Pastry School
CulinaryLab school offers professional pastry programs for aspiring pastry chefs and bakers who want to learn modern techniques and pursue a career in a professional kitchen or bakery. Each of our 11 professional pastry programs listed below focus on diverse subjects and can be purchased separately. Entrance requirements may apply to some of the professional programs. New financing options are now available! For more information, schedule a tour, call 714-486-4406, or email us.
OrProfessional Program Features:
- 12 to 1 student teacher ratio
- Work individually, not in large groups
- Professional-level pastry instruction
- Skill-building modules
How We Teach
Our professional pastry programs train students to be seasoned professionals as quickly and efficiently as possible. We believe that the key ingredient to effective training is interactive, hands-on, repetitious practice.
Culinary Basics
Safety and Sanitation | Professional Kitchen Equipment | Kitchen Etiquette | Conversions and Recipe Scaling
Knife Skills & Vegetable Cookery
Cutting Motions | Body Posturing | Cooking With Salt | Blanching | Simmering | Poaching | Sautéing | Sweating | Caramelizing
Baking & Pastry Basics
Eggs | Custards | Creams | Bread Making Techniques | Cookies | Cakes | Pastries | Meringues | Buttercream
Chocolates
Truffles | Tempering | Enrobing | Emulsions | Bonbons | Decorating | Aerated Confections | Marshmallows | Caramel Confections
Breads
Art of Bread Shaping Baking | Baker's Math | Butter Enriched Doughs | Lean Doughs | Italian Breads | Starters and Bigas
Ice Creams & Cookies
Ice Cream | Sorbet | Granita | Cookies | Definitions and Percentages | Using a Baumé Scale | Mixing and Flavoring
Tortes
History | Sponge Cakes | Mousses | Assembly of a Torte | Enrobing | Jaconde | Paté a Dacor | Finishing Work
Advanced Plating & Food Photography
Plate Composition | Plate Design Through the Years | Plating for the Camera | Lighting | Smart Phone & DSLR Shooting
Laminated Doughs
Traditional Laminated Doughs: Puff, Croissant, and Danish | Folding, Timing, and Measuring | Rolling, Cutting, FIlling
