Just Bakery is an educational and vocational training program. The program works with individuals who are experiencing significant barriers to employment (homelessness, justice involved, lack of education, and/or a lack of work history or skills).
Just Bakery utilizes the National Restaurant Association’s “ManageFirst” curriculum, teaching hospitality and restaurant management, supervision, cost control, nutrition, accounting and ServSafe to our students, as well as intro to baking hands-on in our commercial kitchen. This curriculum allows students to earn up to 15 college credits and gain automatic acceptance into the Madison College Culinary Program. Students also receive sales and marketing experience by working side by side with program staff in a variety of sales venues, learning customer service skills and front of the house skills.
All proceeds from Just Bakery sales are reinvested into the program and have allowed us to hire our graduates to work in the program both on the instructional and production side of the program.
Upcoming Classes
2025
JB 1: ServSafe, Nutrition, Management, Kitchen
Class is Monday-Friday from 9:00-3:00 for 9 weeks.
Information Session January 7
Class starts January 20
Information Session March 4
Class starts March 31
Information Session May 20
Class starts June 9
Information Session August 5
Class starts August 18
Information Session October 14
Class starts October 27
JB 2: Supervision, Controlling Foodservice Costs, Accounting
Class is Monday-Friday from 2:00-5:00 for 5 weeks. Successful completion of JB 1 required.
April 7-May 9
September 8-October 10
Just Bakery is currently in person- if you are interested in attending, email jaclyn@justdane.org (or call/text 608-220-1690) and she will connect you with the information!
Shop
Just Bakery will be closed November 28-29 and December 23-Jan 6th so our hardworking staff can get a well deserved break!
WE NEED AT LEAST 48 HOUR NOTICE FOR ALL ORDERS
Pickup or delivery to Dane County is available Monday-Saturday! If you need a Sunday pickup or delivery, please contact us and we will see what we can do.
Large orders may require more than 48 hour notice.
Call us with any questions: 608-598-0042
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Croissants
$3.00 – $4.00 -
Dilly Bread
$6.00 -
Multigrain Rolls
$5.00 -
Take and Bake Quiche
$30.00 -
Macarons
$15.00 -
Granola
$9.00 -
Bagels
$8.00 -
Crumble Bars
$5.00 – $12.00 -
Pizza Bread
$8.00 -
Pesto Parmesan Rolls
$5.00 -
Honey Cornbread Muffins
$5.00 -
Cream Puffs
$3.00 -
Vegan Linzer Cookies
$5.00 -
Challah
$6.00 -
Pie
$26.00 – $35.00 -
Brownies
$5.00 – $6.50 -
Carrot Cake
$20.00 -
Seasonal Cookie Decorating Kit
$25.00 -
Cinnamon Rolls
$5.00 -
Quick Bread
$5.00 -
Scones
$5.00 – $6.00 -
Cheesecake Bars
$6.00 -
Bread
$5.00 – $8.00 -
Cupcakes
$2.00 – $3.00 -
Whoopie Pie
$5.00 -
Tea Cookies
$7.00 – $14.00 -
Pumpkin Bars
$5.00 – $15.00 -
Everything Knekkebrød (Norwegian Crisp Bread)
$6.00 -
Danish
$6.00 -
Cheesy Rolls
$5.00 -
Morning Buns
$5.00 -
Cookies
$5.00 -
Muffins
$5.00 – $6.00 -
Sourdough Focaccia
$6.00 -
Biscotti
$6.00 – $8.00
Blog
In The News
Ready for the Kitchen
Another week has flown by. This week is bittersweet as we say good-bye to JB 46. Kathy and Lisa have worked extremely hard in both the classroom and the kitchen. They mastered the class material gaining multiple certificates that will hopefully...
One Test Down!
Well Week 3 has come and gone for JB 47! They tackled their first exam with great success! Now they get started on their last book: Nutrition! Our advisor with Madison College came on this week to meet with the guys and talk about college and...
Just as Rich as the Desserts
Things are getting real as JB 47 wraps up their second week of the program. They are almost done with their Management books, have just started ServSafe, and have their first test next week! Here is Miles to fill you in on his experience so far:...
Welcome JB 47!!
Welcome to the madness JB 47!! We have had a heavy week of getting our eight new students situated in this virtual world! Most of our newbies haven't been in school in a while so that can be a struggle as they relearn what it's like to be in...
Tests, Tests, and More Tests!
Well, here we are, at the end of Month 2. JB 46 will continue their third month in just the kitchen as we welcome JB 47 into the classroom. It is crazy how quickly the weeks fly by. The last two weeks have been quite busy as Kathy and Lisa prepared...
Brrrr-ing It On!
The days keep flying by as JB 46 wraps up Week 6. They've been working hard on Controlling Foodservice Costs-the most dreaded of the material we cover. We completed the book this week and started on some review. They have a heavy week ahead of them...
JB 46 Enters the Kitchen!
