NYC: Bagel Baking Class with Award-Winning Baker (UWS)
Overview
Roll, boil, and bake your own authentic New York bagels. Led by an award-winning baker, you’ll learn time-honored techniques, explore the bagel’s rich history, and enjoy your freshly baked creations.
What's Included
- Breakfast Bagels with gourmet spreads and smoked fish
- Tea and coffee Coffee and water
- Access to Online New York Bagel Baking Course and Recipes
Meeting Location
2131 Broadway
New York, NY 10023, USA
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Step into the heart of New York City's bagel culture with a hands-on baking class at Fairway Market's 74th Street Café.
After a warm welcome and icebreaker, an award-winning baker guides you through the classic rope-and-loop rolling technique—a skill you'll quickly put to use as you roll at least six bagels from scratch.
Next, you'll watch a dough-making demonstration revealing the building blocks of every great bagel. While the dough rests, you'll dive into Part I of the bagel's rich history, from its Polish origins to the rise of the Bagel Bakers' Union in mid-20th-century NYC.
Then it's time to bring the dough to life. You'll learn how boiling and seeding define the New York bagel's iconic texture and taste—and do it yourself with your instructor's guidance. Between dough stages, the story continues into the modern bagel era, from cream cheese culture to the invention of the bagel rolling machine.
Finally, enjoy your freshly baked creations with gourmet spreads, smoked fish, and classic accompaniments. The experience ends with a light-hearted bagel trivia quiz—and you'll head home with at least 6 bagels, the recipe, and the skills to repeat the process at home.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (EST).
- This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- Breakfast. Bagels with gourmet spreads and smoked fish.
- Tea and coffee. Coffee and water.
- Access to Online New York Bagel Baking Course and Recipes.
The minimum age to participate is 12. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the NYC: Bagel Baking Class with Award-Winning Baker (UWS) is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for NYC: Bagel Baking Class with Award-Winning Baker (UWS) will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- BreakfastBagels with gourmet spreads and smoked fish
- Tea and coffeeCoffee and water
- Access to Online New York Bagel Baking Course and Recipes
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers
