Foundation in Professional Patisserie

Our Foundation in Professional Patisserie (6 weeks) and Diploma in Professional Patisserie (12 weeks) are perfect for those wishing to gain the qualifications, skills and techniques needed to work as a pastry chef.

Whether you are following a lifelong passion, aspiring to a job as a chef either in the UK or abroad or simply wish to gain an invaluable life skill, this course will give you the skills and training that you need.

The course equips students with a broad range of core skills, achieved through 90% dedicated hands-on experience enhanced with demonstrations by our professionally trained tutors.

Students who have completed our Professional Patisserie courses often use their qualification as a ticket to travel the world.

Who is the course suitable for?

• Aspiring private chefs

• Ski & yacht seasons, career changers

• School leavers

• Gap years

• Personal development

• Business owners

Skills you will learn on our Foundation in Professional Patisserie:

• Elementary Health & Hygiene

• Basic and intermediate breads

• All savoury & sweet dough

• Chocolate

• Dehydration

• Raw puddings

• Set & frozen desserts

• Sauces & dressings

• Ice creams & sorbets

• Mousses & gateaux

• Creams, sauces & custards

• Supplier visits

• Food styling & plating

• Menu planning

• CV building workshop

• Further skills learned on our Diploma in Professional Patisserie;

• Advanced breads

• Viennoiserie

• Advanced shaping

• Healthful snacking

• 'Free From' cooking

• Cold and frozen desserts

• Afternoon Tea

• Petit Fours

• Modern techniques

• Classical puddings

• Mousses & gateaux

• Creams, sauces and egg based custards

• Plated and buffet desserts

• Guest chef demonstrations

• Supplier visits

• Food styling & plating

• Menu planning

• Work placement

Why choose us?

• Expert tuition by experienced chefs

• Established and oldest cookery school in UK

• Small class sizes

• On the job training

• Work placements

• Excellent career prospects

• Support in finding a job as a chef