About Olivia Froger

Baking bread is where my heart is

I am Olivia Froger and I am studying at MBO-Rijnland to become a baker. That’s where I discovered my passion for baking bread. The beauty of making bread lies in the whole process — that you can create something so wonderful from just three ingredients: flour, water and salt. When the bread comes out of the oven perfectly, I feel like I wil explode of happiness.

It turned out that I was very good at baking and that I needed more of a challenge, because otherwise I would get bored. I’m now progressing through the program more quickly and I create extra challenges for myself at school. I also attended a training day with Hans Som (one of the best bread baker from the Netherlands), where I made viennoiserie for the first time and baked various sourdough breads.

I live in Delft (the Netherlands), where I have lived my whole life. During the first year of my studies, I did an internship two days a week at Hoeve Biesland. Hoeve Biesland is a biodynamic farm in Delfgauw. It’s a company that works with people who don’t fit into the regular job.