Mark Woods From Walsall runs breadmaking Workshops in his kitchen

‘I’ve been making bread since I was 16, starting as an apprentice in a bread factory before retraining as a nurse. Three days a week I’m a psychiatric nurse. I bake bread to sell from my driveway on saturday and do a breadmaking class the last sunday of every month. I also do classes in Italian bread, sour dough, sweet dough and Christmas breads. I hold workshops in the kitchen. It’s usually four people at a time but I can do up to eight – it’s a question of oven space. What I love is the fascination of watching four ingredients go from a bowl of sludge to a finished loaf. I’ve made a million and every time it’s like, “wow”. It’s a mini miracle. That’s what I want to pass on. And it’s not pap that’s filled with additives, like the stuff churned out by big bakeries. I have people come from as far as Penrith in the UK and Texas in the Us. one lady came to a class looking at baking as a stress reliever from her job. People have changed their lives making bread.’ A basic breadmaking course is £75. slowloaf.co.uk