Overview
What you will learn
By taking the Baking and Pastry Arts - Pastry program at Vancouver Community College, 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
Programme Structure
Courses include:
Basic Principles
Basic Methodology
Budgeting and Cost Control
Retail Operations
Professionalism & Organization
Fermentation
Lamination
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 11 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Start Dates: Jan, Mar, Apr, Oct
Language
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Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Food Science Culinary Arts View 16 other Short Courses in Culinary Arts in CanadaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Student insurance
Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:
- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Successful completion of Grade 10 or higher (note that this program is Canadian Language Benchmarked at Listening, Speaking, Reading 7 and Writing 6); TOEFL: 68; or IELTS: Overall 5.5, with no band less than 5.0
- Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 10 or equivalent
- BC Foodsafe Certificate Level 1
- Successful completion of Grade 10 or equivalent in country of origin
- Successful completion of a Math course at the Grade 10 or equivalent level
- ELSK 0515 and ELSK 0520 each with a grade of ‘S’ or equivalent (Canadian Language Benchmarks of Listening 5, Speaking 5, Reading 5 and Writing 5)
Tuition Fee
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International
7205 CAD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 7205 CAD for the full programme during 11 months. -
National
7205 CAD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 7205 CAD for the full programme during 11 months.
Living costs for Vancouver
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.