Become a Baker or Pastry Chef

Do you love cooking up a batch of cookies or brownies to stave off the sweet tooth that acts up after meals? You can turn your love of Baking into a lucrative career when you earn your credentials as a Baking and Pastry Chef. Here's how.

What is Baking and Pastry?

Baking and Pastry is exactly what it sounds like. Chefs that specialize in this niche prepare mouth watering delights for diners in a variety of eateries. But Baking and Pastry chefs go way beyond the basic cookie and brownie. Baking and Pastry schools teach their graduates to become dessert artists. You will learn the advanced techniques of Baking and Pastry making that will prepare you for top of the line restaurants.

Opportunities in Baking and Pastry Arts

The simple fact is that people love to eat. Billions of dollars are spent by consumers who would rather eat out than cook themselves. This has created a high demand for Baking and Pastry chefs in the entertainment industry. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, overall employment of Baking and Pastry chefs is expected to increase about as fast as the average for all occupations over the 2004-14 period. Look for positions with hotels, cruise lines, and five star restaurants.

Desired Skills for Baking and Pastry Professionals

  • Technical Ability. Baking and Pastry schools prepare graduates in the most advanced Baking techniques for maximum success.
  • Creativity. Employers are always on the lookout for Baking and Pastry chefs that can come up with unique ways to present traditional food items.
  • Multi-tasking. Baking and Pastry chefs must be able to give equal attention to several tasks at once to ensure that each part of the meal is perfect.

The Road to a Career in Baking and Pastry

The fastest way to earn your credentials in Baking and Pastry is to earn one of the advanced degrees offered by cooking colleges in your area. Schools are actively accepting candidates with a strong desire to learn and succeed.

  Baking and Pastry Arts Schools and Programs

The Art Institutes system of schools is a leading educator of students in the creative and applied arts, including design, media, fashion, and culinary programs. Every program of study offered to you is regularly reviewed by industry leaders, advisors, and employers for relevance in the marketplace. Changes are made, if necessary, to integrate subject matter into the curriculum so that our degree programs reflect the way things are done in the real world of work. Programs listed are not offered at all locations.

Follow your passion for cooking and baking or for the fast-pace of hospitality management as you learn the way to prepare for a culinary career. Built on over 100 years of tradition, Le Cordon Bleu is synonymous with expertise, refinement, and culinary excellence qualities meticulously nurtured in our schools. Working hands on with commercial-grade tools and fine ingredients in industry-equipped kitchens, you'll learn alongside professional chef instructors who teach the foundational skills and modern innovations you can apply to any style of cooking. Programs offered include Culinary Arts, Patisserie and Baking, and Hospitality & Restaurant Management.

Looking for an exciting and fulfilling career? Keiser University - Center for Culinary Arts offers a practical, hands-on approach to culinary education that will prepare you with the skills and knowledge you need to reach your full potential in the fast-growing culinary field. Choose from day and evening classes, and take advantage of small classes that give you the opportunity to work closely with students and instructors. Program areas include Classical French Cuisine, Baking & Pastry, Stocks & Sauces, Dining Room Management, Food Service Production and International Cuisine. Programs vary by campus location.

 

Keiser University Center for Culinary Arts, Tallahassee, Melbourne and Sarasota campuses, is accredited by the American Culinary Federation, Inc., 180 Center Place Way, St. Augustine, Florida 32095, (904) 824-4468.

Oregon Culinary Institute, located in beautiful Portland, Oregon, offers a quality culinary education at a lower tuition cost than many of our competitors. We provide the hands-on, real-world training you need to launch your career in this exciting and rewarding field in as little as 40 weeks. Our curriculum focuses on giving students solid grounding in the basics, without all the fluff you'll find in other culinary programs.

Fire up your new career with Auguste Escoffier Schools of Culinary Arts. We offer three programs for careers in the culinary industry, including culinary arts, pastry arts, as well as a chef track.

Earn your culinary diploma in just 9 months. Train with professional chefs and receive hands-on experience at the school's premier student-run restaurant. Individual attention is paramount at ACI; our classes average 10-14 students per kitchen.

San Diego Culinary Institute is San Diego's culinary school of choice. In as little as 8 months you will be on your way to a career in the kitchens of some of the most highly acclaimed fine dining restaurants in San Diego and all over the world. We take great pride in our focus to teach skills and techniques that prove successful in restaurants of the highest quality. We give our students the skills to succeed in real-world kitchens and not the ones that are national chain restaurants. Everything here is built for fine dining. We don't just teach recipes, we train future chefs.

Cook up an exciting new career in the culinary arts with help from Keystone Technical Institute. With our Culinary Arts Specialist Associate in Specialized Business degree program, you'll learn the skills you need to prepare for a variety of positions in the culinary and restaurant industries, including Sous Chef, Line Cook, Pastry Chef, and Kitchen Manager.

For more information about Keystone Technical Institute’s graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the program, and other important information, please visit our website at www.kti.edu/disclosures.

Florida Technical College realizes that a successful education requires a lot more than just reading books and taking tests - especially in today's highly competitive job market. That's why they've structured their Health Care, Technology, and Programming

You can get started on a new career with Institute of Technology. We offer diploma and associate degree programs for careers in the culinary, technical, medical, business, and legal fields. We provide flexible class schedules and have five convenient campus locations throughout California in Clovis, Modesto, Redding, Roseville, and Stockton.

For more information about our graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the program, and other important information, please visit our website at www.it-colleges.edu/disclosure

 

* The jobs mentioned are examples of certain potential jobs, not a representation that these outcomes are more probable than others. These schools do not guarantee employment or salary.

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