Diploma in Baking and Pastry Arts Management (Online)
Online, Canada
Diploma
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2027
TUITION FEES
CAD 2,721 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* 2-semester tuition fee for Canadian students; $14,502.50: 2-semester tuition fee for international students
Key Summary
About: Centennial College's Diploma in Baking and Pastry Arts Management (Online) develops baking and pastry skills for management roles. You'll learn menu design, purchasing, production planning, and graduate with certifications such as Smart Serve, Safe Food Handlers, CPR, and It’s Your Shift. The School uses Ocean Wise and holds Feast On® certification for sustainable, local sourcing in experiential foodservice.
Career Outcomes: Graduates work in hotels, resorts, restaurants, and commercial bakeries. Potential careers include bakery manager, pastry chef/supervisor, production baker, menu developer, retail bakery owner, and foodservice purchaser. These roles use skills in culinary arts, production, purchasing, operations, quality control, entrepreneurship.
Program Details
- Program Code: 1873
- School: School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts
- Credential: Ontario College Diploma
- Program Type: Post-secondary program
- Program Length: 2 years/ 4 semesters
- Start Date: Fall, Winter, Summer
- Location: Online
Centennial College's Baking and Pastry Arts Management program will build on fundamental baking and pastry arts skills to prepare you for a management role within the baking sector. Whether it's menu design, purchasing, planning, or execution, baking management is an essential skill to convert your passion into business success.
You'll graduate with important industry certifications such as Smart Serve, Safe Food Handlers, and CPR, making you job-ready.
Many graduates from this Baking and Pastry Arts program have secured employment within major hospitality brands in the hotel, resort, and restaurant industries as well as within large-scale commercial baking companies.
It’s Your Shift Training and Awareness Program
The program will include an innovative industry training and awareness certification, It’s Your Shift. The certification will equip you with crucial knowledge and provide current resources focused on sexual harassment prevention and safe practices for intervention as a frontline worker or manager. It will support you, as you enter the hospitality industry, to become a leader in the prevention of sexual harassment and contribute to the evolution of safe and welcoming work environments.
The Ocean Wise Program
The School of Hospitality, Tourism, and Culinary Arts and The Local Cafe and Restaurant use delicious and ocean-friendly Ocean Wise products. Ocean Wise is a conservation and education program that works with chefs, restaurants, and seafood suppliers to help them with sustainable seafood sourcing.
Feast On® Certification
Centennial College's School of Hospitality, Tourism, and Culinary Arts has become the first academic institution to receive Feast On® certification for its sourcing of local food and beverage products used in the academic programs and the School's experiential learning foodservice operations. The Culinary Tourism Alliance established Feast On as a certification program that recognizes businesses committed to sourcing Ontario-grown and -produced food and drink.