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Thursday, 9 February, 2012, 2:13 PM Posted by Josh
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Pastry Chef Schools: Your Guide to Selecting The
Right One
Thursday, 9 February, 2012, 2:13 PM Posted by Josh
Pastry Chef Schools: Your Guide to Selecting the
Right One
Lisa Garrison
A career as a pastry chef can be interesting and
challenging, and if you have a passion for food
culinary training may be a perfect fit. Anyone who
has had a culinary education can tell you that the
education you receive goes far beyond simply
learning how to throw together a few meals. In fact,
you learn much more than just cooking.
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Being a successful pastry chef also involves being able to manage your kitchen properly, work well with your
staff and understand nutrition, food purchasing and many other things that go beyond the stove. Culinary
education can be an interesting experience for most students as they prepare for their career in the food and
restaurant industry.
Training to be a pastry chef may be challenging at first, but it's also very rewarding. There are few careers
that so perfectly blend creativity and a love of food with a practical skill to yield a job that can propel you onto a
successful career path in a number of areas. With the proper culinary education you can work at restaurants
and resorts practically anywhere in the world. You could even find yourself working on a cruise ship.
Choose a Pastry Chef School that is Comprehensive
If you want the best training available, look at the courses offered at each school you are considering. If the
focus is just pastry, you will be missing some important areas of expertise that will make your culinary
education more marketable when you graduate. The most comprehensive pastry chef schools will have a
number of distinct areas, each of which will break down into specific modules, some with basic,
intermediate and advanced courses.
Food Service and Sanitation This is the foundation of everything a pastry chef or food service worker must
know. If food is not handled properly, nothing else matters. Unsanitary conditions are absolutely
unacceptable at any establishment no matter how talented you are.
Culinary Arts and Cooking The basis of many programs, these courses will have a multitude of names, but
will usually focus on a variety of cooking styles and processes, usually focusing on savory dishes.
Pastries and Baking Some culinary training programs will offer pastry and baking education as a part of the
culinary arts, while others will offer a complete curriculum specializing in this as a separate discipline (some
offer both options). Baking science is quite different than cooking and has different rules and methods, so it
requires separate attention to some degree. Because there are so many types of breads and pastries, many
schools offer a complete course in this for those wishing to become specialized pastry chefs.
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