am in control now. Thank you so much. And I love your sense of humour.”

“Thanks for sharing your YouTube videos, I have learnt to make better breads because of them.”

“Your technique has helped me tremendously, and I’ve shared it with many people... I just finished off my 50 lb bag of bread flour, all pandemic sourdough baking.”

“My best friend and I have been following your amazing videos and advice for years. I appreciate all the hard work that has gone in to preparing and presenting this format and information.”

“Thanks, Jack, for getting me back on track.”

“Watching you I made the most amazing sourdough bread on the first try. I said I would never make sourdough because I thought keeping starter was too much trouble. Now I know different. Thanks for what you do.”

“Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience in a way we “newbies to bread baking” can understand and apply. Keep up the great work!”

“ You have demystified bread-making on several levels, and made it possible to have lovely loaves of bread, every single time! We are having fun baking again! ”

“I’ve been baking bread (trying) on and off for years but over the last four months decided to have another go and try to master the sourdough! Your videos and especially one the “101: Beginners Sourdough Loaf, Start to Finish - Bake With Jack” nailed it for me and gave me the confidence to handle the wet dough ect ect ect. Now making two sourdough sandwich loafs every week with added honey and rapeseed oil to keep it fresh for longer! A big thank you Jack. ”

“I look forward to your video every week. They are so informative and entertaining!”

“Thanks a lot for all the videos and tips you’ve shared! it’s made a huge difference in my bread making!”

“I’ve been baking bread for several years, but your videos have taken out the stress from baking bread - making it a much more joyful experience.”

“You’ve really helped me to make great sourdough -I started in the summer and really struggled until seeing your video of how to stop the bread sticking in the basket”

“Thank you very much for your advice; it all makes sense now.”

“Thanks for so much knowledge Jack.”

“Thank you for filling my days and teaching me how to make something delicious. ”

“Your principles based approach is a breath of fresh air and your enthusiasm is infectious.”

“Started baking bread late last year and of all the online resources I’ve used your videos and recipes have been the most useful by a country mile! ”

“I was on the verge of giving up. I thought, why bother when I can buy perfectly good loaves in the shops. But I thought I’d give it one more go and I stumbled on your videos. Well, what a transformation in my fortunes!”

“You have taken away a lot of the mystic!”

“Yours was the first sourdough recipe that I finally cracked and gave me the confidence to move onto more complex ones. Thanks for keeping your YouTube channel ad free. ”

“Your upbeat attitude is great and love the content as well”

“Keep up the great work and videos.”

“Great videos - you got my sourdough back on track!”

“Always find your focus on techniques and ideas really useful rather than just recipes.”

“ Haven’t baked in 30 years but since retiring (and covid) have taken it up again. Your videos are watchable, instructions clear, and more importantly simple and easy to follow. I never wanted to try sourdough because it seemed too complicated, wasteful. You have shown me the light and now I bake once or twice a week for friends and family. ”

“I have enjoyed watching your videos and love what you do.”

“I made a loaf of bread. I ate bread that I made with my own hands, and it made me indescribably happy. You kindly showed me how”

“I have tried a few other sourdough recipes and always come back to yours! Thanks for helping me get through the quarantine here in the US.”

“Jack, I have been baking for 40 years yet still learn so much from your videos and blog. Thank you for your enthusiasm and generosity with your knowledge.”

“I love your videos! I have learned a lot...”

“Your YouTube videos have helped me so much in baking beautiful, tasty sourdough loaves. Thanks so much.”

“Inspirational. Demystified the whole process!”

“Thanks for all your useful tips and great personality! I have learned so much from your videos.”

“Just wanted to say thank you. Been watching your videos and posts for a little while now. You have improved my bread game no end, even though I am all the way on the other side of the world here in Australia. ”

“Thank you Jack! I’ve baked all my life, but never baked bread! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos and have learnt so much in a short time”

“Your videos are excellent”

“You’ve really helped me try new things and improve old things. Thanks a million! ”

“Really enjoy your YouTube vids. Cheers”

“I just started baking bread for the first time in my life. Your videos made it possible. Thank you!!! ”

“Having never made sourdough before, your site and videos have been golden for me. The little tips, hints but also confidence building you offer is great. Baking has been great for my mental health lately, so much appreciated.”

“I started making bread a few years ago, primarily using a bread machine to mix the dough, because I didn’t know any difference. I found your videos a few months ago and have been binge watching them! Thank you for all your expertise and making it so accessible.”

“I use your principles with every bake. This bread club has also learned so much from you!”

“I’ve watched many of your videos countless times and have found them unfailingly helpful. Without them, I’d still be backing flat doorstops”

“Absolutely helped with my starter. Thank you.”

“I have gone from beginner to putting out consistently great loaves. ”

“The best ever demonstrations, explanations and good cheer! Thank you!”

“I just recently found your YouTube channel and it’s amazing. Thank you for all your efforts.”

“You are a wonderful confidence-building educator”

“I wish that I had found Bake with Jack videos earlier because I probably would have began making sourdough starter instead of buying yeast online.”

“You are a ray of sunshine during the pandemic. Thank you for carrying on.”

“Your YouTube videos finally got me from a deflated, sad looking loaf to an oven spring to be proud of. ”

“Encouraged me to start baking!”

“Your channel changed everything for me with sourdough and launched my new hobby. I have been baking yeasted breads for years but never really understood it all until I watched your videos and started making sourdough.”

“You’re the best! And believe me, I’ve seen maaaany yt videos and read way to many books - all of that provided me quite a big headache; therefore your recipes (event the hard ones but explained very simple) are superb! ”

“I’ve made a loaf. I’ve thought about it many times in the past but wherever I’ve looked it’s appeared to be too daunting. Your site appeared while I was browsing so I clicked and you put it across so well I went and bought some flour and yeast and did it ! ”

“Kneading dough has always been a mystery to me. After watching you I think I finally get it. Thanks!”

“Thanks for your help and enthusiasm”

“I was a totally beginner of sourdough baking until 6 weeks ago. I have learnt so many basics and useful tips of baking sourdough from your site. ”

“Jack, you were my first... (video to watch on how to make sour dough bread).... your care and love for what you do.. is obvious.”

“You’ve given me the confidence to go ahead and make bread! I’ve always loved the smell of baked bread when I enter a proper bakery, and now I’m able to bring that overwhelming joy into my own home. Thank you!”

“Thanks for the videos and info. Transforming my bread, still a way to go on it, but it’s getting better.”

“You got me back into bread making during this confusing and chaotic time. It has been a solace and resulted in delicious sourdough weekly! ”

“Your bread making videos & blog are superb. The best. They are chock-a-bock full of information & as a presenter/teacher you are totally up-lifting. You’re direct, funny & absolutely charming. ”

“You have helped me enormously.....you have also been an inspiration with your jaunty observations about life in general. ”

“Thank you for helping me on my bread making journey by providing such highly informative videos and resources. I still have a ways to go (lol) but I’m confident I will be making great bread more consistently soon. You are funny and playful and I really enjoy the videos.”

“You have helped me tremendously with my sourdough journey. I have had successes and fails and I always go back to your videos to see what I may have done wrong in my fails. Plus you are just a ray of sunshine and joy to watch. ”

“You are a skilled natural-born teacher, and my bread has improved a lot since I’ve been putting your principles into practice. ”

“My first four —that’s right, 4!- loaves of sourdough bread were frustrating embarrassing catastrophes. Then I happened upon your website and watched your videos and voila—- I made a delicious loaf of sourdough bread”

“Just the fact that now my family knows what real bread tastes like is super super great.”

“Your video’s have been a massive help over the last 6 months - I’ve gone from making doughy, sloppy loafs perfect bread 99% of the time! ”

“Thanks for the informative videos. I thoroughly enjoy them.”

“You’re YouTube videos and the bundle I bought from you have helped keep my hands and mind occupied. Thank you for some sanity and fun.....and bread!”

“I’d never made bread before and every loaf I’ve made has tasted so much better than ‘shop bought’”

“Even if I weren’t making delicious Jack Bread every week, I’d watch watch your channel for a bit of weekly joy—Thank You Jack”

“Love the YouTube videos - simple, clear and full of good tips and explanations ”

“You are a real inspiration, you have me back baking bread and enjoying the time it takes. ”

“You are very inspiring”

“Your videos are awesome Jack, but more than that, you come across as a thoroughly decent and very likeable chap. ”

“thank you for your video blog and for your generosity of time and effort in producing those. Your wisdom, easy to understand guidance and humour have rekindled my love of bread baking”

“Your videos are a ray of sunshine. Fun, cheery and informative. ”

“Thanks so much for the videos, the energy and the smiles. As a working Mom with a 5-year-old I feel your pain trying to work full-time at home and give proper attention to your family. ”

“Thanks Jack. Your YouTube videos have been really helpful”

“Appreciate your (very) hard work and sincerity Jack. ”

“I’ve been making sourdough for a few years, but the Beginners recipe solved the structure problem that has baffled me. My first loaf was better than any I’ve made before. Your instructions are better than any book that I’ve read”

“Thank you Jack... Been making bread for years, but never happy with the results, so never really got into it. Bought a new tin, watched your shaping video, and everything started to come together. More to learn (always) but bread making is now a regular thing. ”

“Thanks Jack for being a friendly bloke with some really good advice, from a struggling novice baker.”

“I’ve wanted to learn to bake sourdough bread for many years. Your videos gave me the confidence to try. And any time a loaf came out poorly, I found what I had done wrong just by reviewing one of your many terrific videos. Keep up the great work!”

“You make bread making so approachable! I had just started making sourdough before the pandemic. Now I’ve had lots of time to practice! Thank you for your genuineness and sense of humor!”

“Charming presentation on shaping and why it’s important. I appreciate your adding that even the misshaped loaf will still taste good.”

“I have watched so many of your videos and they have helped so much ”

“I am always interested in better techniques to improve my skills. I often watch channels on YT and one day I stumbled over BWJ. And I have to admit,that I learnt a lot from you. One sees that you love what you do and that you are very passionate,and this is absolute infectious. You also have good teaching abilities,you make complex things easy to understand.Not to mention your great humour and positivity, which sometimes is hilarious and a breath of fresh air in these times.”

“A very inspired cook who has found your recipes and style amazing to watch and try to emulate! ”

“I’ve not bought any shop bread since discovering your videos. Now making yeasted and sourdough loaves for family and friends as often as I can. Used to use a bread maker (not often) but so much more enjoyable to make by hand. ”

“Your videos have really helped me to understand the main concepts of breadmaking, as a result every loaf of bread or rolls I’ve made since have all been a success. Thank you for all the information & encouragement”

“Your youtube channel with a a few tips and tricks helped strengthen what I discovered by myself, re-enforce what has been said by others (filling in detail), and crucially learn by feel, listen to the dough eg if its pulling needing to rest a minute or ready to stretch. ”

“Thank you!!! You have helped me to finally make excellent Sourdough. It’s been so fun to watch you. Thanks from all of us. I do have to bake every day now as it is eaten within hours of cooling...”

“My first successful loaf of bread, thank you!”

“Helped give me back my enthusiasm for baking sourdough bread.😃😃”

“Dear Jack, what joy to engage with you. I can now reliably produce sourdough starter and loaves, the way I like them. Can of course roll out yeasted products with my eyes closed. I can only do this because I understand the principles. Your videos got me there. Thank you so much.”

“Thanks for everything you do :) I’ve only had success with your tips and recipes!”

“Thank you for what you do, now more than ever. ”

“ Thank you so much for your ongoing help.”

“Thanks for the videos man they are a lifesaver to a novice sourdough baker.”

“My amazing success is a testament to your skill as a teacher and I cant thank you enough. God Bless you.”

“I have made so much delicious bread because of your recipes and videos. Thanks for what you do! My family and I are very grateful.”

“I wish this world had more people like you. May you and your family stay safe and happy during this trying time. You’re doing a wonderful service, and not just for baking.”

“Your videos make me smile everytime.”

“The first time I was kneading and felt the dough come to life, it was like a miracle in my hands! I was hooked. Your presentations have taken the fear and frustration out of bread-making.”

“My wife and I love your videos, and we’ve learned so much! You do such a good job demystifying a complicated and overwhelming craft, and you make it accessible to beginners like us. Your basic white loaf recipe and principles were game-changing for our home, and gave us the confidence to keep going.”

“I was drowning in sticky dough until I watched your video. Thank you for making it easy. My sourdough has gotten light years better!”

“Hi Jack, I enjoy watching your videos and appreciate that you give your time and knowledge to us for free and always with a smile every.single.Thursday.”

“Just found your site a few weeks ago. Thanks for what you do to provide clarity and entertainment for what others are making very complex! Cheers Mate!”

“Your enthusiasm is fantastic, you are supportive in the way you present your topics. Keep up the good work and I will keep following you using your tips and recipes moving forward.”

“You made making sour dough simple and fun!”

“Thanks for all your great vids. So much info. Just keep doing what you are doing. Stay safe.”

“Dear Jack. Your channel has completely revolutionised the way I bake bread! Thanks so much for your continued hard work, it is very highly appreciated.”

“Dear Jack. Your channel has completely revolutionised the way I bake bread! Thanks so much for your continued hard work.”

“Thank you Jack, you have demystified sour dough bread making process for me. Really appreciate it.”

“I simply love BWJ!! I have read a lot of books and articles and watched a lot of videos but I have gained more from your weekly bulletins than the rest put together!!! Love your presentation style too - no ego, no jargon, perfect!!”

“Bread has long been my kitchen kryptonite. With the increased time at home, I’ve set out to improve. Your willingness to show every step and the dedication to practicality for the home maker are fantastic! You’ve given me hope I can learn this.”

“A little to give for all the frustration you have saved me”

“You provided amazing tips that gave me the courage to try a simple white loaf and a loaf of French bread, which both turned out splendidly on my first attempt! Thank you so much for everything you do!”

“Thank you for the great videos and all your help in improving our bakes!”

“Very helpful and inspirational.”

“ I was struggling with all aspects of making sourdough bread at home ... then I discovered your videos and now my family loves my HOME MADE sough dough bread (and I enjoy making it)! Thanks so much for teaching us the principles and a practical approach to making this delicious bread.”

“ Your videos have given me confidence, knowledge, and success and I can’t thank you enough. It’s a lovely thing when people enter your life at the right time.”

“Your teaching technique should be used as a guide for making all DIY videos. Such clear explanations along with your delightfully wacky sense of humor make learning a snap. Thank you for making quarantining a little less onerous for me. And the bread is good, too!”

“Jack - I made bread ! I’ve spent an age researching, reading, scrolling through endless pages of science and percentages when finally I came across your no nonsense, practical guide to get me started on my bread journey. Nice going fella !”

“Thank you so much for doing what you do. We’ve been ‘at home’ now for 5.5 weeks and watching your videos I’ve now learned how to make incredible tasting sourdough. Thank you.”

“Your videos are a joy to watch and are hugely helpful as they demystify the process of bread making and make it a whole lot of fun :-)”

“Your recipe for the regular ‘’toast’’ or pullman type works per-fec-tly. ”

“I’ve been doing my lockdown sourdough starter with you, and just made my first loaf!! Hurrah it was passable!”

“You’ve helped me so much with your knowledge of bread making, lve made the best bread with cheap basic ingredients using your tips. Thanks so much Jack.”

“I’ve barely scraped the surface of your YouTube channel, but I particularly appreciate the scrapings ;-) method for keeping and using your starter. I’m sure I’ll find tons more useful tips and techniques. Thank you so much.”

“Thanks for teaching me about sticky dough and leading techniques - so helpful and well explained and demonstrated. Cheers!”

“You are precious! I enjoy watching your videos and I have learned so much!! Thank you. Be well. God bless you and your family.”

