Are you someone who spends holidays and events bringing the dessert everyone wants? Do you wonder what it would take to bake for a living? If so, the Culinary Arts Baking and Pastry Program could be for you! It is designed to put students in the shoes of a professional baker or pastry chef. These students produce the baked goods for our Culinary Arts Training Grounds Café, Le Bistro Restaurant, and catering events for our local community.

Students gain hands-on experience building an extensive repertoire of pastries, breads, and desserts: pies, cakes, laminated pastries, and various breads. Our kitchen has a new bake shop equipped with multiple Hobart and KitchenAid mixers, a dough sheeter, convection oven, proof box, and deck oven. While students practice making pastries for real life deadlines in our outlets, they work together to improve their communication and collaboration skills. Students also learn the whys behind the how’s. We investigate the science of baking as well as break down the calculations needed for real life mathematical scenarios in the kitchen.

This class is a great springboard for creating interest in food science and other culinary pathways. Commercial Baking and Pastry allows the student’s passion to drive the learning and application of knowledge.