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Pastry Arts

CREDENTIAL: Certificate
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Develop professional skills for fine pastry production including foundational baking, plated desserts, cake design, and chocolate and confection work.

Tuition: 28700*
Credential: Certificate
Length: 11 0 months
Hours: Full-time
Delivery: Class-based
Program Flyer: Download /media/vancouver-community-college/content-assets/documents/international/flyer-pastry.pdf
Campus: Downtown Downtown
Start Dates: Jan, Mar, Apr, Oct
 
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What you will learn

  • Health, sanitation, safety
  • Use of bakery equipment including scales, mixers, proofers, and ovens
  • Knife skills
  • Theoretical baking principles and processes
  • Ingredients and methodology
  • Biscuits and muffins
  • Pie dough and straight dough
  • Fermentation, leavening, gluten development
  • Aeration and emulsification
  • Yeast doughs, quickbreads, loaf cakes
  • Cookies, pies, tarts
  • Croissant, Danish, and puff dough lamination
  • Cakes, cookies, sponges
  • Buttercreams, glazes, ganaches
  • Dessert plating and presentation
  • Composition, use of colour and texture
  • Pastries, slices, squares
  • Deep-fat frying
  • Yeast doughnuts, cake doughnuts, French crullers
  • Use of seasonal fruits and other ingredients
  • Crème bru?le?e and ice cream
  • Chocolate and confection making
  • Chocolate tempering
  • Truffles and moulded chocolates
  • Aerated confections and fruit jellies
  • Caramel and sugar work
  • Dessert cakes, layered cakes, entremets
  • Mousses and fillings
  • Piping skills
  • Icings and decorative techniques
  • Wedding cake design and assembly
  • Flower-making and rolled fondant
  • Marzipan figurines and airbrushing
  • Consistency and accuracy
  • Environmental conditions
  • Daily production planning
  • Standard math functions
  • Retail bakeshop management
  • Professional etiquette and personal hygiene
  • Troubleshooting and problem solving
  • Ingredient and equipment suppliers
  • Merchandising, inventory, and cost control
  • Waste management
  • Menu design
  • Catering
  • Effective communication

What to expect

  • 11 months of full-time study in four terms:   
    • Introduction to Baking
    • Applied Baking
    • Pastry
    • Capstone
  • Classes Monday to Friday - a.m. or p.m. (one option will be available each term; times are subject to change)
  • Purchase of textbooks and baking tools (available at the VCC Bookstore)
  • Purchase of closed-top, non-slip footwear
  • Direct instruction
  • Interactive instruction
  • Demonstrations
  • Problem-solving
  • Cooperative learning
  • Active participation
  • A fully operational kitchen and bakeshop environment
  • Self-directed learning

Admission requirements

Program-specific

General

  • Seats are offered to applicants who have met all admission requirements, on a first-qualified, first-served basis.
  • International applicants must be 17 years of age or older or a graduate of a secondary school. (Some exceptions may apply.)
  • Applicants must submit official transcripts and educational documents as required by their course or program.
  • All VCC applicants are required to function successfully in an English-speaking classroom. English requirements vary by program. For details, visit VCC International - English Requirements.   

Recommended Characteristics

  • Basic computer and word processing skills
  • Organizational and time management skills
  • Enjoys working independently and in a team
  • Physical condition and stamina to meet the demands of the program, including good motor skills and hand-eye coordination
  • Creativity is an asset
  • Applicants must be able to physically handle all wheat, dairy, egg, and nut products and all associated by-products required to meet the program outcomes. Any other known food allergies must be disclosed.

Courses *

Classes are generally run on Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., or 1:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., depending on intakes. The work experience at the end of the program is scheduled by the employer. Class times are subject to change.

Prior learning assessment and recognition

Prior learning assessment and recognition is not available for this program.

* This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Fees and other costs *

Tuition deposits are payable usually within three weeks after a Letter of Offer is issued.

Tuition Deposit

15800 (10000 non-refundable)

Tution deposits are payable usually within two (2) weeks after a Letter of Offer is issued.
Application fee145
Tuition Tuition 28700
Tuition Breakdown
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Student union283
College initiative134
Materials0 not including textbooks
Campus resource268
Laundry0
Tools (deposit)0
Coverall (deposit)0
Uniform (deposit)0
Medical and Dental 285
Temporary Medical Insurance 149
U-PASS 506
Graduation45
Program-specific extra fees0
Total
Textbooks or other supplies may be required for this program. For information and prices, visit the VCC Bookstore.

* Fees are approximate and subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors. Students are required to pay any applicable fee increases. Application and assessment fees are non-refundable. 

Fees listed are for international students. For domestic programs, visit vcc.ca.

Any refunds are issued according to VCC's international refund policy.

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Jan, Mar, Apr 2025
(Winter term)
 February 01, 2024
Sep 2025
(Fall term)
 September 20, 2024

STATUS INFORMATION

  • Apply Now: Qualified applicants may receive offers of admission if seats are available, or placed on waitlists if seats are full.
  • Closed: Applications are not accepted.
  • For details about application availability based on study permit status and recommendations if the application status is closed, visit the Availability Status page.
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