The rye bread workshop in Grimentz: baker for a day at the communal oven

Baker for a day at the communal oven

In Grimentz, the village's communal oven (the four banal, in the heart of old Grimentz) hosts a workshop making rye bread, the Valais speciality. With guidance, participants discover the tradition of bread, shape their own dough, then watch it bake in the wood-fired oven, before sharing an apéritif. A tasty, friendly and authentic experience, to enjoy as a family from age 6. The workshop is included in the Pass Anniviers Liberté.

What your children will discover

Children get their hands in the dough: they knead, shape and place their bread in the oven. They discover how, in the past, the whole village gathered to bake bread at the four banal. The pride of leaving with their own bread (and the shared apéritif) crowns the workshop. A hands-on activity that links gesture, tradition and taste.

What you'll do and the atmosphere on site

You sign up at the tourist office (until Tuesday 5 pm for the week's workshops), head to the four banal, and the workshop unfolds in three stages: the tradition, the shaping, then the baking and the apéritif. The atmosphere is warm and friendly, in the heart of the old village. A minimum number of participants is required.

Before you go

• Recommended age: from age 6 (6-12 years accompanied by an adult)
• Format: tradition → shaping → baking + apéritif (3 stages)
• Registration: at the tourist office, until Tuesday 5 pm (minimum number of participants required)
• Price: included in the Pass Anniviers Liberté
• Place: Four Banal, Rue du Village, Grimentz
• Best season: summer (depending on the programme)

Parents' tips

• Sign up in advance at the tourist office (until Tuesday 5 pm).
• With the Pass Anniviers Liberté, the workshop is included.
• Children leave with their own bread: a lovely souvenir.
• Bring clothes that can get floury.
• Combine it with a visit to the old village.

Useful information

• Place: Four Banal, Rue du Village, 3961 Grimentz
• Official website: valdanniviers.ch (booking)
• Registration: tourist office, until Tuesday 5 pm
• Price: included in the Pass Anniviers Liberté
• Format: ~3 stages with a final apéritif

Why we recommend it

Because it's a tasty, authentic and hands-on activity: making your own rye bread at the communal oven of one of Switzerland's most beautiful villages, from age 6. A Valais tradition to experience and to taste, as a family.

In a nutshell

A rye bread workshop at the communal oven (four banal) of Grimentz: you shape and bake your own bread, from age 6, followed by an apéritif — a tasty Valais tradition as a family.