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Certificate of Baking and Pastry Arts
Certificate of Baking and Pastry Arts

Certificate of Baking and Pastry Arts

  • ID:NC010001
  • Level:1-Year Post-Secondary Certificate
  • Duration:
  • Intake:

Fees (CAD)

* Essential Fee, Health Insurance, Public Transit (Upass), Books and Supplies, etc

Estimated Total/program:
Apply
60
Accept letter
100
Visa
20
Fly
1

Admission Requirements

Entry requirements

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent including the following required course(s):

    • English – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent

    • Mathematics – any Grade 11 (C), (U), or (M), or equivalent

English requirements

  • Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE), 169 with no skill below 162
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS) including Indicator Test, 6 (No Individual band under 5.5)
  • Duolingo Language Test, Between 105 – 110 Internet-based (IBT) Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) including Special Home Edition Test, 79 with 20 in Writing and 20 in Speaking
  • Pearson Test of English (PTE), 53-57
  • Canadian Academic English Language Test (CAEL), 60 with no individual band less than 50
  • Niagara College’s English for Academic Preparation program (EAP), Completion of Level 5 English for Academic Preparation (EAP) program with 70% and no individual grade under 50%

Course Information

As a Baking and Pastry Chef you will be a patient and detail-oriented visionary who creates breads, cakes, cookies and pastries and is ready to meet the demand for qualified bakers in Canada’s thriving hospitality industry.

Highlights

  • 125-acre Niagara-on-the Lake campus is located in the heart of Ontario’s thriving hospitality industry and serves as a living lab for students including leading-edge baking facilities, a 40-acre on-site vineyard, Teaching Brewery, Teaching Winery, Teaching Distillery, Teaching Spa, Greenhouse/Nursery, hop yard, and apiary.

  • Learning environment includes state-of-the-art equipment.

  • Environmentally controlled chocolate and sugar lab.

  • Program is housed at Niagara College’s Canadian Food and Wine and Institute and taught by world-class chef faculty.

  • Access on-site training and employment opportunities at Benchmark, NC’s student-led restaurant, Bench-to-Go and the Bench-on-the-Go food truck.

  • Community engagement through not-for-profit and catered events, recipe competitions, industry research and innovation.

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Term One (2021 Fall)

  • Code, Course Name, Credits

  • BAKG1143, Introduction to Baking Principles, 3

  • BAKG1160, Baking and Pastry Techniques I, 3

  • BAKG1165, Baking Essentials I, 3

  • BAKG1260, Baking and Pastry Techniques II, 3

  • MATH1080, Mathematics, 3

  • NUTN1175, Nutrition, 3

Term Two (2022 Winter)

  • Code, Course Name, Credits

  • BAKG1170, Bakery Management, 4

  • BAKG1190, Confection Production, 3

  • BAKG1210, Advanced Baking & Pastry Techniques, 3

  • BAKG1265, Baking Essentials II, 3

  • ENGL1098, Language and Communications, 3

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Pre Courses

Our EAP program is designed to strengthen all areas of your English Language skills with the ultimate goal of preparing you for the workforce or to allow you to continue your studies in one of our undergraduate or graduate programs at Niagara College. The EAP program is taught at our Welland Campus that sits on over 100 acres of land. This large campus is ideally located in a residential area that is close to restaurants, shops and nice, single family homes. Many of these homes are part of our Homestay program allowing our homestay students to live within walking distance of the school.

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Pathway Courses

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

  • Baker

  • Cake decorator

  • Bakery manager

  • Pastry chef

  • Pastry cook

  • Research and development baker

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Mandatory Insurance   

 

 

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