How would you like to express your creativity while also working a steady job? Take a look at ECPI University's Baking and Pastry Arts program. This comprehensive set of courses could have you baking and decorating beautiful pastries and cakes in a relatively short time.
Learn everything from practical kitchen sanitation to basic breads to elaborate pastries -- and you could emerge ready to bake up a storm.
Strong Foundations Make Great Bakers
At ECPI University's College of Culinary Arts, Culinary Institute of Virginia, we offer a Baking and Pastry Arts program that starts with the basics so you can get comfortable in the kitchen and put together simple pastries. From there, you can learn how bakers deal with weights and are able to adjust them to create different proportions. You can also learn how different ingredients influence pastries and breads, as well as basic decorating techniques.
As you progress, you can learn specialized procedures like sugar art, so don't think you'll just be mixing cakes all the time! If you have an artist hidden inside you, this is the section of the program that can bring out your creativity.
Coursework then moves on to the business and regulatory side of the profession, from cost control to planning, safety and sanitation, and ways to modify recipes to accommodate different health concerns.
Baking & Pastry Arts Means Abundant Opportunities
Bakers and pastry chefs have a wide range of opportunities available to them once they start to look for jobs. You can run your own bakery, of course, or you can work for someone else. Grocery stores usually have onsite bakeries that need skilled workers who can hit the ground running once they learn the store's specific recipes. Cake decorating has taken on a life of its own in the dessert world, with elaborate fondant and sugar creations that are regularly spotlighted on blogs and TV shows.
If you'd rather concentrate on baking as much as you can, rather than turning out one custom piece, major baking companies and commercial bread producers need bakers, too. With your training, you can learn to operate the machinery needed to deliver large quantities of pastries and other baked goods for shipment to stores.
Ready to dive into some dough?
Contact Culinary Institute of Virginia today to get your application started. This program gives you a choice between a 40-week diploma or a 15-month associateâs degree in Baking and Pastry Arts, along with an externship. Admissions advisors can go over the courses with you so you can see exactly what each program entails. So what are you waiting for? Call now and start exploring the sweet world of bakery and pastry arts! It could be the Best Decision You Ever Make!
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