On this season two season opener, Lisa shares what inspired her to discover sourdough and the background of her wildly popular sourdough art. She tells us about the challenges and triumphs she’s experienced in opening her own cottage bakery and gives advice and inspiration to those considering pursuing their own sourdough dreams.
Lisa Clayton is the owner and operator of The Beach Cottage Bakery, a licensed cottage food operation she runs from her home in Redondo Beach, California. In 2016, Lisa started documenting her bread journey under the handle @sourdough_nouveau where you have undoubtedly come across her beautiful and intricately designed sourdough creations. Lisa is a passionate sourdough advocate dedicated to education. In addition to her baking, she hosts bread baking workshops, and most recently started selling her bread at her local farmers market.
“It’s important to have that support network at home because cottage baking can be a very isolating activity. You’re not working in a bakery with other bakers that you can share your successes and failures with and when you’re alone you can get in a bit of a spiral where you have self doubt and lose confidence. And there is a community online that you can reach out to, but having an immediate support network is very important.”