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Certificate Series:Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate

Baking is an art and career to enjoy with all the senses. Combine your natural talents and curiosity with hands-on experience in Kirkwood's Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate program. In this 10-week program, you'll gain employable skills and experience in ingredient identification, equipment operation and maintenance, recipe writing and standardization, and fundamental baking methods. Training in The Kirkwood Center for Hospitality Arts' commercially-equipped Bakery Lab, you will focus on learning the theories and techniques required to make a variety of professional caliber bakery products, including: pies, cakes, cookies, pastry doughs, custards, puddings, breads, and other yeast-based products. Classes include: Bakery Essentials, Bakery Basics, Science of Baking, International Breads, International Pastries. Tuition assistance may fund up to 100 percent of your registration cost for this program. Fill out our funding referral form at www.kirkwood.edu/cefunding.

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Tuition:  $3,495.00





Schedule Information

Class Name (Course #/Class ID) Location Start Date Class Schedule
Bakery Basics (CLFB-5122 /145283) Kirkwood Center for Hospitality Arts 10/21/2024 Weekly - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM; 20 sessions starting 10/21/2024, ending 11/15/2024
Bakery Essentials (CLFB-5121 /145281) Kirkwood Center for Hospitality Arts 10/07/2024 Weekly - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM; 8 sessions starting 10/7/2024, ending 10/17/2024 & Weekly - Fri 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM; 2 sessions starting 10/11/2024, ending 10/18/2024
Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate (CLFB-5120 /145280) Kirkwood Center for Hospitality Arts 10/07/2024 Weekly - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM; 8 sessions starting 10/7/2024, ending 10/17/2024 & Weekly - Fri 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM; 2 sessions starting 10/11/2024, ending 10/18/2024 & Weekly - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM; 16 sessions starting 10/21/2024, ending 11/14/2024 & Weekly - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM; 20 sessions starting 10/21/2024, ending 11/15/2024 & Weekly - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM; 16 sessions starting 11/18/2024, ending 12/19/2024 & Weekly - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM; 16 sessions starting 11/18/2024, ending 12/19/2024 ;
Class Skip Dates : (No class on 11/25/2024, 11/26/2024, 11/27/2024, 11/28/2024)
International Breads (CLFB-5124 /145284) Kirkwood Center for Hospitality Arts 11/18/2024 Weekly - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM; 16 sessions starting 11/18/2024, ending 12/19/2024 ;
Class Skip Dates : (No class on 11/25/2024, 11/26/2024, 11/27/2024, 11/28/2024)
International Pastries (CLFB-5125 /145285) Kirkwood Center for Hospitality Arts 11/18/2024 Weekly - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM; 16 sessions starting 11/18/2024, ending 12/19/2024 ;
Class Skip Dates : (No class on 11/25/2024, 11/26/2024, 11/27/2024, 11/28/2024)
Science of Baking (CLFB-5123 /145282) Kirkwood Center for Hospitality Arts 10/21/2024 Weekly - Mon 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM; 4 sessions starting 10/21/2024, ending 11/11/2024