Lionel Vatinet, a James Beard Foundation semifinalist for “Outstanding Baker,” will host his fifth annual Bread Bakers Guild of America Open House at La Farm Bakery in Cary, on June 24 from 3pm to 5pm.

La Farm will offer behind-the-scene tours of the bakery, followed by a bread shaping demo, and an opportunity to see the bakers scoring and loading breads into and out of the hearth oven. A large variety of La Farm Bakery breads will be sampled – including Vatinet’s newest Barley Bread with Blueberries – and guests will take home a White Chocolate Mini Baguette. This event is free, and all are invited to attend. La Farm Bakery is located at 4248 NW Cary Parkway, Cary, NC (www.lafarmbakery.com).

Please RSVP to priya.joawn@lafarmbakery.com.

The Bakery Open House was conceived by the Bread Bakers Guild of America (www.bbga.org) as a way to bring communities to their bakeries, as well as champion locally made bread. Guild member bakeries around the US open their doors to the public and allow bread lovers to see where and how their bread is made, to ask questions and to taste.

Lionel Vatinet teaches hands-on bread baking classes regularly at his NC bakery, and in his home kitchen, as well as around the US.