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With a Baking and Pastry certificate, students learn a wide variety of baking techniques through hands-on practical experience to get a competitive advantage in the foodservice, tourism, and hospitality industry.
Are set to be created for the bakers, leading to 10% employment growth through 2020-30, compiles Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Enroll full-time and earn a certificate in just one year!
With our Baking and Pastry certificate program, learn real-time baking and culinary techniques demanded in baking occupations.
In this program, students gain knowledge of baking techniques and all aspects of culinary foundations such as safety and sanitation, origins of food, food history, food costing, product efficiency, sense of urgency, attention to detail, and culinary artistry.
Our comprehensive curriculum teaches students all the baking essential fundamental concepts such as safety and sanitation in food service, fundamentals of cooking and bread making, cake designing and professional decorating, and much more. The program allows students to:
Blue Ridge CTC facilitates inclusive learning opportunities and a collaborative campus environment to support personal and professional growth.
Let’s hear from our alumni who successfully earned their baking and pastry certificate programs with us and came closer to their career goals.
Blue Ridge CTC provides need-based financial aid to qualified applicants, ensuring all students have equal access to a quality education.
Whether you are a student worrying about tuition fees or are a parent assisting a child pay for college, we have a wide variety of financial resources available.
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