In this virtual bake along with Erika Bruce, owner of Pittsburgh bakery Le Beau Gateau, you’ll learn how to make a sturdy yet flaky galette dough using buckwheat flour. The class will then shape the dough, fill it with your favorite fruit filling, and bake! Your beautiful galettes will be ready for snacking at the end of the class. Ingredients are minimal and will be posted at least a week before the class begins. 

Refunds will be issued up to 48 hours before the class.

Chatham Alumni receive a 10% discount! Use code ALUMNI at checkout.

Instructor: Erika Bruce

After working for years as a pastry chef in both bakeries and restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area and Boston, Erika embarked on a 20-year career developing recipes, writing about the process, and appearing as a regular cast member on cooking shows. Most of her work can be found in Cook’s Illustrated, Cook’s Country, and Milk Street Magazines, and she can been seen on episodes ofAmerica’s Test Kitchen and Milk Street TV. She also worked as a food stylist before launching her wedding cake business, Le Beau Gateau. After relocating to Pittsburgh and raising her two young children, she’s ready to re-launch her baking business, this time with a focus on sustainability and community outreach. Her most recent stint preparing meals for 412 Food Rescue’s Good Food Project has been an important reminder of the power of food to do good.