Professional in Baking and Pastry Arts Course (PROBAP)
Details
A 9-month intensive program in Diploma in Pastry and Baking education equipped with internationally educated chef instructors, new Pasty and Baking kitchen facilities, and top quality ingredients. This course aims to meet the need of the students who wish to attain a thorough knowledge on Baking and Pastry Arts by learning the foundations. The program comprises of 8 modules with a culminating activity on the last module where in the student will be able to apply everything he/she has learned from pastry and baking concepts to entrepreneurship skills.
Besides the education on the foundation and principles of Pastry and Baking Arts, injected in module 6 & 7 or equivalent to 48 hours worth of Entrepreneurship lessons. Throughout the program, their chef-mentors will guide all students. By the time the student reaches module 8, he/she have a complete study, product research and business plan. In completion of this course the student should be comfortable in setting up his/her own Pastry and Baking business.
Outline
Module 1 - Fundamentals to Professional Baking and Pastry Arts
Module 2 - Bread Technology
Module 3 - Cake Technology
Module 4 - Specialty Desserts
Module 5 - Asian Desserts
Module 6 - Cold Desserts
Module 7 - Advanced Baking and Pastry Techniques
Module 8 - Professional Pastry and Baking Program and the Concepts of Entrepreneurship Application
Module 9 - Final Project
The Cravings Group of Companies established the Center for Culinary Arts, Manila in 1995. The people behind the company saw an overwhelming potential in the resourcefulness and creativity of many Filipino chefs and bakers. The group believed that given a curriculum that will provide the basic foundation of knowledge, skills and attitude, supported by a talented pool of faculty and modern facilities, the hopeful chefs and bakers will be able to make breakthroughs in the global culinary arts scene.
Thus, the conceptualization began and the dream that was the Center for Culinary Arts, Manila (CCA-Manila) was slowly actualized with much careful thought and preparation. Laying the groundwork was no easy task for the team of experts headed by Dr. John Knapp, project coordinator of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and Dr. Corazon F. Gatchalian, a faculty member of the College of Home Economics of the University of the Philippines, Diliman. It took three years to assess and address the needs of the industry, develop an effective curriculum, gather a powerful team of chef instructors and to construct the building that will eventually become the home to future culinary professionals. ...