The Home Baking Business Academy

A special in-person day –  Tuesday 1st December – Oxford

What’s it all about…?

Academy Day Oxford will be a full day of proper thinking time, afternoon tea in a stunning rooftop restaurant, festive market content creation, and the kind of clarity that is very hard to find when you are knee-deep in bakes and admin.

Running a home baking business is joyful, creative and endlessly busy. It can also make it very hard to find the time and the headspace to plan properly.

Academy Day Oxford is a full day dedicated to exactly that.

What’s in store…

On Tuesday 1 December 2026, we are gathering in Oxford for a two-hour planning and strategy workshop, where you will make a start on getting your 2027 plans in place.

This will be followed at lunchtime with afternoon tea at the Ashmolean Rooftop Restaurant — with its floor-to-ceiling windows and views over the Oxford spires.

After lunch, we will wander through the museum at our own pace before heading to the Oxford Christmas Market, where you will have time to capture content for your own business in one of the most naturally festive settings in the country.

We close the day with hot drinks and a relaxed conversation about what you are taking away and what you are committing to for the next year.

The Bridge of Sighs in Oxford — a covered stone bridge crossing New College Lane — photographed at dusk. An ornate arched bridge with mullioned windows connects two college buildings above a narrow street lit by a warm gas-style lamp. A small group of visitors gather below.
A three-tiered afternoon tea stand on a grey table, set against a glass conservatory backdrop with greenery. The stand holds finger sandwiches and a slice of red velvet cake on the lower tier, scones on the middle tier, and decorated cakes and sweet treats on the top tier. Floral teacups and a teapot sit alongside a small vase of bright orange, pink and yellow gerberas.

Here is what the day looks like:

9.00am — Optional breakfast meet-up, a great way to start (own cost)

10.00am — Morning workshop: Planning and Strategy: Your Year Ahead

12.30pm — Festive Afternoon Tea, Ashmolean Rooftop Restaurant

2.00pm — Self-guided museum wander with suggested highlights

3.00pm — Oxford Christmas Market: content creation for your business

4.30pm — Hot drinks and next steps

You will leave with a clear one-page plan for 2027, a set of intentions you have actually committed to out loud, and content on your phone ready to post.

What is included:

  • Morning workshop and all session materials Planning framework

  • Goody Bag

  • Hot drinks throughout the morning, and at close

  • Festive Afternoon Tea Lunch at the Ashmolean Rooftop Restaurant

  • Content prompt sheet for the Christmas market

 

This day is for you if…

  • You’d love to connect in person with other business bakers who genuinely get what running a small baking business is like

  • You’d like some guidance for plannning the year ahead.

  • You want to collect some really fabulous photographs and ‘B roll’ footage for your social media content

  • You fancy a really lovely day out that also happens to move your business forward

The practical details

  • Date: Tuesday 1st December 2026

  • Location: Oxford

  • Places available: Maximum 15 — first come, first served

  • What’s included:

    Your ticket includes:

    • Drinks through the morning (tea, coffee and water)

    • Morning workshop session

    • All activity materials

    • Goody bag

    • Lunch at the Ashmoleum Rooftop Restaurant – Afternoon Tea Style

    • Closing drinks

    Your ticket does not include:

    • Travel to and from Oxford

    • Accommodation

    • Any additional food, drinks, or purchases made independently during the day

What to bring: Your phone, comfortable shoes, and an open mind!

A row of wooden Christmas market chalets lit with warm fairy lights and decorated with garland, photographed at night against a honey-coloured stone building. Two visitors in winter coats browse the stalls. A colourful wristband display is visible on the right.

Investment

£180 per person

Places are limited to 15 and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Pay in full, or spread the cost with the pay in 5 option, and book your place for just £36 today — available until 24th July 2026.

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The neoclassical entrance to the Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Oxford. Stone columns frame the grand portico, with promotional banners for a Tutankhamun exhibition hanging between them. Visitors sit on the steps in summer sunshine.