“You’re an extraordinarily gifted teacher! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and positivity :)”

“Thanks Jack... great, straight forward videos that are really helpful.”

“A life long baker, you reminded me not to skip the basics.”

“Thank you, back baking bread for the first time in 20 years.”

“Keep up the good fight and continue to bring a bit of sunshine to us each Thursday.”

“Thanks for all the tips!”

“Jack, you utter legend! Keep it up. Just wanted to show my appreciation in some small way. I’ll be doing another course with you as soon as possible.”

“Your recipes are great and I enjoy your blogs and cheerful nature. Difficult times for everyone and I hope you are doing ok.”

“I made a great loaf of sourdough bread thanks to you! When I was overwhelmed with all the info and directions, your videos took the stress away. They are funny and informative. Love your personality. Thanks for sharing!!”

“Bread Baking has helped me cope with my health issues. Particularly during recent events. Thank you for helping me find focus and distraction. Bread =Therapy! .......plus you keep me smiling and laughing, I love your sense of humour...don’t ever change!”

“My husband now makes fabulous sourdough bread. Thank you!”

“I made my first loaf today! My first try did not go so well. My friend recommended watching your videos and presto! I have a crusty loaf with a soft fluffy center! My wife is amazed! I’m looking forward to watching more of your videos.”

“I’ve never baked before but with your help, after watching lots of your videos, I managed to bake my first bread and it came out delicious Even when I don’t bake that often, I love watching your videos, you have great knowledge and amazing energy, keep up the good job!”

“You taught me how to make sourdough bread! Thanks :)”

“Jack, your videos have enable me to be successful with my sour dough bread. Many thanks. ”

“Your videos are just wonderful. Thank you so much for the bread recipes.”

“Your tips are awesome ... keep doing what you do!”

“Awesome videos!! The best sourdough recipe ever! Love from CANADA!!”

“Hi Jack, My new obsession is sour dough bread and your videos have been very helpful. I like your technique and you explain everything very clearly. Keep making videos, Thank You!”

“Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in a fun way!”

“Thank you Jack I so enjoy learning with your breadmaking tips , i am especially interested in the sourdough ones but I watch them all. You are fun to watch too!”

“Your sourdough videos have helped me SO much! Recipes & a bread making message board were making things way too complicated. I feel like I have a much better understanding of sourdough now through your videos. In fact, this morning after finding my starter a little sluggish, I was able to simply make an adaptation to the recipe in order to liven it up without doing a second feeding. A special thank you for posting your no discard method. It was one of those smack-my-head-why-didn’t-I-think-of-that-moments. Love it! Thank you!!!”

“I have watched HOURS of your videos even though I am an accomplished home baker (I normally do 3-5 loaves on a Saturday, at least two different batches, different flours, plus a sourdough) and I seem like I learn at least something from each of your videos. Just wanted to give you a thank you.”

“Your youtube channel has helped me so much on my journey of baking bread. Your charisma and knowledge make for a combination of surprisingly viewable and informative videos. You’ve demystified baking to the point of approach-ability for anyone, while still including content that helps push us amateurs to grow. Not sure how you do it, but please keep it up!”

“Your videos are VERY informative, thank you !!”

“After watching your video, made a fantastic large loaf, Thank you for taking the time to help others in their bread making endeavors.”

“Just a little thank you. Your videos are great, fun and informative!”

“I can now bake bread thanks to you!”

“Dear Jack. I simply love your videos! It has helped me up my bread-baking game about 200%. Massive congratulations on your style, enthusiasm, content and generosity with no ads - such a breath of fresh air! Wishing you continued success with your work!”

“I just found your channel and have already binge watched all the episodes! I love it. ”

“Thank you so much! I have been teaching myself sourdough baking and your videos on shaping up and managing starter with the scrapings method have helped so much in my results and sanity. I love how practical and aware of home bakers’ needs you are. I bake bread every week now and have sent bread to friends thanks to your help.”

“Hi Jack! I never thought I would be able to make bread successfully and now that I understand the principles, thanks to your videos, I am not afraid to try anything. And try again if I didn’t like the result. Plus, you said that making a sourdough starter was easy and it was! Now I make delicious sourdough at home every week. I always look forward to seeing you on Thursday! Thanks!”

