Baking and Pastry Arts Fundamentals (CA)(Plan Code: BPABPC20)
Certificate of Achievement
Program Details
Do you adore the smell of baked goods coming from your oven and the smiles that you get when you serve up your favorite recipe? Do you love baking so much you'd like it to become your career? If so, we invite you to consider enrolling in our Certificate in Baking and Pastry Arts Fundamentals Program. Whether you aspire to be an executive chef, a catering manager, a restaurant manager or open your own food-related small business, the Baking and Pastry Arts program at the Tod and Maxine McClaskey Culinary Institute will prepare you for a range of career opportunities. Our new facility gives you hands-on experience in a production kitchen, retail bakery, food kiosks and a full-service dining room. Our exceptional faculty bring years of real-world industry experience as well as teaching expertise in areas like artisan bread, quick bread, and dessert production and retail operations that you need to stand out to potential employers. Are you still determining if this career path is right for you? Explore all the degree and certificate programs in the Business and Entrepreneurship Area of Study online. There are free resources available to you in Career Services that will help you explore job opportunities that interest you. Additionally, you'll have access to free tutoring available to make sure you have the support you need to be successful throughout your program.
Baking and Pastry Arts Fundamentals (CA)(Plan Code: BPABPC20) Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2026-2027. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Accurately follow a formula, with notes, to completion
- Apply processes of baking, including concepts of ingredient cause and effect, in daily routine
- Demonstrate accurate use of both digital and balance scales
- Demonstrate effective time management
- Operate commercial baking equipment and tools using standard safety and sanitation procedures
- Perform accurate mathematical operations appropriate to baking
