Baking & Pastry Arts*
IUP's Baking & Pastry Arts
Program
Now in it's third year!
This program is providing some of the most advanced
pastry training available in the US. Class sizes
limited to 15 students allow personal instruction
by a veteran ACF certified executive pastry chef and
culinary educator who has worked all over the world and
is a gold medal winner in multiple ACF sanctioned
competitions.
*Prerequisite: successful completion of Culinary
Arts at IUP or another
ACF accredited Baking & Pastry Program
Course Descriptions
What You’ll Learn
Each
semester consists of 5 three week courses, for a total
of ten courses. Subjects will include an expanded
curriculum in: quick breads, laminated dough, basic and
artisanal breads, pies, tarts, pastries, cookies, petit
four, cakes, advanced cake decorating and wedding cakes,
custards and mousse, plated desserts, chocolate and
candies, ice cream and sorbet, pastillage, chocolate and
sugar showpieces.
We
will also review and perform baking conversions,
percentages, formula costing and formula balancing on a
daily basis and keep a journal of all of our formulas,
notes and work.
Jean-Claude Zarzar, from El Salvador is standing in the
Bake Shop beside a Pastillage Violin, that was created
by CEC Hilary DeMane.
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Who is Eligible to Apply?
Graduates of the core program (or current students who
have completed all classroom coursework) with a
cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better in the 3 baking classes,
and a 2.75 or better overall GPA.
This is an advanced course of study with a large
workload moving at a rapid pace requiring students with
strong academic skills and study habits.
Graduates
of other ACF accredited programs must have a cumulative
GPA of 2.75 or better and a combined average of 3.0 or
better in all baking courses.
Graduates from other programs will also be required to
pass written and practical baking exams to evaluate
their skill level. All candidates may be further
evaluated with additional testing, written goal
statements, letters of reference or any combination of
the above.
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Culinary Arts
Culinary Arts/Baking & Pastry
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