“Thanks for all your help. Love your energy! Merry Christmas!”

“Love your practical approach..especially to sourdough....yeah, fit my schedule. Love that!!! ”

“Cheers Jack you’ve really been a great help in getting me started baking bread.”

“Finally got my sourdough to stop spreading! Thanks for the structure :-)”

“Thank you for your simple approach to bread making that gives us home bakers the confidence to carry on.”

“Keep up the great work! You going into the details of the WHY really helped me out with my baking!”

“I love your videos. Thank you for your on-going efforts!”

“Your tip on sourdough scrapings was invaluable and has de-stressed my life which was being taken up with sourdough starter🤣🤣🤣.”

“Keep up the good work. We in the colonies are learning from you!”

“Great videos. I’m a better baker because of you.”

“Brilliant videos, so helpful. Recipes are everywhere but it’s the techniques and principles you teach that make them sing. ”

“As a fairly new baker I’ve learned a lot of things to do (and not to do!) from you. Thank you.
Keep it coming Jack my boy! ”

“I have found your videos helpful and entertaining, so thank you.”

“ Hi Jack, I love how you lay out information and it’s really helped me go from baking so-so sourdough bread (still successful but not super exciting) to amazing sourdough bread the likes of which I never thought I’d be able to make at home! I very much appreciate all of the hard work and preparation you put into everything that you do—it really shines through! Your enthusiasm and clear love of baking are infectious! Thank you for all of your efforts and your magical ability to beam it through to all of your viewers around the world!”

“Hi Jack I’ve been baking bread for a year now. After a few months I discovered your YouTube channel. It helped me improve greatly the experience and the taste and look of my sourdough bread. I’m baking each week and share the bread with my loved ones. You inspired me to accept fails and write down the steps as I go to make sure I can repeat / avoid repeating them the next time. Thank you for putting so much energy and time in sharing your knowledge.”

“I love your videos, Jack! I’ve been obsessively experimenting with sourdough for nearly a year now, and your method and explanations are so simple and clear that they are a delight to watch. Thanks for doing such a lovely job teaching the art of breadmaking.”

“You make awesome videos and are a great inspiration.”

“Your enthusiasm and straightforwardness give me such pleasure that I’d like watching the videos even if I never set foot in my kitchen again. Best of success to you! And thanks.”

“I really appreciate your down to earth style of teaching. And not a bunch of nonsense or unnecessary talking in your videos too! Love how you put everything in a home baker’s way of thinking!”

“Your videos are the most helpful and encouraging I have ever seen. You have a gift. My bread-making is transformed, as also are our lives. Thank you. I have been on a couple of courses, neither of which have come anywhere near the value I’ve gained from you.”

“You have helped my husband and I make an amazing loaf of sourdough bread. I can’t wait to try your other recipes. I’m hooked!”

“You have revolutionised me life! I have spent over 3 year trying to suss a sourdough only to produce bricks. Thanks to you I can now knock up a half decent loaf :) Thank you!”

“Followed the instructions from “Beginners Sourdough Loaf, Start to Finish - Bread Tip 101” and I was blown away how well it went. I’m very grateful for how well you covered the entire process from start to finish. Details make the difference, and you obviously know it very well.”

“Hi Jack, I’m an 81 old hobby baker and thought it was time to learn bread baking, sourdough always a favorite. Been following your advice and have a good starter and on 3rd attempt for a perfect loaf. I tend to over knead making bead tough so now, following your advice and folding, I’m getting better. My friends are anxious for the next sample! Thanks for your help.”

“Thanks Jack, love, love loooove your work! I’m making beautiful bread and actually learning how to bake sourdough because of your fantastic videos that speak to - principles. The vast majority of videos on Youtube are prescriptive with no real insight into understanding the process and why. You actually teach and educate people on how to make bread and you do this in a simple, no nonsense and on top of that entertaining fashion :-) Fantastic!”

