Professional Patisserie & Confectionery Certificate Level 2

York College

Sim Balk Lane, York, YO23 2BB

Other Regulated/Accredited Qualification

Level 2

Available start dates

Monday, 05 September 2022

York College

1 Year(s)

Full time

Daytime/working hours

Course Summary

This qualification will allow you to develop skills, knowledge and creativity in a demanding specialised area of cookery. This course will teach you specialist pastry, cake and confectionery techniques with an emphasis on practical learning. You'll be taught in our specialist pâtisserie kitchen on equipment that you'd expect to find in the industry's top pastry kitchens.

Course Details

You will be studying the following topics:

• Hot and Cold Desserts and Puddings

• Paste Products

• Biscuit, Cake and Sponge Products

• Fermented Dough Products

This course will give you the opportunity to practice developing the specialist skills required to work in a bakery or a pâtisserie. Ideal if you want to work as a Pastry Chef.

There will be the opportunity to retake GCSE English and Maths (working towards grade 4) within this study programme.

How will it be delivered and assessed?

Attendance is full-time. Your studies will be across three to four full days per week in College. These will be mainly workshop (kitchen or restaurant) based but you will also experience formal classroom learning. Part of your development will involve working within our commercial restaurant and interacting with both internal and external customers. Your attendance in College may involve evening sessions within the commercial restaurant environment. All of your sessions will be College based with 20% in the classroom and 80% undertaking practical activities in our RWE (realistic working environment). Our methods of delivery will include student focused learning and formal teaching sessions, accompanied by workshops, tutorials, some independent studies, problem solving and work-based learning.

Written assignments, short answer tests and practical examinations.

Entry requirements

3 or 4 GCSE subjects at grade 3 ideally including English and Maths.

Your next steps...

You may progress into employment or on to Level 3 Pâtisserie & Confectionery or Level 3 Hospitality courses. Potential job occupations include Pastry Chef, Catering Assistant, Catering Cook and Assistant Baker.

Additional information

https://www.yorkcollege.ac.uk/study/professional-patisserie-confectionery-certificate-level-2

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