Happy February! Last week we said goodbye to JB 45, and this week JB 46 entered the kitchen! It's nice to break up the books a bit with some in person kitchen training. On Tuesday, Justin got them started with a tour of the kitchen and supplies,...
It’s Cold Outside, but JB’s Just Warming Up!
This week is bittersweet as we wish JB 45 the best on their life journeys. It was so great to work with these ladies and we are so excited to see where they end up! As part of the program, there is a final kitchen presentation. The students pick a...
Full Speed Ahead
JB 46 has finished Week 3!!! Here is Kathy to give you a brief look at this week: "Short week in days, but not in material. We had a four day week in honor of the Martin Luther King Jr holiday on Monday. Still full speed ahead in learning and...
2021!
It's been so long!! But we are happy to be back in action after some much needed rest after the wonderfully busy holiday season. Our staff and JB 45 are back in the kitchen; recharged and ready for your orders! New this year will be our Cookie of...
Longest Night Tribute Celebrates Lives of Homeless
MADISON (WKOW) -- Saturday is the longest night of the year, the Winter Solstice. 15 hours of darkness in winter is hardest on the homeless population in Madison. So advocates came together at the state Capitol Saturday to remember those who've...
2020 Coming to a Close
"I didn't want to talk about the Pandemic because it seems to be the "Hot Topic", but it's really hard not to. We are nearing the end of 2020 and to many, this has been an extremely trying and stressful time. I think this Pandemic has tested our...
Pressing On
Happy Friday! Just Bakery is in production mode baking up all these holiday goodies without the extra help of the students-and they are feeling it! If you haven't checked out our awesome holiday specials yet-what are you waiting for?! We have...
The Only Constant Is Change
With the governor's order a couple weeks ago, Just Bakery needed to do some more adaptation. We did not want to risk the health and safety of our staff and students, so paused our in person kitchen instruction portion and have been working on...
Grateful
November has me thinking about gratitude. I guess because Thanksgiving is right around the corner and in "normal times", many people spend the holiday with their loved ones, eat way too much, and are "Grateful". Or at least, that's what I think is...
Juggling Lots, but Aiming for Success
"Moving into week 6 at Just Bakery, we started out as usual with some Bakers' Math. In this unit we use real recipes and find the total weight of it. We also practiced figuring out order forms and how to decide how much product we needed to make...
Getting Our Hands Metaphorically Dirty
"As JB 45 continues to learn more about and study Baker's Math, Servsafe, and Nutrition, we were really excited to start rolling in the dough and getting our hands dirty this week in the kitchen. Well, "dirty" in a Servsafe sort of fashion:...
Ready for the Kitchen!
Today marks the end of Week 4 which means the students finally get started in the kitchen next week! They've worked really hard this last month, and now it is time for the real fun (and physical work) to begin. This week was quite eventful as we...
Definitely not JUST Bakery!
We definitely teach more than just baking!
Juggling School and Life
Happy Friday everyone! JB 44 is still rocking it out in the kitchen, and JB 45 has figured out how this whole thing works! Our "journalists" this round will be a rotation of Amy and Marlon-Amy will tell you about Week 2 in the Just Bakery program!...
Getting Into the Swing of Things
This week has been crazy busy as JB 45 enters the "building"!! As we get started, it tends to feel overwhelming: dusting out the cobwebs as folks get back into learning and doing homework, on top of the constant onslaught of emails from Jaclyn...
Hello Fall!
This week Marlene and Kim started their final month of kitchen only! They got to experience working with other members of our staff this week as Phil and Justin took over instruction! White chocolate cranberry scones, cheddar chive biscuits, tea...
Done with the Books!
Marlene is wrapping up JB 44's classroom time moving into the kitchen only portion of the program! We will be starting a JB 45 in October! The classroom is not just book work-we also do quite a bit of employment prep. We've been working on my...
Learning New Things
Since there was no blog post for last week, this one will be a double post! Marlene will fill you in on highlights from last week as well as this week. I learn new things everyday in the just bakery kitchen with my baking partner Kim. We are...
Change of Scenery
JB 44 gets started in the kitchen!
Keeping Focused
It is JB 44s last week before the kitchen starts! Here is Marlene to fill you in on the week! Monday we had the nutrition final exam which is a proctored exam like exams which were in high school. The instructor told me all that I need was a...
Let Your Light Shine Through
JB 43 graduates! JB 44 keeps trucking on their ManageFirst studies.
Delicate Balance
JB 43 Kitchen with Bee! It’s the final stretch… the second to last week of the program is just about over and we have learned some important lessons while working the straight dough method. One of them has been maintaining a delicate balance when...
Sweet Smells, Appreciation, and JB 44 Enters!
This week you get to hear from both of the Just Bakery worlds! We will start out with a peek at what our JB 43 bakers been doing in the kitchen this week and then we'll finish it off with an intro and summary from Marlene in JB 44 about how the...