Dual Certificate Baking and Pastry Arts - Artisan Baking Vancouver Community College

About this Program

Level: Dual Certificate in Baking and Pastry Arts

Discpline: Hospitality Administration and Management

Length: 4 semesters

Check My Eligibility
Application Fee: $145.00 waived
Tuition Fee: $17,650.00

VCC Downtown Campus

Starting Deadline Status
Jan, 2025 Nov 1, 2024 closed
May, 2025 Mar 1, 2025 open

Program Description

Develop professional skills for artisanal bread and pastry production including foundational baking, gluten-free, savoury, and international products. What you will learn Health, sanitation, and safety Use of bakery equipment including scales, mixers, proofers, and ovens Knife skills Theoretical baking principles and processes Ingredients and methodology Biscuits and muffins Pie dough and straight dough Aeration and emulsification Cookies, pies, tarts Croissant, Danish, and puff dough lamination Cakes, cookies, sponges Buttercreams, glazes, ganaches Dessert plating and presentation Composition, use of colours and textures Pastries, slices, and squares Quickbreads and loaf cakes Deep-fat frying Yeast doughnuts, cake doughnuts, French crullers Fermentation, leavening, gluten development Wild yeast, sourdough starters, biga, poolish Hearth baking Grains and flours Shaping and molding Mixing and portioning Gluten-free baking and ingredients Meat and vegetable pies Sausage rolls, Cornish pasties, calzones Asian buns and tarts Pita breads and flatbreads Sandwiches Consistency and accuracy Environmental conditions Daily production planning Standard math functions Retail bakeshop management Professional etiquette and personal hygiene Troubleshooting and problem solving Ingredient and equipment suppliers Merchandising, inventory, and cost control Waste management Catering Effective communication

Other Programs at the School

These programs are similar to the current one.

Baking and Pastry Arts - Artisan Baking

Tuition: $25,971.00

Application Fee: $145.00

Certificate in Baking and Pastry Arts - Artisan Baking -

May 2025 | Sep 2025

Hospitality Management

Tuition: $19,000.00

Application Fee: $145.00

Diploma in Hospitality Management -

May 2025 | Sep 2025

Business and Project Management

Tuition: $20,800.00

Application Fee: $145.00

Post Degree Diploma in Business and Project Management -

May 2025 | Sep 2025

Culinary Arts

Tuition: $26,700.00

Application Fee: $145.00

Diploma in Culinary Arts -

May 2025

Marketing Technology

Tuition: $20,800.00

Application Fee: $145.00

Diploma in Marketing Technology -

Sep 2025

Business Management Post-Degree Diploma (formerly Canadian Business Management)

Tuition: $22,600.00

Application Fee: $145.00

Post-Degree Diploma - Canadian Business Management -

May 2025 | Sep 2025

Administrative Professional

Tuition: $22,429.00

Application Fee: $145.00

Certificate in Administrative Professional -

May 2025 | Sep 2025

Global Supply Chain Management

Tuition: $32,472.00

Application Fee: $145.00

Global Supply Chain Management- Post-Degree Diploma -

Sep 2025

Cosmetology

Tuition: $23,000.00

Application Fee: $145.00

Diploma in Cosmetology -

May 2025 | Sep 2025

Accounting Diploma

Tuition: $19,317.50

Application Fee: $145.00

Diploma in Accounting -

Sep 2025

Hairstylist

Tuition: $23,000.00

Application Fee: $145.00

Certificate in Hairstylist -

May 2025 | Sep 2025

Study and Work in Canada

Full-time undergraduate and post-graduate international students can work anywhere on or off campus without a work permit. The rules around the number of hours a student will be allowed to work may vary based on the country the student chooses to study in. International students are typically able to work up to 20 hours a week.