Baking & Pastry Arts
6 month full time program. This 875-hour program is for those seeking to learn the professional art of baking and pastry for employment in the industry upon graduation. Classes are 7 hours per day, 5 days per week. Choose between Monday to Friday, AM or PM schedule.
Students are trained in state-of-the-art commercial kitchens with 90% hands-on instruction and 10% theory. The first portion focuses on bread making and baking. The last portion focuses on a la carte desserts and pastry arts and operating the Institute's on-site Bakeshop and Café and catering division. Classes commence in 4 times per year.
Class ratio is 12 students to 1 Chef Instructor.
Now accepting applications for March 29, 2010 and future intakes.

Students are taught in theory and complete by practice the following aspects of professional Baking & Pastry Arts to an entry-level industry standard.
- Food Safe
- Recipe Costing
- Bread Making
- Artisan Breads
- Cookies & Bars
- Specialty Cakes
- Savoury Products
- Plating Techniques
- Pies & Pastry Doughs
- Chocolate & Sugar Work
- Buffet Planning & Service
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- Baking Theory, History & Science
- Kitchen Equipment & Terminology
- Weights, Measures, Scaling & Conversions
- Ingredients & Ingredient Functions
- Quick Breads & Loaf Cakes
- Classic Cakes & Assembly
- Cream Fillings & Icings
- Croissants & Danish (Laminated Doughs)
- French Pastries & Petits Fours
- Special Occasion & Seasonal Desserts
- Bakeshop Production, Operations & Service
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