BakeZAP Advanced: Scaling, Soakers, Preferments and Production Features

Monday, November 30, 2026 | 4:00pm–5:00pm ET |  Via Zoom

Are you comfortable with the basics of digital formulas but wondering how to manage complex, multi-stage doughs? Are you looking for a better way to track recipe development and keep notes as your formulas evolve?

Join BakeZAP founder and developer Jonathan Mandel for an advanced virtual workshop designed to help you get more out of your digital tools.

We’ll move beyond basic scaling to tackle complex, multi-stage formulas, demonstrating how to separate stages while preserving the integrity of the overall formula. The first half of the webinar will be a demonstration, followed by hands-on practice in the BakeZAP interface and a Q&A where you can bring your baker’s math and workflow questions.

You’ll come away with a better sense of:

• Building and scaling complex multi-stage formulas, including preferments, cracked grain soakers, and levain management.
• Using built-in Bake Notes to track iterations, record observations, and capture what worked (or didn’t).
• Adjusting overall hydration while maintaining formula integrity.
• Using BakeZAP features to support production.

This program is free for all BBGA members. Prerequisite: Attendees should be familiar with basic BakeZAP navigation or have attended BakeZAP 101.

Presented in partnership with BakeZAP.  Through our partnership with BakeZAP, Guild members will receive an exclusive new membership benefit: immediate access to BakeZAP Pro at a heavily discounted rate. Eligible members can subscribe directly to the platform for just $45.00 per year or $4.99 per month, which is over half off the public price.  Subscribe here.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Jonathan Mandel, Co-Founder & CTO of BakeZAP

Jonathan Mandel is the developer of BakeZAP. As the former operator of the bakery Bread++ Sourdough, Jonathan experienced firsthand the annoyance of managing complex artisan formulas using brittle spreadsheets. To solve his own production headaches, he built a custom software tool that handled the intricacies of baker's math and multi-stage doughs. Recognizing that the broader artisan baking community shared these same struggles, Jonathan developed that original tool into BakeZAP; a platform specifically designed to support the way bakers naturally think about formulas, rather than forcing them into a rigid spreadsheet workflow.