Le Cordon Bleu's Diplôme de Pâtisserie with Pâtisserie Innovation is an integrated, full-time programme that comprises our highly respected Diplôme de Pâtisserie with our Diploma in Pâtisserie Innovation.
The Le Cordon Bleu Diplôme de Pâtisserie is one of the most respected pastry and baking qualifications available today. This programme enables you to become highly skilled and delivers the highest standards of professional pastry chef education and training, taking beginners through Basic, Intermediate and Superior training. By adding the Diploma in Pâtisserie Innovation to their studies, students will take their pastry skills to an advanced level in a programme which focusses on recipe development, transformation and evolving classical recipes, including creating recipes which appeal to current demands in the food sector such as nutrition focused, health and allergen-free products.
Duration: 12 months
Price: £32,639
Diploma fees include: ingredients, uniforms, knife kit, learning materials
Hours per week: approximately 15 to 22 hours
Entry requirements: evidence of English language. No prior culinary experience is required. All students must be aged 18 years or over.
Please note that in order to successfully complete our Diplôme de Pâtisserie with Pâtisserie Innovation, students may be required to handle alcoholic beverages and beef or pork derivatives within a culinary context.
Please note: applications requiring a visa can close up to 12 weeks before the course start date.
The curriculum is composed of two Le Cordon Bleu diplomas:
This specialised programme in pastry and baking is ideal for students who have already strong career objectives and know that culinary management knowledge associated to culinary arts skills will be key to their success.
We welcome students from a variety of different educational and occupational backgrounds. No prior culinary experience is required. This programme is suitable if:
Qualification title: Diplôme de Pâtisserie with Advanced Study (Pâtisserie Innovation) – