On April 14th, Saturday, we finally welcomed the long-expected intermediate bread class. From this class, participants learned how to bake croissant, fruit danish, pain au chocolat and pain aux raisins. Though it was cold outside, all the participants arrived on time. SYB  prepared breakfast for everyone to start an energetic

In close to one year of study, the students have been using Lesaffre’s yeast from its ‘Swallow’ brand. That’s why they’ve become very familiar with it. This time again, students have an opportunity to personally visit Lesaffre’s yeast factory in Mingguang, Anhui to understand how yeast is produced. On the

On Monday March 19th, Thomas Kalkhoven, Hirondelle Accademy Manager and Shi Ruijian, working as Junior Baking Technician since her graduation at SYB two years ago, came to introduce Lesaffre Shanghai activities to the Young Bakers. Lesaffre is SYB’s most important sponsor. This partnership evolved with years to become a really

Stepping Stones is a not-for-profit charitable organisation founded in 2006 and registered in Shanghai with a mission to improve the education and general welfare of disadvantaged children in China. Stepping Stones works with expatriate and local Chinese volunteers to teach English in Shanghai’s migrant schools and community centres. Stepping Stones

On December 10, 2017, after almost 3 weeks of preparation and planning, the 10th class of SYB students and the Welfare Development Center held their much-anticipated gathering.  This year’s event was held at Fudan University’s beautiful Jiangwan campus. It seems that each time we hold this event, the sky smiles upon

The whole team gathered today to enjoy a traditional French king cake: a nice way for our multicultural team to share and discover the French culture. To ensure that each piece of cake would be randomly distributed, tradition says that the youngest person has to sit under the table and

  A Pleines Mains (APM) is a charity program helping the needy, orphans and handicapped people in China through material and financial donations. APM regularly receives second-hand goods or new items from private or corporate donors. These donations can  then be redistributed to needy communities all around China or sold

There is a French saying « l’habit ne fait pas le moine » which translate as « Clothes do not make the man (or the monk) » but some serious research actually shows that it does help.  Wearing a nice looking, clean and customized uniform with your name embroidered on it certainly helps make