The Baking and Pasty Specialist (BPS) program is designed to prepare students for the specific skills needed to excel in a career in the foodservice industry.
Students learn the culinary skills that are foundational to Baking and Patisserie including breads, cakes, specialty breads and desserts, chocolates, tarts and torts. Students who complete the program and pass the appropriate ServSafe Exams will have met the American Culinary Federation Certification standards for Food Safety and Sanitation. our BPS program at the Clovis Main Campus has been recognized as an American Culinary federation Education Foundation Quality Program.
Students who successfully complete the program will be documented as "Graduate" and as proof of such accomplishment will receive a diploma.
Graduates from this program will be prepared to contribute in a broad range of entry-level occupations in the foodservice industry including Bread and Pastry Baker, Dessert Specialist, Catering Specialist, Institutional and Cafeteria Baker, Bakery Chef, and Gourmet Specialty Baker.
Uniforms and a Pasty Tool Kit are required and are available for purchase. Textbooks are provided to the student wither as classroom resources or are purchased by the student.
890 Hours / 48 Quarter Credit Hours
Classes are held Monday through Thursday for 40 weeks and include an Independent Study component. See your admissions representative for available class times.
The classroom instruction and practical learning experiences will include the following (see other tabs), but the order may change based on availability. However, no class will be taught out of sequence if a prerequisite is required.