Confectionary Arts Diploma
Enter the work force in just 16 weeks with a new career
in Baking, Pastry Arts and Cake Design!
Baking & Pastry
Decorating & Design
Industry Essentials ( Seminars )
What You Will Study
Baking & Pastry
- Simple & Specialty Cakes
- Baking for Allergies
- Patisserie-Style Composed Cakes
- Egg Foam Based Cakes
- Egg White-Based Cakes
- Fruit-Flavoured Cakes, Preserves & Fillings
- Rich Chocolate Cakes
- Parisian Macarons
- Petit Fours
Decorating & Design
- Blown, Pulled & Spun Sugar
- Airbrush Techniques
- Ribbons, Ruffles & Bows
- Painting on Cakes
- Sugar Blossoms
- Single & Multi-tiered Cakes
- Life-like carved objects
- Multi-tiered wedding & celebration cakes
- Tempering, Moulding & Sculpting Chocolate
- Couture Cupcake Decorating & Bouquets
- Cookie Decorating
- Piping Skills
- Figure Modellings
Industry Essentials ( Seminars )
- Production Baking & Decorating
- Staging Cakes & Sweet Tables
- Cake Photography
- Costing Cakes
- Client Consultations
- Proper Presentation, Packaging, Handling & Delivery of Final Product
- Branding & Marketing
- Business Essentials
- Business Insurance
- Basic Bookkeeping
- Challenges in Starting a Cake Business
The multiple techniques taught in this fully hands-on diploma programme will enable students to graduate with a competitive edge in the Baking, Pastry and Cake Design industry. Our classes are taught by industry professionals who share a passion for high quality artisanal products and baked goods. Students learn how ingredients work and their functions using natural ingredients and high-quality products.
Our one of a kind accelerated curriculum allows our students to fast track their career without cutting corners. All classes have been designed to contain essential theory and methodology to ensure success. Our approach to cake design is based on encouraging individual creativity.
This programme is designed for students with no previous industry experience, the only requirement is a passion for the edible arts.
Session Dates
Full-time Morning Session
(Monday - Friday for 16 weeks)
8:00am - 2:30pm
May 31st - Sept 20th, 2013
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7:15am - 1:35pm
Oct 1st 2013 - Jan 31st 2014
(This class goes over the holidays into 2014, and therefore, will have a 2-week winter
break from December 23rd – January 3rd. Classes will
resume for this programme on Janurary 6th)
Jan 7th - April 24th, 2014
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Full-time Afternoon Session
(Monday - Friday for 16 weeks)
2:00pm - 8:30pm
Sept 3rd - Dec 20th 2013
Feb 3rd - May 23rd, 2014
Career Programmes
Full-Time
Part-Time
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