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
Turning Up the Heat!
JB 43 had their first kitchen only week this week and it went swell! Here is Bee to fill you in! "We are three weeks from finishing the program and it is a big production week in the kitchen. We have gotten speedier and more practiced in our pie...
Messy Measuring and Mixing Ahead
Bee and Jazmine just finished their last week of the classroom and are moving on to the ktichen only portion! No more long reading assignments, now they get to focus on the dough! Here is Bee to tell you about the week! "Well…. it was the final...
Tests and Presentations!
We'll start things off this week with Bee's summary of the week, and end with a couple of pictures from the youth's baking experiments this week! "It has been a busy and productive week in the classroom and the kitchen! Can’t wait for next week,...
Keeping Busy!
This week was JB 43’s second week in the kitchen and the youth cohort’s second week total! We’ll start with Bee and JB 43, and then we’ll check in with Zack and Justin, our youth cohort instructors, on what they have been up to over there! Bee:...
JB 43 Enters the Kitchen
JB 43 made it through the grueling first month of classroom only and finally started in the kitchen! The first day is a lot like the first day in the classroom where they are presented with a bunch of information as they prepare to get baking, and...
JB 42: Moving On, JB 43: Moving In
Today is a happy yet sad day as we say "Congratulations" to Nathan and Tom on their JB Graduation. They have been super flexible with everything that changed when Covid-19 popped up their third week of class, and they have killed it the whole time!...
Getting Situated
"What did we do this week? Well, there was math: multiplying, dividing (ugh, long division), and learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions- very important for when we get into the kitchen. We also learned a lot in Nutrition...
Kicking Off Week 1
Wow-what an exciting, yet education filled week! The new class got to learn about each other through various team-building exercises such as Solve The Puzzle (taking a picture and having them each draw one section and then place them together) and...
The Final Stretch!
Wow, JB 41 has made it to the end goal: one week away from the final tests! Just one more week remains after this and then its all kitchen and on to the next class! JB 41 has been having lots of fun experimenting with new and different recipes, and...
Self-Love, Nutrition Presentations, and Large Orders!
"It was an eventful week here at Just Bakery. We ended last week with a grief group and some intense, deep grief counseling. To offset that, we packed this week with many fun activities. For our Wellness group on Wednesday, we made lists of our top...