Make your own bread

France taking such a pride in its artisan bakery tradition, many guests are surprised that we have never served a loaf of bought bread at the Manoir. This is partly because one of the privileges of running a table d’hôtes with a set menu is that you can choose what you cook every day, so I have made literally hundreds of different batches of breads using dozens of different recipes, techniques and formulas, exactly to my requirements on the day. It’s also because our nearest artisan baker is a 30km round trip away.