New Bakery Soft Opening to the Public | Proof Bread 

I'm a retired baker with 45 years experience. I always used 'lidded' trays when baking English Muffins. Basically the lid was the same rectangular shape as the base tray but just a little bigger so it fits over the base tray. Lids were put on before proving. Lidding the trays meant the top and bottom face of the muffins baked and coloured at the same time. No flipping needed.

“If the mold won’t eat what you want to eat. Should you be eating it?” Perfect !

I can’t put into words how this video makes me feel. So happy for you guys. I’ve been watching for quite some time now and the transformation is insane. I hope to visit one day!

This is extremely impressive. Multitasking and filming during a high pressure situation is not something many could pull off; especially with such ease. Hope the opening went great!

I’m so honored to back you, I knew you could do this. Your team is amazing. I hope that now you’re spending more time with your lovely family and that your girls are happy and healthy.

Jon and Amanda! Woohoo! I felt myself become emotional when I saw customers in the bakery…what a journey! What a story! You are an inspiration. I can only try to imagine the demands of this day and I admire your dedication to family, the bakery and this channel. I eagerly watch every video, dissect what I can and transfer that knowledge to my own home kitchen. I am forever grateful for the Gochujang Bread recipe…it will always be our favorite. This planet is lucky to have people like you. Saskatoon, SK Canada

Congrats to you John, And all of the staff at proof . What a great effort in getting the new bakery store such a huge successful meaningful life experience. 👏

We both wish you all the best in your new adventure. We both know how hard & challaging it can get but you all have that passion to succeed !!!! My husband has been a baker/pastrycook for nearly 50 years but soon to hang the boots up but still has that passion !!! Regards from Western Australia

This makes me so happy to see you all busy and with so many customers coming in! Everything looks delicious. Wish I was closer so I buy one of everything! Best wishes for continued happiness and success!

Congratulations on your soft opening. I’m rooting for you and I know you’ll succeed with all y’all’s dedication and skill. GO PROOF! Woo woot

This video is so emotional. It’s making me cry of happiness! You guys have persevered in so many ways, and your mantra of sharing your growth is inspirational ♥️🦋

On Apr 22, 2020 in the description of Proof Bread's first video, Jon said "We’re in this together. Those of us who are farmers, ranchers and bakers have been on overdrive to help feed this city. Everyone is undergoing massive change. If you notice the differences, I encourage you to practice empathy to your neighbors as they adapt. It doesn’t really matter what you did a few weeks ago on the regular. Chances are, it’s different in some way now. Chances are you are learning how to adapt. Let’s be aware that all of us are in that boat, and let’s focus on coming together as a community." . . . . . A year and a half later, having watched all of the videos that have followed, including today's video, Jon, family and all of their workers at Proof Bread are still talking the talk and walking the walk. RESPECT. 👍👍👍👍👍

Best wishes, John! 26:01 Your "signature" score. The mark of premium quality.

Bake your own bread. It is way better than factory bread with preservatives. Have been baking sour dough loafs on Italian bread form (2 loaf).

Man, that’s a ton of work you guys do! Good luck. I hope this pays off in proportion to the immense effort. I don’t doubt it will, though.

Keep Aloe for those burns. Keep applying. Works wonders. I know~ I used to work in a bakery!

this guy can talk for days 😂

Just sat here smiling throughout this video 😊 ... soooooo happy for you guys... I just know you all are gonna SMASH this!!!

put a tray on top of the english muffins before they go in the oven you maniac, youre making it look hard

You can tell how much you love baking and the sourdough because you’re such a good teacher at it

What a genuine love for bread! Best wishes to your business. I wish I could visit your store someday.

"If the mold won't eat what you want to eat, should you be eating it?" perfect way to explain why we should be wary of preservatives in our food haha.

looks wonderful , wished i lived in AZ would come down and say hi.

SO nice to see the art side of bread making, the work you have gone through to get to this point looks exasperating, nice to see there are still people who want to take on this work load, bakers are under appreciated for sure,, not by me of course, wish I lived next door to you, Id be there every day .. good luck in your business and thanks for the Video

Probably the one of the most unique channels on RU-vid, wish you guys all the best.

Congratulations! Your hard work and dedication pays off now. I am happy for you. (Whatever happened to the puppies)?

