A bubbly starter isn't a bulletproof starter. Watch me prove it, live.

Fix it, once and for all

You know that flat loaf you saw at the start of the video above? I'm rehabbing the exact starter that produced it, from scratch, live, inside Sourdough Unchained.

Four streams, each one built around a real benchmark bake. 

I'll bake the loaves right before each stream, and track the same benchmarks, volume, crumb, ear, crust, and flavour, so you can see exactly how rehabbing the starter improves the loaf.

You'll also learn about the flour I'm using, how to manage temperature, and the exact feeding formulas I use for each phase to maximise strength and speed.

Plus, there'll be a dedicated Q&A session at the end of each stream.

• July 20, Stream 1: I'll show you what a bake looks like with a fully depleted starter, and walk through the Wake Up phase (temperature, flour, feeding schedule, percentages), feeding it live, right there on stream.
• July 22, Stream 2: I'll show you a loaf from a starter at the end of the Wake Up phase, and what's changing going into the Supercharge phase, and why.
• July 24, Stream 3: I'll show you a loaf from a starter at the end of the Supercharge phase, and what's changing going into the Bulletproof phase, and why.
• July 27, Stream 4: I'll show you the fully Bulletproof starter and the final loaf (the actual proof). Plus, how to transition the starter back to the fridge, ongoing maintenance, and how to give it a mini booster feed before your next bake.

All streams at the same time: 12 pm ET / 5 pm UK, every session. (Recordings will be available for members) 

Between streams: daily video updates as I feed the starter (how much it's risen, how it smells, how it tastes), plus teasers for what's coming in the next stream.

This isn't just watching, it's interacting. Videos are great, but the information flows one-way. During the livestreams, you'll get your questions answered in context. That's the feedback loop closed, in real-time. 

You'll also get the private tutorials that go with it: the details on flour, temperature, and feeding phases that don't fit into a live stream, yours to keep as part of your membership.

To protect you against everything else

While it's the foundation of the system, your starter isn't the only potential point of failure. To protect you against everything else, you'll also get the five-step Sourdough Unchained System:

1. The Starter Rehab: Get my starter rehab blueprint and video tutorials to build a bulletproof starter. As a bonus for this coming week, I'm walking you through it live, with my own starter, giving you access to my benchmark data and answering your questions live.
2. The Dough-to-Basket Calibration: Get my dough calibration method to size your dough perfectly to your basket, making proofing a breeze to judge.
3. The Fermentation Chain: Remove guesswork by using volume tracking to judge the starter, bulk fermentation, and the ambient proof.
4. The Reboot Process: Get my process for stripping the bake back to its core principles, making it easy to execute and maximising oven spring and crumb structure.
5. The Sourdough Clinic: In the clinic, I deep-dive into real member bakes, giving you the tools you'll need to troubleshoot effectively. You'll see weak starter case studies, along with fermentation and temperature fixes.

Alongside the five steps, you'll also have full access to the Sourdough Lounge, sit in on the recipes I'm developing, and join the monthly live Sourdough Lab, where you'll get support from me and our other Unchained bakers.

Join now to get the bonus livestream rehab event and the limited discount, both only available this coming week. 

Nothing left to chance

During my professional chef career, nothing was left to chance, and nothing was done just because someone said it was the right way. Every process was tested rigorously until it worked at full capability and produced the same result every time.

I brought that same standard to sourdough: design, bake, diagnose, refine.

The rehab you're about to watch is a process, built and tested that way, and you'll see it prove itself at every stage: Wake Up, Supercharge, Bulletproof, each one backed by a real loaf, not just my word for it.

"No more huge jars of wasted sourdough discard. Instructions that are clear and to the point. And even a sourdough calculator for getting your ingredient proportions perfect. Phil's videos took away the endless guessing and contradictions found in other videos."
— Kim Steinle, Community Member

Why join right now?

I don't know if I'll ever run this as a live cohort again.

That's the only reason I'm dropping the price from $147 to $127; I want as many bakers as possible to catch the whole cohort.

Miss this, and you've missed both, the cohort and the lifetime discount.

Unless cancelled, memberships renew automatically

"For 1½ years, I've baked rocks and frisbees, getting me frustrated and disappointed every time. Now I feel confident. Your instructions on starters and the Sourdough Reboot are well worth the price."
— Debra, Sourdough Unchained baker