Good morning and happy Sunday! What are your go-to flours? It would be helpful for me to understand what baking flours most of you use as I put together content, recipes, etc. For instance, I always have on hand King Arthur bread flour, organic Costco all-purpose flour, and organic Bob's Red Mill whole wheat flour. Of course, I also have a few other flours around such as a rye flour. So if you can just drop those in the chat, that would be really helpful. Thank you 🙏 Also, our JUNE RECOGNITION CALL is coming up this Tuesday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m. EST. Don't miss the live call when I'll announce our latest group of certified bakers for each level along with our member of the month and new community members. You'll find the log-in link on the Calendar tab and at the top of the Community page. And if you can't join us live, be sure to catch the recording!

Isn’t this certification program brilliant. It’s not often you find accomplished bakers who are willing to put their pretty breads aside to teach other people the craft. @David Bachman could easily be on Instagram saying look at me, instead he’s here shining the light on you. Well done, David.

That's why we're here, and that's what our certification program is all about. We've already recognized 6 certified Rising Sourdough Bakers and 7 certified Sourdough Pracitioners. I expect to recognize our first certified Sourdough Specialists in June. The roadmap is clear. Make quality contributions to this community that are recognized by your peers and bake excellent bread that scores 80 or higher on the BreadScore analysis. The more you do those things, the more you level up. Check out the certification roadmap attached for details. At the end of May, I'll recalculate your progress and announce the results. Use these next two weeks to claim your level, and, more importantly, improve your sourdough baking! With the support of this community and by the following this roadmap, anyone here can consistently bake high-quality sourdough bread on par with the best bakeries. I want that for you. That's why I devote the time and energy that I do. Reminder: You can submit any sourdough bread you bake for a BreadScore visual analysis. It doesn't need to be something I've posted here. Just follow the guidance in the attached quick start guide. And please reach out if I can help in any way!

Congratulations to our first group of certified Sourdough Practitioners! @Donna Angelo @Hannah Beck @Tim C @Deborah Karaban @Heather Lattanzio @Patt Stanaway @Denise Verdieck You've reached tier 2 of our Sourdough Improvement certification and are well on your way to certified Sourdough Specialist. Keep up the great work! Progress will be tracked and new achievement levels announced the first week of each month.

Now when you search on Skool Discovery at https://www.skool.com/discovery for sourdough, this community is the first result. That's pretty awesome. We're not the biggest, we definitely don't make the most money, but your engagement and commitment to helping each other makes a huge difference in how we rank. Thank you! This makes a difference when someone comes to Skool looking for a sourdough-focused community to join. I appreciate you all so much.