Your exciting baking and pastry career are well within reach!
It’s time to turn your passion and creativity into your dream career at Cilantro Culinary Academy. At our Diploma in Patisserie level, the student specialises in patisserie. Practical learning accounts for 70% of the syllabus, while theoretical teaching accounts for 30%. In addition to mastering baking and pastry making skills, trainees will also receive practical training to learn how to operate and manage restaurants/cafes. The teaching content includes cost budgeting and management, menu design projects and planning, human resource planning and management and indispensable customer service.
The pedagogical criteria with which the superior diploma training programs are developed favor the personal and professional development of the students, promote teamwork, and initiative. It prepares them for research in matters related to gastronomy and catering, while adapting to the real needs of companies in the hospitality sector. The theoretical-practical training is complemented with professional internships in national and international restaurants, bakeries, or confectioneries which will ease the student’s access to the professional cuisine world with guarantees of success.
Our Diplôme de Pâtisserie is recognised globally as one of the most respected culinary qualifications in pastry and baking. By enabling you to become highly skilled and gain essential creative skills to craft exceptional dishes and showpieces, we pride ourselves on delivering the highest standards of professional pastry chef education and training.The pastry diploma comprises three certificates: Basic, Intermediate and Superior. As you progress, the techniques taught become more advanced to develop your abilities in a structured manner. Across your tuition, you will learn classic pâtisserie skills while developing your creative flair. Our Pâtisserie Chefs will lead demonstrations showing important techniques in creation and decoration of classic patisserie and contemporary restaurant desserts. Our team of classically trained teaching chefs possesses years of experience working in Michelin-starred restaurants and the industry’s finest kitchens. We believe that it is essential to teach classical methods and techniques progressively, so that once you complete your diploma you will be able to apply your knowledge to any type of cuisine and adapt it to your future career. The Diplôme de Pâtisserie can be completed in either 9 months or in 6 months of full-time study. With our Intensive 6-month diploma, Basic and Intermediate levels are completed in three months, with the Superior level completed through a further three months of study.