
Wood-Fired Baking (Ages 10-13)
Jerry Bond is a retired Natural Resource Police Officer who has developed a passion for all things bread. He began baking cookies when his wife went back to college and has continued to study and develop his knowledge of baking over the past 20 years. For the past 10 years, he has focused on bread and pizza making, using both yeasted methods and traditional sourdough. He has taken classes in specialty breads and wood oven baking from several master bakers.
Jerry’s teaching experience includes nature programming, outdoor recreation, hunter safety, coaching sports, and since retirement, sharing his love of bread baking with others. He has taught bread and pizza classes to groups of various sizes, from one on one to groups as large as 20 in private homes, businesses and schools. He joined the Waterford Craft School’s instructor team in 2020, leading a series of popular, virtual baking classes.