French and Italian Pastry Arts Diploma
ALMA - The School of Italian Culinary Arts
About this program
French and Italian Pastry Arts Diploma
The Art of French & Italian Pastry Arts Diploma is a highly practical program taught at the outstanding facilities of The École Nationale Supérieure de Pâtisserie in France and ALMA in the beautiful Ducal Palace of Colorno in Italy. You will spend 4 weeks in each location to fully immerse yourself in the culture and techniques that make French and Italian pastry renowned throughout the world. You’ll then have the opportunity to put what you’ve learned into practice during a one-month internship in one of the two countries.
The program is limited to a maximum of 12 students and covers a full range of pastry and dessert arts creation—from traditional biscuits, tarts and cakes to chocolates, gelato and beyond. You’ll learn from world-leading pastry chefs and masters of their craft in hands-on lessons designed to take you far beyond the fundamentals of pastry arts.
Admission requirements
Designed for professionals with at least one year of experience in pastry arts.
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France Phase Program content:
- Tradition & evolution tarts and entremets
- Bread and Viennoiserie
- Plated desserts, healthy pastry
- Sugar artistic masterpieces
Italia Phase Program content:
- Classic Italian desserts
- Italian pralines
- Gelato
- Chocolate artistic piece
- Bread and mother-yeast
- Great mother-yeast leavened products
- Italian breakfast
- Plated desserts
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ALMA - The School of Italian Culinary Arts
ALMA is a Vocational Culinary Arts School, focused on the Italian Food & Fine-dining Cuisine and in the Italian Style in the Hospitality Business. Founded in 2004, it is recognized as the world’s leading centre of specialization for Italian Cuisine....
Why study at ALMA - The School of Italian Culinary Arts
An amazing location: the Reggia di Colorno, a beautiful palace in the province of Parma, in the heart of the Food Valley
- Headquarters: a facility of 5,000 mq with the most innovative technologies
- The Scientific Committee: great professionals, leading figures in hospitality sector, points of reference for graduates
- ALMA Library: the biggest cultural hub in Europe dedicated to enogastronomy with over 12.000 volumes and a complete collection of food and beverage specialty newspapers and magazines
- ALMA Link: a privileged recruitment platform for graduates to make direct contact with the world of work
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