Bakery - Level 5
Overview
This course is an excellent course and qualification for students wishing to pursue a career in the creative and exciting area of bakery. The course is structured to help develop the skills, knowledge, and understanding that you will need to secure employment in this specialist area. The course is a very useful stepping stone for anyone that would like to pursue a future career as a baker, pastry chef or to gain work in the hospitality industry generally. As a student of the Culinary Arts Department, you would also be given opportunity to be part of the extracurricular activity that takes place each academic session, for example Culinary Arts/Hospitality orientated competitions, Industry visits, masterclasses etc. Choose a course with the Department of Culinary Arts and you will have an invaluable college experience, ensuring you are at the forefront of Hospitality & Culinary Arts, enhancing your life chances and opportunities.
Entry
No formal qualifications required, however an SCQF Level 4 professional cookery orientated qualification would be desirable for less experienced learners. Most importantly a passion for bakery and a positive attitude to learn are attributes that are very desirable for this course.
Learn
You will learn in a realistic bakery environment, this will include learning introductory skills that would lead to you producing bakery orientated products. The products would be prepared to industry standards, on occasions will be produced for bakery sales, Christmas sales, Easter sales and other seasonal occasions.
The course includes:
- Bread making and dough products
- Preparing and baking Cakes
- Pastry and desserts
- Savoury bakery products
- Introduction to cake decoration
- Food hygiene
- Health & safety
- Costing
Where can I go from here?
Graduates of this course will be able to go directly into the following courses:
