Meet Your Bread-Baking Guides

Old-World Tradition Meets Engineering Precision

We're John and Maura Durrant, and we believe great bread is meant to be shared.

Maura grew up surrounded by the Italian breadmaking traditions her grandparents brought from Italy to San Francisco. A former corporate trainer, she understands how to make learning comfortable, approachable, and enjoyable.

John has been baking since the 1970s, earning more than 100 ribbons at regional fairs, including Grand Champion honors. After a 30-year career as a marine engineer, he brings the same precision and problem-solving skills to sourdough that once kept ships running at sea.

Together, we combine tradition, science, and patient instruction to help everyday people become confident bread bakers.

Breaducation grew from years of teaching our children, Boy Scouts, friends, and neighbors. Again and again, we discovered that people didn't just want another recipe.

They wanted to understand bread well enough to make it their own.

That's what we teach today.

Because bread has always brought people together.

And we'd love to help you bring something wonderful to your table.