Richard Miscovich

Richard began baking European hearth breads in 1996 after graduating in the first class taught at the San Francisco Baking Institute. During that same trip, he visited Alan Scott and was introduced to the Scott brick oven design. This happened just as interest in artisan baking and wood-fired ovens increased dramatically. He immediately began construction of a wood-fired oven in coastal North Carolina, and opened an organic micro-bakery, One Acre Garden and Bakery, specializing in organic artisan hearth breads. Currently, Richard is assistant professor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island and a Department Chair for The International Baking & Pastry Institute. In addition to teaching culinary students, Richard is also a popular instructor for home bakers and brick oven hobbyists, and is a regular guest at venues around the country where he teaches artisan bread-baking techniques, wood-fired baking, and oven-building classes. In 2007, Richard organized and helped teach the first three-day wood-fired oven class track to be offered at The Bread Bakers Guild of America’s bi-annual educational conference, Camp Bread. He served two terms on the Board of The Bread Bakers Guild of America. He is the author of From the Woodfired Oven (Chelsea Green Publishing) and instructs the online Craftsy courses, ‘Handmade sourdough, from starter to baked loaf’ and ‘King Arthur Flour’s best sandwich breads.’