US Bread Bakers Guild New Board Members

The Bread Bakers Guild of America has appointed Solveig Tofte and Tod Bramble to The Guild’s Board of Directors

Tofte and Bramble will sit for three-year terms, beginning 1 January, 2010.

Tofte, head baker at The Turtle Bread Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was a member of the Bread Bakers Guild Team USA 2008 and she represented the United States in the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie (World Cup of Baking) in the Baguette and Speciality Breads category.

Tofte, who has been a member of the Guild for 10 years, was an instructor in the Guild’s 2008 Women of the Guild master classes, teaching a course on world-class breads, and in 2009 served as a judge in auditions for Bread Bakers Guild Team USA 2010.

Bramble, from South Portland, Maine, has been a Guild member since 1999. He is an employee-owner of King Arthur Flour Company and National Sales Manager for their Bakery Flour Division. Bramble is an expert in grain science, with a special interest in wheat protein quality. At the Guild’s popular Camp Bread in 2007, he taught a baking education class on wheat and grains.