How can you become a Baker and a Pastry Chef?

Are you someone who has an interest in baking and in creating deliciously elaborate pastries? Then this course is definitely for you. After becoming a pastry chef, you will be able to make breads, cakes, pies, biscuits, custards, etc.

Baking and baked products have always been an inherent part of our lives. In fact, some records state that Assyrians were the first pastry chefs, way back in the 8th century. So here is your chance to be an expert in an age-old skill, which not only provides you with the satisfaction of knowing how to make sumptuous pastries, but also provides rewarding career opportunities.)

Read on to know more about the Baking and Pastry Arts course and the names of the colleges offering it.

What is Baking and Pastry Arts degree?
The degree gives solid background in food preparation. Students will develop their skills in creating specialty breads, desserts, cakes, pastries and other bakery products.

What are the career option in pursuing Baking and Pastry Arts degree:
With this degree, one can expect jobs at hotels, restaurants, resorts, bistros, bakeries and private clubs. There are entrepreneurial opportunities for ownership of a variety of bakery and pastry-based operations.

What are all the job roles after Baking and Pastry Arts degree:

Pastry Cook
Pastry Chef
Executive Pastry Chef
Chocolatier
Boulanger
Business Owners
Food Writer

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Who can apply for this degree?
Candidates must have excellent communication skills and should have passed diploma / 10+2 board examination.

Top Colleges in India offering Baking and Pastry Arts degree?

Delhi Institute of Hotel Management, New Delhi
The Goa Swiss Institute of Hotel Management, Goa
Dina Institute of Hotel Management Studies, Pune
Welcome Group School of Hotel Management Valley View, Manipal
Subbalakshmi Lakshapathy College of Hotel Management & Catering Sciences, Madurai

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