This course aims to identify, prepare, and bake various types of pastries. Quantify ingredients, proportions, and weights. Develop techniques for preparing dough and fillings, selecting raw materials, and handling and preparing utensils. Identify recipes and technical specifications. Develop baking and refrigeration processes for different pastry doughs and their decorations. Quality control, packaging, and preservation of the final product. General understanding of food hygiene and safety standards.
Functionality
The course consists of 4 modules.
Module 1 – Cake Doughs and Fillings – 25 hours
Module 2 – Puff Pastry, Brioche Dough and Choux Pastry – 25 hours
Module 3 – Conventual Pastry – 25 hours
Module 4 – Fine and Chilled Pastry – 25 hours
Each module is taught over 3 days of a week each month for a total of 100 hours of training.
Each trainee will have to attend the 4 modules to obtain professional certification.
On the last day of the 4th module, the trainee is asked to take a knowledge aptitude test which, once passed, entitles him/her to a Professional Training Certificate.
The modules take place on the defined dates.
The course's daily schedule will be from 10 AM to 7 PM.
Each module will cost €290.
Value
The course costs €290 per module.
All materials, equipment, utensils as well as raw materials are included.
REGULATION
Enrollment
Enrollment in a training course is only considered final upon receipt of the trainee's duly completed enrollment form (curriculum vitae) and payment for the first module. Failure to meet any of these requirements is sufficient reason for the trainee to be disenrolled. Training courses at APDC/Bakery School cannot be taught with fewer than 8 or more than 16 trainees per course. If the number of trainees enrolled in a course is deemed insufficient, the Academy reserves the right to postpone or cancel the course, informing and refunding the respective payment to the trainees.
Timeline
The Academy is committed to delivering courses on the date and time specified in the schedule for each training activity. Any unforeseen circumstances that require a change to the schedule will be the Academy's responsibility to find an alternative date and time, and trainees are responsible for their attendance.
Absences
It is the trainee's responsibility to attend the training session for which they are enrolled regularly and punctually, aiming to acquire the theoretical and practical knowledge provided. Absences from the course are not permitted, as it takes place during the regulated hours for each training session.
Payments and Withdrawals
The Academy is responsible for providing the candidate with a training payment plan, which includes the due dates for each installment. If the trainee withdraws up to 30 days before the start of the course, all amounts paid will be refunded, except for the initial registration fee. If the trainee withdraws or interrupts the course after the training has begun, all amounts paid to date will be forfeited. Upon resuming the course, the student will be required to re-enroll and make a new payment.
Certification
At the end of the course, trainees who successfully complete the training plan receive a Professional Training Certificate, which will be issued after the course exam. If a trainee is in arrears in payment, the Academy reserves the right to withhold certification until payment is made.
