Baking and Pastry Arts Management (Algonquin College)

Algonquin College

Program Overview

Overview

Transform your passion for baking into a profession.

The two-year Baking and Pastry Arts Management Ontario College Diploma program gives you specialty skills and management expertise, preparing you for a career in the baking and pastry arts industry.

Gain hands-on experience under the direction of our professional chefs in industry-standard baking and pastry labs. In the first year, focus on building a strong foundation of essential baking skills. In the second year, acquire a combination of advanced patisserie training and management skills for job advancement or business ownership.

Careers

Graduates may find employment as bakers, pastry chefs, sugar patissiers, chocolatiers, research assistants in food manufacturing, managers in the baking industry or pursue self-employment.

Courses

ENL1813H    Communications I                                         42.0

FOD2103      Sanitation and Safety Training                  14.0

FOD2140      Introduction to Culinary                               28.0

FOD2144      Baking I – Theory                                             42.0

FOD2146      Baking Practical I                                              140.0

HOS2147      Bake-Shop Calculations                                  28.0

ENV0002      Environmental Citizenship                                 42.0

FLD0095      Field Placement-Baking and Pastry Arts I     40.0

FOD2151      Baking II – Theory                                                    42.0

FOD2156      Cake Decorating Techniques                                42.0

FOD2166      Baking Practical II                                                  140.0

HOS2153      Shop Management and Entrepreneurship I   42.0

 

ENL1823H    Communications II                                             42.0

FIN2300       Introduction to Personal Finance                  42.0

FOD2129      Nutrition and Food Preparation                     28.0

FOD2148      Sugar Techniques and Artistry                        42.0

FOD2149      Chocolate Techniques and Artistry                42.0

FOD2158      Baking for Special Diets                                      21.0

FOD2159      Artisan Bread                                                          84.0

FLD0098      Field Placement 2 Baking and Pastry Arts      80.0

FOD2231      Advanced Cake Decoration/Gum Paste             42.0

FOD2232      Specialty Cakes, Marzipan and Petit Fours    112.0

FOD2253      Pastry and Plating Techniques                             42.0

HOS2263      Shop Management and Entrepreneurship II  42.0

Choose one from equivalencies

GED1207      General Education Elective                                     42.0

 

Admission Requirements

Applicants with international transcripts must provide proof of the subject-specific requirements noted above and may be required to provide proof of language proficiency. Domestic applicants with international transcripts must be evaluated through the International Credential Assessment Service of Canada (ICAS) or World Education Services (WES).

Programs Details

Program Code : 1207X01FWO

Credential : Post Secondary Diploma (2-year)

Duration : 2 Years weeks

Intakes - Open

Sept 2025
Jan 2026
May 2026

Tuition Fee

  • Campus $17560  CAD / Year
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