40 Pastry Certificate Programs

The course is aimed at international students who wish to become pastry chefs and focuses on building consistent knowledge of pastry making. The program is the gateway for all those who want to start a career in the world of pastry making but do not have previous experience in this field.

Mastering the art of French pastry requires rigor and precision but also an ability to develop and renew an offer. Boutique, decorative, and event products will be addressed during our new program, to provide participants with new inspirations and techniques from high-level pastry chefs.

Designed for passionate international candidates ready to dive into the culinary world, these programs provide everything you need to launch your career—whether you’re aiming to work in a professional kitchen, a pastry lab, or start your own venture in France or abroad.

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. 

The baking and pastry arts certificate program provides the skills necessary to enter bakeries, pastry shops, restaurants and hotel bakery and pastry kitchens. The curriculum prepares students in quality baking and pastry preparation. The two core courses start with the fundamental skills and build gradually to the more advanced and refined skills. Topics covered include professionalism, safety and sanitation, dietetic baking, baking processes and techniques, pies, tarts, contemporary tortes, French pastry, cold and frozen desserts, chocolates, cake decoration, breads, cookies and many other related nutritional desserts.

The Baking and Pastry Option provides students with an opportunity to explore their interest in the pastry field while maintaining fundamental concepts in core culinary courses. Students may use this degree to transfer to a four-year institution.

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.

Introduces students to the world of pastry and cakes, providing the technical and basic skills and techniques needed. The demonstration lessons and practical classes are geared toward working with pastry, creams and cakes and the elaboration of more traditional puddings.

If you love the art and science of creating a beautiful cake or pastry, a career in the baking and pastry arts could be the perfect fit for you. If you are interested in the little details that result in the tastiest breads and desserts, our Baking and Pastry Arts certificate can give you the foundation you need to succeed in this industry.

This apprenticeship will develop core skills across a range of fundamental cake and pastry competencies, taught on campus or the workplace. With this highly regarded certificate course from Angliss, you can gain a qualification that is highly recognised across the industry. Learn the fundamental skills of cake and pastry production with valuable on-site training as an apprentice.

Specialise in cake and pastry making and gain the skills and knowledge you need to work as a pastrycook. This course will tantalise your taste buds when you produce a range of baked goods including pastries, sponge cakes, laminated products, biscuits, and cookies. Our trainers are internationally experienced and recognised leaders in their specialised field and will mentor you to create quality products.

Do you like to make cakes and desserts? Are you creative and do you have an eye for detail? This practical work-study program will allow you to develop all the skills and techniques required to start an exciting career in the world of professional pastry.

This program includes hands-on teaching of techniques such as different pastry dough elaborations, basic pastry creams, basic cake production, and bread production. As students grow more confident, they build upon skills they have mastered in earlier classes to create increasingly complex cakes and desserts dishes and eventually, full dessert menus. The program is complemented with qualitative aspects of food preparation, including sanitation, identification of products, purchasing, and cost control. The Institute offers a comprehensive sequential course of study of the baking and pastry arts fundamentals needed to enter the industry in entry to mid-level positions. During the second semester, students will do an internship, participating in actual public food service operations in preparation for their future careers. Possible sites include the Institute's own restaurant L´Ecole or operated practicum educational facilities, hotels, restaurants, country clubs, resorts, casinos, spas, and foodservice providers. Upon completion of the Certificate in Pâtisserie and Baking, students will be prepared and qualified to enter the foodservice industry or to pursue an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Pâtisserie and Baking, furthering their educational goals and career opportunities. All credits obtained during the certificate program will be transferred towards their following degree.

The Certificate III in Patisserie provides you with the entry-level skills required to join a kitchen brigade as a pastry chef or patissier. This course offers a broad range of kitchen operation skills while also focussing on growing your ability to skilfully produce cakes, desserts, and petit fours. Successful completion of this course will enable you to continue on to further cookery studies or enter the workforce as an entry-level pastry chef or patissier.

This specialised course is designed to provide students with a broad range of pastry skills and knowledge. Students will develop a range of preparation and presentation skills synonymous with the fine tuned skills required of a fully qualified patissier or pastry chef.