Baking Schools
Find a baking school in your area.
From sophisticated génoise cakes and puff pastries, to traditional farmhouse bread and sugar cookies, the world of baking is an attractive venture for many culinary arts students. Baking schools are the first step towards a rewarding career in the field of culinary arts or pastry making, providing specialized courses and a hands-on program of study. Famous chefs and bakers experienced their first successes with training and classes at a baking school, and many continue to teach and educate students through baking programs around the country.
Baking schools provide hands-on training so students can learn the fundamental skills in baking, cooking, and dessert preparation. Instead of sitting in a classroom, students can learn through demonstrations, practice, and tests that require them to create various desserts, cakes, pastries, and apply different techniques. Since many bakers and culinary artists pursue work in a professional environment or open their own business, baking schools also provide business and management courses.
Baking School Training and Career Opportunities
Baking programs give students the skills they need to succeed in restaurants, hotels, bakeries, catering, and cafeterias. Lead bakers and pastry artists build their careers on experience, training, and ongoing education. Those who choose to specialize in a particular niche may also choose to develop their own business during their career. Common classes available at baking schools include:
- Basic Baking Technique
- Cakes and Wedding Cakes
- Sugar Decoration
- Puff Pastry Technique
- The Art of Individual Desserts
- Bread Making
- Working with Chocolate
Graduates of baking schools can look forward to a variety of rewarding career opportunities in the hospitality industry, grocery industry, or teaching; they also have options to start a business as a professional baker, or set up their own catering company.
Famous Chefs and Bakers Who Attended Baking School
Baking programs and baking schools are usually a part of a comprehensive culinary arts program; culinary institutes across America feature a special program for baking and pastry arts students, and many students take at least two to three professional baking courses in order to become a professional chef. A few famous chefs and bakers who attended baking school include:
- Emeril LaGasse ; the popular Food Network star attended the Johnson and Wales cooking school. Baking & Pastry Arts programs here are available through the College of Culinary Arts.
- Julia Child ; her books and cooking shows have created a strong following for classic cooking and baking styles, and Julia Child learned many of her baking secrets from her training at the Cordon Bleu cooking school.
- Bobby Flay ; this Food Network star received training from The French Culinary Institute in New York City. The Classic Pastry Arts program here teaches students how to start their pastry career in under nine months.
If you are interested in pursuing a career as a baker, the best way to prepare is to get a culinary degree. By attending any of the accredited Baking Schools listed below, you'll be preparing yourself for a career in various areas. Once you complete your baking studies, you will have the option of working in a bakery, restaurant, hotel, and even the rapidly growing segment of in-store supermarket bakeries. The baking programs at these culinary schools emphasize hands-on application of fundamental techniques and ingredients, which allows you to learn the basics while developing your own personal style. Browse the list of the Baking Schools suggested below and request complimentary information from the programs you're considering. School locations include San Francisco, Austin, Minneapolis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and more.
Featured Culinary Schools:
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Scottsdale Culinary Institute - Scottsdale, AZ
Le Cordon Bleu Programs at Scottsdale Culinary Institute are designed to ensure that you are exposed to a diversified education in culinary arts with a unique combination of general education classes to broaden your knowledge, attitudes, and values to be successful. Students can experience real world conditions with L'Ecole and L'Academie Restaurants as their classrooms. L'Ecole has received Mobile's 3 Star student rating. Become a chef in only 15 months. Other graduates, who began their careers just like you, are working in leading restaurants, hotels and cruise ships around the world.
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California Culinary Academy - San Francisco, CA
If you're passionate about pastries, the California Culinary Academy, located in San Francisco, can prepare you for success. Students receive the challenging, hands-on, real world experience needed for a career in culinary arts or hospitality in one of the world's culinary capitals. Associate degrees are available in Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts or Hospitality & Restaurant Management. Certificates are available in Baking and Pastry Arts. Perfect the talent you already possess and gain the experience you need to land that job at fine restaurants, top hotels, posh resorts, luxury cruise ships, pastry shops, and more.
