9 Baking Certificate Programs in Europe

The techniques behind the French baguette, making the perfect flaky croissant, mastering a braided brioche: if bread intrigues you and you want to get in-depth professional knowledge on the subject, this program is for you! If you are a pastry chef wanting to add a new skill to your repertoire, a chef wanting to prepare in-house bread in your restaurant, a career switcher, or a future artisanal bread-baking entrepreneur, this program will provide you with a good understanding of the workings and the chemistry behind traditional baked goods and the manual techniques to create them on your own.

The “Introduction to the Fundamentals” programs are designed specifically for food enthusiasts, aspiring entrepreneurs or professionals seeking to discover the fundamentals of French Gastronomy. Through these highly immersive and practical programs, participants will acquire the fundamentals of professional techniques, understand the working environment of a professional kitchen, and master the most iconic recipes of French Gastronomy. 

Do you spend your days reviewing recipe after recipe, devouring episodes of Bake Off and Masterchef and dreaming of what culinary creation you can whip up in the kitchen? Our professional cooking course is for you! You’ll spend six whole weeks blissing out on pasta, pancakes, poultry, puddings, puff pastry, pickles, preserves and more, graduating with both the confidence and competence to embrace the next step in your culinary journey.

At Moulton College our Professional Bakery students have access to an exciting range of specialist resources. Our Food and Drink Innovation Centre is equipped with industry-standard bakery kitchens. Guided by our specialist staff and expert guest lecturers you’ll learn advanced practical skills in a wide range of bread, pastry, flour confectionery and cake decoration techniques. As part of your course you will have the opportunity to take part in competitions and industry visits where you will learn and develop practical skills and insights that will be vital for your future in professional bakery.

You can make inviting coffee, tea and cocoa by various methods and guide guests in their choice of hot drinks.

The apprentice of the pastry course level can broaden his theoretical knowledge and practical skills in French pastry. He learns how to make classic pastry creations and deconstruct standard ones, playing around forms, colors, structures, and assembly methods. He learns how to surprise guests, pleasing their eyes and their taste buds.

Bishop Auckland College has one of the largest catering departments in the North East. Training students to work to industry standards and applying their skills in our newly launched state of the art kitchens and Ambition restaurant.

You learn to: prepare, prepare, prepare and price organic dishes. The participant can apply the basic cooking methods to organic ingredients. The participant can use organic ingredients in the common repertoire as well as show creativity.

The Basics of French Pastry has been created for people willing to train or reinvent themselves in Pastry, for those who want to learn from the basics in 6 weeks.