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Certificate in Baking and Pastry Arts
Certificate in Baking and Pastry Arts

Certificate in Baking and Pastry Arts

  • ID:CC010001
  • Level:1-Year Post-Secondary Certificate
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Estimated Total/program:
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60
Accept letter
100
Visa
20
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1

Admission Requirements

Entry requirements:

English requirements:

If English is not your first language or you've received your education in a language other than English, students must produce evidence of their English Language Proficiency:

  • Internet-based (iBT) TOEFL: 80
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS): 6.0 with no band less than 5.5
  • PTE Academic (Pearson Test English): 53-57

Other requirements:

NO

Course Information

About the Program

This program is designed to help students start a career as a baker or pastry chef. It will include practical, theoretical and hands-on training in areas of baking, baking equipment usage, baking and pastry fundamentals, food costing, cake decorating, sanitation and safety and pastry management. Under faculty guidance, working individually and as part of a team, students will develop core skills in specialized areas, including: chocolate and confections, wedding and specialty cakes, tarts and pastries, plated desserts, artisan breads and breakfast pastries, petits fours, laminated dough and viennoiseries, ice cream and sorbets.

Program Outcomes

  • Identify the workings and the effects of ingredients on one another and predict how the end product will be affected.

  • Perform problem solving and troubleshoot recipes.

  • Perform basic techniques involved in the daily production of a bakery or pastry shop.

  • Recognize and produce both classical and modern baked goods.

  • Apply food safety principles and practices as identified by the local health unit.

  • Apply basic mathematical principles and recipe conversions, bakery formulations and percentages.

  • Practice skills used in the daily operation of a bakery, including cost controls, food cost, percentages, labour cost and inventory controls.

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Level 1

  • Course Details

  • College Reading & Writing SkillsCOMM1085

  • Software Applications ICOMP1006

  • Conestoga 101CON0101

  • Baking and Pastry Arts Theory ICUL1470

  • Baking and Pastry Arts Skills ICUL1480

  • Mathematics for HospitalityMATH1575

  • Hospitality Certifications: SmartServe & Food HandlersOHS1390

Level 2

  • Course Details

  • Career SuccessCDEV1830

  • Nutrition and Healthy LifestyleCUL1010

  • Baking and Pastry Arts Theory IICUL1500

  • Baking and Pastry Arts Skills IICUL1510

  • Dessert Menu ManagementCUL1520

  • Baking ProductionCUL1530

  • Kitchen Management IMGMT1050

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

Bakers

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Health Insurance - $500

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