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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.

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.

Our most ambitious pastry program. Start your career as a professional pastry chef with our master Pastry Chef Diploma, by learning everything from the basics to the highest level of specialization. A 360º experience in the world of professional pastry and chocolate making.

The Associate Degree in Baking and Pastry provides marketable skills necessary for advanced success in the baking and restaurant industry. Graduates learn management theory, business operations, and baking and pastry skills necessary to start their pastry operations or assume management positions in pastry, catering, and restaurant firms. Core classes should be taken in the recommended order for maximum success.

Learn the art of French and Italian pastry creation with French and Italian Pastry Arts Diploma, a fully immersive course taught across two countries. Designed for pastry lovers, this unique program offers: 8 weeks of hands-on, personalized trainings 1 month internship in France or Italy (optional) a prestigious joint-diploma from two internationally recognized institutions

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.

For the next generation of professionals who want to learn about pastry, confectionery, chocolate making and complete their chef's training or enter the world of sweet cuisine for the 21st century. Discover the sweet art of pastry and chocolate making in this introductory course that will lead you to explore the world of desserts for restaurants in an international environment.

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. In the Baking and Pastry Arts Management courses, you'll work in baking and pastry labs, including Centennial College's one-of-a-kind commercial bakeshop as well as an on-campus cafe, restaurant and event centre. In these real-world environments, you'll hone your skills before beginning a 14-week work-integrated learning opportunity with one of the College's industry partners.

The Baking & Pastry Program at Riverside City College focuses on professional learning objectives through our Career & Technical Education division. As the program unfolds, students within our community and surrounding areas will learn the fundamentals of baking and pastry arts, from yeast dough formulation to cakes and pastries from around the globe. Additionally, students will learn the proper food safety and sanitation practices set forth by industry benchmarks. This knowledge is captured through traditional styles of learning, as well as a hands-on approach where students can grasp a better understanding of the material. As they advance through the program, students continue representing their personal styles and cultural backgrounds through their plated desserts to advanced techniques such as chocolate and sugar artistry. Students are encouraged through critical thinking on how baking ingredients function and the roles they contribute throughout the baking process. To further enhance their knowledge and outreach within the community, students will need to communicate and collaborate with industry partners and leaders to solidify their learnings.

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.

The Bachelor in International Pastry Management will prepare you to become a highly qualified professional in the fields of patisserie, bread making, chocolate and confectionery, demonstrating creativity, expertise and leadership skills.

Located just north of Seattle, the Baking and Pastry Arts program at Edmonds College prepares students for a career in the baking industry. Students can choose to earn a one-year Baking Certificate or a two-year Associate of Technical Arts (ATA) Baking Degree. Students will learn important foundational skills, such as entremet, specialty cakes, plated desserts, tarts, petit fours, French pastries, artisan bread, and viennoiserie. In addition to fulfilling the role of the purchaser, bakery manager, and sous chef, degree students will also create chocolates, confectionery, a wedding cake and an edible showpiece.

Earn the Le Cordon Bleu Basic Pâtisserie Certificate and build a strong foundation in pastry arts. This full-time course covers essential skills, including pastry doughs, sugar techniques, petits fours, and entremets, guided by expert pastry chefs, preparing you for a career in the pastry industry.

The Culinary Arts (CUL) program is among the few culinary programs accredited by the prestigious American Culinary Federation Education Foundation (ACFEF). Course content emphasizes “hands-on” lab work and a variety of flexible teaching techniques designed to meet the needs of diverse learning styles. Emphasis is placed on the necessity for the modern culinary professional to understand global food trends and international flavor principles in a working environment sensitive to cultural and general differences.

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.