Sourdough Starter Basics with Jeff Halfhide

Recent reviews of Sourdough Starter Basics with Jeff Halfhide

• 5/5 from Patricia S Briggs, attended Sep 2026: This class was just what I needed. I was able to go home afterwards and felt comfortable with making 4 loaves of delicious sourdough.
• 5/5 from Barbara Ollivier, attended Sep 2026: Really well organized and clear presentation. Lots of good information. I'm glad I went!
• 5/5 from Robin Adams, attended Sep 2026: Jeff explained the process. I was able to ask question. The bread he brought and the pancakes he made were delicious.
• 5/5 from Dalene Boone, attended Jun 2026: My daughter and I had a great time learning the basics of starter. We look forward to more sessions at the Kitchen Engine.
• 5/5 from Alexandra Cole, attended Jun 2026: Thank you for a great class, I learned so much! I am excited to be on my sourdough journey! Jeff had a lot of great tips and tricks!
• 5/5 from Tina Tyler, attended May 2026: I took the sourdough starter class to learn about starting my own mother dough. I left with active starter from the instructor. I did find the class helpful though I'm not wanting to invest great amounts of money to purchase boxes to control temps and may not take my sourdough journey further, it was fun to see the possibilities. Jeff was respectful and made sure everyone could see and hear his instruction and suggestions. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Janet Weldon, attended May 2026: Great teacher and we had fun fellow students to interact with. It is a great environment, enjoyed the glass of wine while we learned!
• 5/5 from Becky Stockstill, attended May 2026: Class was Great and informative. I love the classes at Kitchen Engine and they have the best teachers.
• 5/5 from Hayden Sanborn, attended May 2026: Thank you for your time! It was a great class. I think the only suggestion I’d have is a “what to do next” handout for the starters we made.
• 5/5 from Holger Soderstrom, attended May 2026: Great class. Looking forward to applying the starter. Thank you! BTW: the pancakes were great!
• 5/5 from Krista Ozimy, attended May 2026: As someone who has never even considered baking bread before, I left this class with so much new information. It was helpful to see all the different stages of starter. Ending the class with pancakes has me very excited to start making my own.
• 4/5 from Brenda Baum, attended May 2026: It was very informative. It was a bit confusing in the beginning, because it was about using a starter... maybe explaining from the beginning of starting a starter then going from there.. it all did finally click at the end though.
• 5/5 from Kathleen Hinson, attended Mar 2026: Jeff is a great teacher. He takes the time to answer questions completely. There is so much to learn about sourdough, I'm so glad we get this class.
• 5/5 from Leah Alexander, attended Mar 2026: My dad and I enjoyed the sourdough started class! Jeff is very knowledgeable and so willing to answer all questions! And very patient. The classroom setup is conducive for learning. It’s a really cool feature that you can order drinks, coffee, tea or adult beverages, during class. We lead about the mother, discard and care and feeding. We will definitely be back for more classes!
• 5/5 from Shaunté Kerby, attended Feb 2026: Very informative class and I’m happy that I did this before trying it on my own. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Teri Liechty, attended Feb 2026: I loved having the step by step process of how to create and feed the sourdough starter. Jeff explained it very well, and was good at answering all of our silly questions! :) It's obvious that he's been doing it a while and knows the process well. I really enjoyed getting to sample some of the finished products too! It was great that we got to go home with our own starter and he pointed us to places where we can find recipes.
• 5/5 from Peggy Colvin, attended Feb 2026: It was great. I have taken several class on sourdough and purchased many books. I think I might have it down. He was easy to understand and follow.
• 5/5 from Christine Carlile, attended Feb 2026: This was a good class. The only thing I didn't like is being paired with someone I don't know. I'm very introverted and uncomfortable being forced to meet someone.
• 5/5 from Bonnie S Asien, attended Jan 2026: The class was enjoyable and informative. Exactly what I needed to get back into bread baking!
• 5/5 from David Kirby, attended Jan 2026: It was fun and lighthearted. Jeff answered all questions. I learned a little more of the nuance of sourdough starter that I didn’t pick up anywhere else. The venue and materials were fine. Small class which is always appreciated.
• 5/5 from Mark Kottke, attended Jan 2026: Jeff is a great teacher, explains things well, has abundant patience and great sense of humor.
• 5/5 from Jeff Stafford, attended Jan 2026: It was a very good first step in learning more about the art of breadmaking. His explanations were clear and understandable.
• 5/5 from Cheryl Schuster, attended Jan 2026: My ultimate goal is to take a class for cinnamon rolls and this class was a prerequisite to doing that. I enjoyed this class very much. The instructor was very easy to understand & follow. Would recommend this class.
• 5/5 from Nancy Sanders, attended Jan 2026: Jeff was very informative. The class was great! I would suggest everyone learning about sourdough bread should take this class.
• 4/5 from Diana Parrish, attended Jan 2026: Seemed like class went so fast for those of us that are older. But I did enjoy the class very much
• 4/5 from Jo Lynn Pfaff, attended Jan 2026: This was my first class at The Kitchen Engine. I thought the venue was great. The instructor (Jeff) was very knowledgeable. My only suggestion would be that when someone asks a question, that he repeat the question so everyone can hear it and not just his response.
• 4/5 from Sheri Sundheim, attended Jan 2026: The class was making your own sourdough starter. We made our own sourdough starter and got to take it home. The teacher was very knowledgeable and did not mind answering questions during class. The venue and materials were excellent quality. We learned how to use a scale and that sourdough starter is not as needy or as finicky as I thought. Thank you!
• 5/5 from Emily Ketchel, attended Nov 2025: I learned that I was doing it all wrong. Very friendly, informative, and relaxed. Had a great time at the class!
• 5/5 from Melissa Skomer-Kafton, attended Nov 2025: Great class! I learned enough to get over my fear of trying my own sourdough.
• 5/5 from Lisa Stevens, attended Nov 2025: Great class, all of my questions answered and excited to get started on my own.
• 5/5 from Leslie Hamilton Grit, attended Oct 2025: Everything in this class was GREAT The instructor, the materials/utensils and the tasty SOURDOUGH TREATS
• 5/5 from Deborah Long, attended Oct 2025: Jeff made it easy to understand sourdough starter and how it could be used. Sourdough pancakes are amazing.
• 5/5 from Dolly Ramminger, attended Oct 2025: Very informative class. I learned so much about sourdough starter, how to feed, precise measurements.
• 5/5 from Kathryn McKinley, attended Oct 2025: I've been interested in sourdough baking for awhile. This class was perfect for taking the first step by learning about creating and keeping a starter. Plus, we got to take home an established starter. Jeff was personable and answered all our questions. He had bread for us to taste when we got there and made sourdough pancakes at the end. They were to die for. Can't wait to make them at home.
• 5/5 from Joey Sobczuk, attended Aug 2025: My son and I got the class as birthday gifts, so we took my brother along. We really enjoyed taking the class. We got lots of great information and are very excited to be able to have some starter at home to bake with!
• 5/5 from Armida Calderhead, attended Aug 2025: Love the class! Easy to follow and understand! I’m ready for the next class.
• 5/5 from Ashleigh Kenison, attended Jun 2025: The class was informative and I’m so excited to try to use the mother!
• 5/5 from Jeffrey Bell, attended Jun 2025: Excellent class. Already have starter and beginning to bake, but learned a lot from Jeff and clarified aspects of the process I had questions about.. Classroom setting was excellent.
• 5/5 from Paul Koenigs, attended Jun 2025: Jeff was very knowledgeable, explained everything very clearly. I am very interested in taking the 2 day sourdough baguette class to follow up. The recipe to make pancakes with the discard was very helpful.
• 4/5 from Jodi Bailey, attended Jun 2025: Jeff was great and open to questions. I wish he had a basic recipe for sourdough bread and would have gone through the steps of when and how to use the starter to make a loaf of bread.
• 5/5 from Kathleen Hinson, attended Mar 2025: I really enjoyed my sourdough starter class with Jeff. As a beginner I had a lot of questions. He answered clearly and completely. I'm excited to take his next 2 classes.
• 5/5 from Janette Bailey, attended Mar 2025: I enjoyed this class very much. Jeff is knowledgeable and engaging. He answered everyone's questions thoroughly and with patience. The venue is great and the assistants were very helpful bringing coffee or wine to whoever requested.
• 5/5 from Nanette Zorn, attended Mar 2025: The facility was clean and comfortable. Jeff was a very knowledgeable instructor. I'm so excited to have a Sourdough start!
• 5/5 from Sheila Brown, attended Mar 2025: The sourdough starter class was fun and informative. I learned a lot and am looking forward to taking more classes on baking, especially sourdough breads and all things yummy! The bread and pancakes we sampled in the class were fantastic! The jar and starter plus written directions are invaluable!! Hurray Jeff! Thanks! Sheila
• 5/5 from Robert Barker, attended Mar 2025: Jeff was very thorough and did an excellent job of answering questions. This was mush improved on my prior experience with starters many years ago.
• 5/5 from Rebecca L Hendrickson, attended Mar 2025: always wanted to learn how to keep sour dough mother growing. storage, usage. The class was large but didn't feel large. everyone had a seat and was able to see what was going on. enjoyed the samples. Wish there were recipes for the bread at least. Clear instuctions and questions were answered. It was a fun class. My first time at the kitchen Engine.
• 4/5 from Anonymized ClassBento customer, attended Mar 2025: Venue awesome. Staff and assistants great. Demo and answering questions great. Tv cam helped me see as had seat in corner by service kitchen door. Having hands on production of starter and something to take home was fantastic. My arrival almost 10 minutes late may have caused me to miss a few things. My learning style prefers both visual, seeing and reading. Jeff was patient in answering all questions and did repeat essential proceedures. Printed links on more info, starter and pancake recipes good but more detailed handout would be more helpful. Thanks for getting my interest in sourdough bread making reignited!
• 4/5 from Renee Coelho, attended Mar 2025: Received the class as a gift to get some formal training in sourdough. Received confirmation of what I’ve been doing or read to date. Instructor was patient and thorough in trying to cover the basics. Appreciated the new starter and the classroom set up.
• 4/5 from Jolie Ballard, attended Mar 2025: I have been trying to perfect (Ish) sourdough for my beneficiaries benefit for at least a decade. Mr. Jeff was fabulous! I would only recommend to supply students with the materials to continue on. Meaning, it would have been nice to have 50 grams each x 5 bread and rye to maintain starter until able to purchase, next class.i did however learn that I’ve been wasting a lot! I throw out the discard each time unless I’m getting ready to make something…I was then feeding both my starter and my “discard”, waiting for that to rise, to then make something. I had no clue you just build up the discard and use it!
• 3/5 from Sabrina Lindquist, attended Mar 2025: Maybe I didn’t read the class description thoroughly, but I was disappointed that we didn’t actually make bread. I found the class to be difficult and hard to follow. Not a great resource for me sadly