THE CROISSANT CLUB | Croissant Masterclass with Chef Serena Obadia

Make the croissant and pain au chocolat you've been buying. Four hours at the bench with a Lenôtre-trained chef, eight seats, your twelve croissants and pains au chocolat and the Croissant Guide to take home. Sold out every month.

THE CROISSANT CLUB

A monthly masterclass with Chef Serena Obadia

Every last Saturday of 2027, 10:00 to 14:00

Crème & Croissant Baking School, 4 Drake Street, Observatory, Cape Town

R1,250 per person. Eight seats.

MAKE THE CROISSANT YOU'VE BEEN BUYING.

You know the one. The crust that shatters, the honeycomb inside, the butter you can smell before you see it. You have paid for it a hundred Sunday mornings. On the last Saturday of the month, you learn to make it yourself, properly, with the chef who taught it in Paris.

WHO TEACHES YOU

Chef Serena Obadia trained at Lenôtre in Paris, the Maison behind a generation of French pastry chefs. She taught pastry in Paris before opening Crème & Croissant, the French pastry school in Observatory where professionals and passionate home bakers train in the same room. She teaches every Club session herself, at your bench, not from the front of the room.

More than 200 bakers have taken this class. It sells out every month. It holds 5 stars on Google.

WHAT HAPPENS IN FOUR HOURS

You laminate, turn, shape, proof and bake your own croissants from the first fold to the last. Serena explains why your layers separate, why butter leaks, and how to make dough behave in Cape Town weather. Nothing is demonstrated for you to watch. Every step is yours.

Beginners are welcome and leave confident. Advanced bakers get pushed further on the same bench.

WHAT YOU TAKE HOME

Twelve croissants you made yourself, boxed in our packaging.

The Croissant Guide: 30 pages, croissant only, built as a game in six levels with a checkpoint at each, so your tenth croissant at home is better than your first in class.

A printed recipe for your kitchen.

A full-size product from our monthly partner, this month's Cape Town maker, presented in class by the people who make it.

A skill nobody can take back.

French snacks baked by our chefs, coffee and tea throughout. Aprons, ingredients and equipment are provided. Wear closed shoes.

Every last Saturday of 2027, Chef Serena opens her lab to one Cape Town maker she believes in. Come for the croissant, leave with a new favourite.

EIGHT SEATS. THEN IT'S CLOSED.

The Club never takes more than eight students, because Serena wants to see every fold. When the eight seats are gone, the next chance is a month away. Reserve yours now.

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