Jon, Morning... I'm so happy for "you"... Seems the transition is going smooth.... Your success is inevitable... Cheers...

I lovvvvvvvvve your new bakery!!! Thank you so much for supplying the people with REAL bread! I am a true believer that this is the only kind of bread that is healthy to eat! I make all my baked goods with sourdough starter and never use commercial yeast! You are my hero!👍🏻🥰🌺

This bakery looks fantastic! (he needs a haircut again)

Congratulations on your soft opening! I so wish I could come enjoy your bread!

I love baking bread. Since I cook for just myself, I developed a one-serving loaf. That way I can eat fresh, hot bread every day without gaining weight. Your breads look lovely.

I would try not to lose that as more and more fans finding the store your ability to talk directly to the customer fans 👍👍👍👍🍞🍞🥐🥐🥐🥖🥖🥖🥖

Love your job dearly. As a retired baker, i do miss the early morning chores in bakery, you are reminding me a lot of the old days.

Awesome and congrats! I'm happy for you all! Exciting! Impressive. Sounds like a very cool place. I love places like this.

This is the first video I've seen from this channel and it looks like I'm about to binge watch. I love bakeries. Looks like hard work to manage it all. Everything looks so delicious.

I love bread, i wish i could work there and experience working with people that stay true to their mission.

Congratulations and Bountiful Blessings on your new adventure PROOF! I'm on week 3 of a vegetable juice fast, and watching you all methodically, carefully, intentionally and soulfully bake bread has been soul food and good medicine for me. Satisfying on many levels, especially knowing that people who truly care and foster a culture of honor are prospering and being rewarded in kind. PROPS PROOF!

I know you must have Aloe Vera out there in Arizona. I have them around just for such baking sheet burns. Aloe plants are great to have

Beautiful Bakery!!!!!what is the name of your bakery? Where are you located?????I want to come!!!!Live the video!!!💖💖💖💖💖🦋🦋🦋🌸

Love your new bakery, the bread and pastries look so amazing and delicious. God blessings over you and your bakery.

Love your work! Love your work ethic ! Love the way you guys stay so cool whilst " under the pump"! Congratulations for making it this far & nailing your first opening! Your products are World Class & you should be VERY PROUD of yourselves! RESPECT! Regarding your english muffin dilemma, use silicone baking paper on the trays & you'll never have another stuck muffin ( or related burn! )

Saying Hi from the U.K, love your `go get em` enthusiasm and the great staff you have around you..

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Great to see everything coming to fruition after such a long slog. Glad that I could help in a small way, even from the UK, with a donation to such a fabulous bakery, with an equally fabulous story. @thebreadcode noticed the Gluten Tag on the door at minute 28:03 - Good luck for the Grand opening. Well Done to all

Second time visit , what a great video . You and your wife great team and business people , I can see the huge investment , so good luck to you both , An old saying “ the harder you work the luckier you get “ good luck 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Need a jacket (whites), but a style fitting for the bakery. At least while running the oven so your arms are covered. And yup, I was burned a lot when I worked in kitchens. Lost the feeling in my fingers enough, I could take out pizza pans with bruschetta loaded on them, bare handed. Quickly, of course.

Really inspiring video, how you keep so calm in such a high pressure situation is impressive. I would love to get there one day to try your bread and pastries, they all look amazing! 👏👏

Congrats with the bakery. The bread and the english muffins looks very good :) But here is a small but.. As a danish baker, it is so sad to see those cakes been called "danish" :/ They have nothing to do with real danish.. All the rest of your products look really good :)

don't know why RU-vid suggested this video but good luck with your hustle, that bread looks phenomenal!!!!

I would be a definite regular.

About those burns, grit your teeth and stick your arm in the oven. It will hurt like heck for a couple of minutes but it will take the sting out. It works. I started baking over 50 years ago and I've done this many times.

Awesome.... My passion for baking will come true like yours👌👌👌👌

Love your videos. Makes me want to be a baker . Problem is , all I have been able to bake thus far is dough hockey pucks . Maybe tomorrow.

i did this job when i was 16.....bread should cost more....the work into bread like this is so hard...people dont know how hard it is to get up every morning to make fresh bread.

