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Transform your everyday ingredients into exquisite desserts. Rise to the challenge and pursue your passion in pastry arts.

The Cordon Bleu Pastry program is designed for you to master French pastry and baking techniques found in the finest pastry shops worldwide. This program culminates with a pastry diploma that acts as a passport into an exciting and dynamic career in the culinary world.

World Class Pastry Chef Instructors

Learn from world class authentic French Pastry Chefs that have earned some of the highest honours in the pastry profession. At Le Cordon Bleu, your instructor could be a Meilleur Ouvrier de France, a Master Sculptor or have experience working in a Michelin starred restaurants.

Le Cordon Bleu chefs are passionate about their craft and dedicated to passing on their knowledge. Intimate class sizes ensure that you receive personalized attention, mentoring and regular feedback in a positive and motivating environment.

Unique Learning Environment

You will be taught using a proven teaching methodology. Throughout your culinary journey, you will watch our chefs prepare selected menus in demonstration theatres featuring close-circuit cameras, mirrors and audio systems.

You will then practice and replicate recipes in professionally equipped kitchens designed with individual workspaces, including gas ovens, refrigerated granite countertops for chocolate sculptures, and copper pots and sugar lamps for sugar art. These facilities have been designed with the support of master chefs to ensure that the most refined edible sculptures are created.

Learn the Secrets to the Successes of some of France's most Famous Pastry Shops.

Our chefs have experience in renowned pastry shops. Under their guidance, you will learn the skills and techniques including, sugar skills, chocolate tempering, decorating skills and beautiful presentation skills as they share their knowledge and expertise. As you progress, you will have the confidence and knowledge to create your very own masterpieces.

Pastry Curriculum

Chefs - Level one

Basic Pastry - An Introduction to Creating Fine French Pastry

Students learn the classic techniques of applying and combining these ingredients into a rich diversity of pastries, traditional desserts, cakes and doughs. The demonstrations and practical sessions will lead students through the basic techniques and recipes of French pastry.

  • Basic doughs
  • Introduction to creams & fillings
  • Traditional desserts & cakes
  • Classical techniques, basic decoration
  • Masking & glaçage
  • Introduction to viennoiserie (croissants & brioches)
  • Basic French Pastry terminology

Chef - Level 2

Intermediate Pastry - Refining and Developing your Skills

Intermediate Pastry is based on practice and repetition. As students master important techniques such as making a sponge or bavarian cream, students become more efficient, allowing for more time to devote to the decoration and presentation of your cakes.

  • Prerequisite: Basic Pastry Certificate
  • Artistic decorative skills
  • Ice cream & sorbet
  • Variations on restaurant desserts
  • Sweet & savory petits fours, classic & contemporary presentations
  • Bavarian creams & mousses
  • Caramel & nougatine
  • Chocolate work: hand tempering & dipping

Chef - Level 3

Superior Pastry - Emphasis on Decoration and Presentation

The Superior Pastry program combines all the knowledge, techniques, and artistic skills of Basic and Intermediate, encouraging students to personalize every piece of their work.

  • Prerequisite: Intermediate Pastry Certificate.
  • Contemporary Restaurant Desserts: Hot & cold restaurant desserts, including contemporary cakes, tartes, bûches
  • Entremets desserts
  • Emphasis on decoration & presentation
  • In- depth study of flavours, aromas & spices
  • The Art of Chocolate: Mousse cakes, tempering of chocolates, hand-dipped & moulded chocolates, mixing different chocolates and textures, chocolate boxes and flowers, sculpture & display
  • Artistic Sugar Creations: Techniques of cooking & colouring
  • Pulled sugar flowers & ribbons
  • Blown sugar spheres, fruits & animals

Prerequisites

Applicants must be at least 18 years of age at time of course commencement. Applicants who are 17 years of age and live in Canada or the United States can be accepted with proof of high - school graduation.