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California School of the Culinary Arts - Pasadena, CA
The California School of Culinary Arts, located in Pasadena, CA, can train you with some of the best chefs in the business, and enhance your passion for food along you're your skills, in only fifteen months. CSCA is one of the most well-known and respected culinary schools in the country. While studying at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Program you will work with industry trained Chef Instructors and have the opportunity to take advantage of extensive job placement assistance.
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Institute of Technology - Clovis and Roseville, CA
Institute of Technology is committed to your success. We offer exciting, career-focused programs in business, computerized accounting, medical assisting, medical billing, computer networking, HVAC, culinary and much more. We feature flexible class schedules and hands-on training from instructors who have experience in the field. And the best part? You can change your life in just 8+ months!
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Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts - Atlanta, GA
Located in Tucker, Georgia, the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts College offers students the unparalleled combination of renowned training and a city that's one of the world's top meeting, convention and tradeshow destinations. That means opportunity, excitement and fun while you learn. The College's association with Le Cordon Bleu represents a union of one of the finest in European and North American culinary arts training programs available today.
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Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago was founded in May of 1983 by Linda Calafiore, a passionate cook who wanted to share her love of great food. The food service community responded with enthusiasm. As soon as the first students graduated, they were employed at major hotels and restaurants. To date, The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago has graduated thousands of professional cooks, bakers, and aspiring chefs who are now staffing some of the most prestigious restaurants in Chicago and the nation.
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Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Program at Brown College - Minneapolis, MN
Le Cordon Bleu Minneapolis / St. Paul offers the exciting Le Cordon Bleu Associate of Applied Science Degree programs that can get you prepared! Le Cordon Bleu Minneapolis / St. Paul is dedicated to providing quality culinary programs that are taught by staff of knowledgeable chefs and serve those seeking a solid foundation for their future. Le Cordon Bleu Minneapolis / St. Paul offers dynamic culinary programs to meet the needs of the industry and aspiring culinary students.
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Western Culinary Institute - Portland, OR
The highly esteemed Le Cordon Bleu program at Western Culinary Institute in Portland, Oregon, works to ensure that its students succeed. Graduates are prepared for careers as chefs, caterers, bakers or pastry chefs. Associate of Occupational Studies degrees may be earned in Le Cordon Bleu Hospitality & Restaurant Management or Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts. You will learn in professionally equipped learning kitchens which provide the perfect environment for perfecting your passion and will be taught by accomplished pastry and culinary chefs, who are all actively interested in seeing their students succeed.
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Pennsylvania Culinary Institute - Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania Culinary Institute was founded in 1986 as a Branch Campus of the Sawyer School. PCI was well-known in the Pittsburgh area and beyond for providing a quality hands-on education and attracted students from across the United States. In the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Program you can acquire knowledge and practical skills needed for careers like Caterer, Private Chef, or even Restaurant Owner. As a graduate, your Le Cordon Bleu credentials can give you an edge in starting a career with hotels, fine restaurants, private placement, country clubs, resorts and catering companies' world wide.
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Texas Culinary Academy - Austin, TX
Enhance your career and ensure your future with the Texas Culinary Academy, located in Austin, TX. The Academy has partnered with Le Cordon Bleu to offer students an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts. By combining classical French techniques with cutting-edge American technology, the program serves to educate aspiring chefs in the art of cooking. You will learn the culinary techniques of more than 25 foreign cuisines and earn your degree in only 15 months.
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Culinard - The Culinary Institute of Virginia College - Birmingham, AL
Culinard, the Culinary Institute of Virginia College, is one of the country's premier cooking schools, offering an exciting education in the culinary arts. Now there is a culinary school that provides state-of-the-art instruction and culinary training to allow you to become a world-class culinarian. Our graduates gain a tremendous amount of exposure to all aspects of the industry including preparation for industry certifications. With a small-team approach, world-class chef-instructors, and real-world kitchens, you'll gain a wonderful culinary education and be prepared for an exceptional career. Learn to become a chef while attending a top chef school. Learn to create...at Culinard!
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