NQF Level

NQF 3

Credits

64

HF Nr

603-6960-7

Delivery Mode

Full time

Duration

1 Year

Entry Requirements

Grade 12

Pastry chefs don’t just make – they create. Working as a pastry chef, you’ll be able to express your artistic flair every day! This course is all about the speciality field of patisserie, confectionary, and bakery. We’ll take you on a journey to integrate knowledge from theory to practical, starting with health and safety, kitchen operations, food preparation and basic cooking principles. With that solid foundation, you will grow in confidence and gain a range of skills needed for the world of patisserie, whether it is the most basic puff pastry to complex plated desserts, cakes and decoration, sugar craft and chocolate work. The academy provides special guest lectures which are included in the overall fees, and all classes are kept small to ensure a personalised, quality education.

What will be included in our costs?

FACILITATION • ASSESSMENTS • WORKPLACEMENT MONITORING

Where can I get this qualification?

Ferndale
George Centurion Pofadder Online
Cape Town Gqeberha Roodepoort
George Online
Newcastle
Germiston
Meyerton Rustenburg
George

What this qualification consists of

  • Principles of Food Safety
  • Health and safety within the workplace
  • Understand the hospitality industry
  • Understand business success
  • Provide guest service
  • Sustainability in the hospitality industry
  • Professional workplace standards
  • Understand the role of self-development
  • Food safety
  • Menu planning
  • Mise en place
  • Classic cakes, sponges and Gateaux’s
  • Biscuits, petit fours and delicate sweets
  • Different doughs, pastries and other pastry products
  • Selections of loaves, rolls and artisan breads
  • Cold summer desserts, frozen desserts, mousses and set items
  • Jams, jellies and preserves
  • Sugar work and chocolate work
  • Prepare, cook and finish: chocolate products
FFA Qualifications Future

The future is Hospitality

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