General Patisserie and Confectionery C&G Level 2 Certificate

This popular one year part-time course provides an introduction to professional patisserie and confectionery. Learn how to bake and make desserts like a professional pastry chef. Improve and develop your skills in our professional training kitchens under the guidance of our experienced chef lecturing team. The course requires no previous experience or qualifications and will suit amateur and professional chefs alike.

The course is awarded by City and Guilds at Level 2 and covers a broad range of key aspects of modern professional baking and patisserie. You will learn techniques and cooking methods relevant to today’s pastry chefs.

The course is craft based with underpinning theory relevant to each section of the programme. Course content is designed to be aspirational with teaching methods including demonstrations from our professional industry chefs accompanying each session in our training kitchens. You will learn both contemporary and classic techniques. Work is continuously assessed and you will build up a portfolio throughout the duration of the course. The course runs one evening a week from September to July.

In order to gain this qualification, you will complete units including:
• Produce hot and cold desserts and puddings
• Produce biscuit, cake and sponge products
• Produce fermented dough products

During the course your knowledge will be assessed via practical and written assessments.

The course will help you to develop your existing skills whether you are seeking to improve as a professional chef or increase confidence in your skills at home. The course will also improve your chances of gaining employment in the industry. A focus on commercial awareness and enterprise will assist those who are contemplating starting a business of their own.

There are no entry requirements for this course and places will be offered following interview subject to suitability and availability.

The course may inspire you to further study at a higher level in patisserie or other areas of the catering industry.

You can apply for this course online and will need to purchase a uniform and textbook.

Time :

17:30-20:30