“Every one of your videos helps in some way. Confirming what I already thought I knew and most time adding a super snippit that I hadn’t heard before - Thanks Jack”

“After experiencing the most amazing breads in Europe I woke up one day and decided to teach myself to bake with wild yeast starter. My “yeasty beasties” are amazingly vigorous, but I have struggled to get good oven spring, and the top of my bread was always too tight and the sides blow out. The final straw was I ruined a $35 breadform basket with sticky sourdough. Googling, I found your video on preventing sticking in bread forms - and it clicked. I’d been using cling film on my dough, and the skin couldn’t form! And I wasn’t using enough flour - and it never occured to me to brush off the excess before baking. So. Simple. And yet, no one else explained that! Your videos are for a true home baker like me - I am baking bread because it makes my heart happy to feed my family from something made by my hands; because I work on a computer all day and it’s like meditation to make something tangible; because it’s chemistry and biology and art all wrapped up in a neat package; and for health, because I love bread but not the chemicals you get in most breads, and artisan bread is expensive and I have to drive 40+ min round trip for a loaf. (I’m also passionate about wild yeast because of the probiotic benefit - easier digestion.) So thank you for filling in allllll the gaps between what the wonderful folks at King Arthur Flour have posted, and my challenges. I’m beyond excited to have answers to my vexing problems, and imnensely appreciate your passion and gift for making home baking accessible to us all.”

“I have been baking sourdough for only 2 months. I have books by Peter Reinhart, Ken Forkish, and Tartine, which are all wonderful references, however, I cannot tell you how many hours I have spent reading those books only to be confused by terminology (one person’s starter is another person’s levain and another person’s barm) and to have to flip back and forth through 30 pages just to put the recipe steps together. Your principles and techniques have made my bread baking so much easier and enjoyable! I cannot express how grateful I am for the time and effort you have put into this endeavour. Thank you!”

“Really enjoyed watching some of your rapid fire sourdough tips. Keep up the good enthusiastic channel :)”

“I’m a seasoned home sourdough bread baker. Your detailed video demos of “How to shape a loaf of bread” and tips, such as “How to stop your dough sticking to the proving basket” have been game-changers for me. Thank you, Jack!”

“I look forward to each Thursday’s new edition since there is always more than one nugget of insight to help me with my baking. I found your most recent video absolutely delightful.”

“I’ve been baking bread for 6 years—pretty good bread—but your videos have helped solve innumerable small problems to make my bread both look and taste like they could be sold at an Artisan bread stand at the farmers market. I’m so appreciative that I’ll have these skills for life. Thanks so much.”

“Love your enthusiasm, Your tips have helped my bread making improve no end.”

“Love you videos, I look forward to each week.”

“I use your no scrapings method and I think it’s genius. Also, after watching your sourdough video and following the stretch and fold method my bread has turned out soooooo much better - every single time I ”

“ Thanks for bringing life to my sourdough, and a smile every time I see and hear a post.”

“What you have laid out is immeasurably valuable. You are helping thousands of people like me who just, amongst many other things - wants to bake a nice loaf of bread; without a zillion additives and with ease. You helped me achieve my first proper sourdough!”

“I’ve gained more confidence and learnt more from your videos this week then from anything else over the past 4 months. Not only are your videos informative and educational, but your delivery is engaging and honest, without pretention. Big thanks! I am so grateful!”

“Hello Jack, I am 66 years old and have been making my own bread for a while now, but your videos cover the problem areas that I and I would expect most others experience! Thank you. You have inspired me to continue after having a few fails. You explain things so well. BRILLIANT! keep up the good work”

“I honestly have learned more from watching your videos in the last 10 days than I have from reading dozens of books and applying what I learned from them for the last two years. I am a sourdough fanatic but have been disappointed many many times. No more!”

“You came into my life when I really needed it. Finally I got that sourdough working which I’ve been struggling with for so long time. Your videos broke down the mystery in an easy and understandable way without any nonsense. Jack, thank you so much. My sourdough boule that came out of the oven after midnight last night was the end of a long time struggle and I solved it thanks to you. ”