I have celiac disease a d therfore must avoid gluten. I find your videos fascinating. You are knowledgeable and articulate. I get gluten free bread at Walmart. Is there such a thing as artisianal gluten free bread. You are a very hard worker and a true pro at what you do..Mike Burke

God always has better plans for all of us... we must learn to see the good no matter what...all is well that ends well(although this is the beginning now :) ) so happy that the bakery and the team found a happy place around good people and community:) best wishes and warm hugs:)

I have never been a big fan of bread but damn, now I want to travel to Arizona just to try yours. They all look amazing.

why do you have equipments in you new store since you have all the equipments back at old store, so you can just bake and ship to the new store?

The is one of the few channels I watch at normal speed. Good luck on the grand opening.

Wow, randomly found this video, and am so excited when I realized you guys were in Arizona!

As a crafter who burned myself many times with glue guns...keep vitamin e gel capsules and as soon as you are hurt, burst the capsule over the burn and it should be gone over night.

wow amazing work, congratulation for you opening location., just a question where are you located

For burns, keep a tube of Aloe Vera in your pocket. Apply immediately and it will relief you and not even leave a mark. God bless.

If i may ask where did you find that big bread oven? Did that come with the location or was that something you had to buy?

i have been a follower since very very long time...finally i am able to fly to Phoenix on Dec 6th for a client meeting and i will for sure make it to your bakery...love to try some of the bread and pastries as well...

Great jobs guys! Congratulations! In the bread cooling chamber, are you using humidity control? Cheers

If the mold won’t eat what you want to eat… should you be eating it…. Amazing concept!! 🤣

First time watcher of this channel.......... I love the content, Hate the editing! Kinda hard to sit and watch!

Any chance you would ever consider a bakery cook book? Would love to have recipes...since we live several states away.

Fantastic Video, this guys got it going ON💕 I would volunteer to work here🤣

The only thing that worries me is he kept talking and talking and talking with all those dough right in front of him, for sure his saliva getting sprinkled all over... hmmmm...

Hairy arms, hands, faces, no gloves or sleeves, hats hair nets What’s up with that??

When I was overseas in the Navy I remember getting bread like that it was so fresh that the crust was crusty in the center was warm and toasty and delicious

Ausome opening great job. I saw your hands burns please always have organic virgin coconut oil once u get burn put it in the burn it will cool it use it daily in a week u gonna forget where it was . I bake a lot this is the best remedy with best wishes

In the beginning, I can’t unsee him sprinkling fairy dust on the dough🤣

Overbaked is a matter of choice i love dark crust. Burnt is not acceptable as this means part of the bread has turned to carbon and is uneatable.

Do you know an ancient Roman times the score pattern was a trademark of each bakery and if another baker stole their mark they could actually be sued and killed for it

I might shop - if I knew where this was. Can’t even find a country.

You don't say where your story is. I went your website and couldn't find the location there either.

Of course. Just had to return to Jersey. Can’t wait to get home and check out the joint!

Un petit précision : Ce n'est pas du pain au chocolat, c'est une "chocolatine" !!! Formidable boulangerie !!!

Superb work folks.😄 Just like what we do over here in Europe.

Wow, this is massive and beautiful. More grace

I’m thinking as he was placing things on top of whatever was on the trays in the very beginning he was not wearing gloves

Im surprised he doesn't wear gloves & his hair & beard arent covered.

Why TF would anyone thumbs down this video?!?!

Thank you for the great videos. When is your book coming out?

very educational and insightful guys. very nice.

What temp do you flat bake the english muffins?

Hey, what microphone do you guys use? The sound is great!

You're missing a lightbulb over the counter.

so who's doing all the camera work here? Kudos to that person!

Adding cayenne to some water and drinking it takes the fire out of burns.

When you take out the pastries, put them on bottom up the shelfs , so they cool faster, than put them under the cooling pastries, so it takes to long to cool !! Just a tip !! cool job!!

I want one of your olive breads! To bad we can’t do mail order!

Your breads look great. Nice ears on most of the bread and baguettes

gluten tag 😅

I'd kill for a hot loaf of souer dough bread right now...

Min 27:00 CLAP CLAP CLAP!! you're doing guys

It must smell amazing in the bakery! 😍😍