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PASTRY TECHNIQUES - 100 HOURS
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overview

A taste of the professional pastry kitchen for the serious amateur
Do your fantasies involve chocolate? Does the mere mention of making exquisite cakes or elegant French desserts make you tingle? We know your type - and designed this incredible Pastry Techniques course specifically for you.
Guided by the same inspiring Chef-Instructors who teach our career students, you'll train in small, high-energy classes that are hands-on and exciting. You'll learn to handle a pastry bag with grace, as sophisticated techniques and high-level skills become second nature. And you'll do it all at your own well-equipped workstation with the identical ingredients used in New York's top bakeries and restaurants. This is the caliber of in-depth training you'd expect from The French Culinary Institute.


curriculum

Pastry Techniques
Here is what you will master:

  • Cakes and Tarts
  • Hot Desserts
  • Cold Desserts
  • Cookies
  • Mousses
  • Plated Desserts
  • Petit Fours

Here are the pastry making skills you'll aquire:

  • Learning proper use of baking equipment
  • Learning construction of a recipe by grasping the basics of pastry
  • Working with chocolate, creating of sugar syrups, meringues, and buttercreams
  • Developing the art (and delights) of breathtaking cake decoration
  • Understanding the beauty of properly-plated desserts

start dates + tuition

Please note: Classes are limited and tend to fill quickly. If the class you select is full, we'll enroll you in the next available class with the same schedule.

Check back frequently since we are constantly updating our course schedules. Or contact us at 888.324.2433 for additional start dates.

Saturday Schedule
Saturdays, 9:30am - 2:30pm

Start End Price
September 18, 2010 March 12, 2010 sold out

Our upcoming class has sold out. To join our wait list, call 1.888.324.2433 or email us your name and phone number.

Saturday & Sunday Schedule
Saturdays & Sundays, 9:30am - 2:30pm

Start End Price
March 19, 2010 June 5, 2011 $ 6,350

Evening Schedule
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:30pm - 10:30pm

Start End Price
April 12, 2011 June 16, 2011 $ 6,350

Tuition includes application fee, uniform, utensil kit, books and supplies, and daily "family meal" prepared by culinary program students.

     

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Although The FCI is accredited by the ACCSC, Amateur Courses at The FCI do not fall within the scope of the commission's accreditation. Amateur Courses are designed for personal enrichment and are not intended to qualify a student for employment.

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
          I think everything in pastry is structured around technique. I like the way the instructors would keep an eye on you and your progress. They're really hands on, but it's up to you to get as much out of what you went there for. I thought it was great. It covered everything in pastry.
  Jason Licker
Classic Pastry Arts, Class of 1999
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