Program Information
Credential
Upon completion of this program you will be awarded with an Ontario College Diploma.
Program Description
Centennial College’s Baking and Pastry Arts Management program will build on fundamental baking and pastry arts skills to prepare you for a management role within the baking sector. Whether it’s menu design, purchasing, planning or execution, baking management is an essential skill to convert your passion into business success.
In the Baking and Pastry Arts Management courses, you’ll work in baking and pastry labs, including Centennial College’s one-of-a-kind commercial bakeshop as well as an on-campus cafe, restaurant and event centre. In these real-world environments, you’ll hone your skills before beginning a 14-week work-integrated learning opportunity with one of the College’s industry partners.
You’ll graduate with important industry certifications such as Smart Serve, Safe Food Handlers and CPR, making you job-ready.
Many graduates from this Baking and Pastry Arts program have secured employment within major hospitality brands in the hotel, resort and restaurant industries as well as within large-scale commercial baking companies.
It’s Your Shift Training and Awareness Program
This program will include an innovative industry training and awareness certification, It’s Your Shift. The certification will quip you with crucial knowledge and provides current resources focused on sexual harassment prevention and safe practices for intervention as a frontline worker or manager. It will support you, as you enter the hospitality industry, to become a leader for the prevention of sexual harassment and contribute to the evolution of safe and welcoming work environments.
The Ocean Wise Program
The School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts and The Local Cafe and Restaurant use delicious and ocean-friendly Ocean Wise products. Ocean Wise is a conservation and education program that works with chefs, restaurants and seafood suppliers to help them with sustainable seafood sourcing.
Feast On® Certification
Centennial College’s School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts has become the first academic institution to receive Feast On® certification for its sourcing of local food and beverage products used in the academic programs and in the School’s experiential-learning foodservice operations. The Culinary Tourism Alliance established Feast On Certification as a program that recognizes businesses committed to sourcing Ontario-grown and -produced food and drink.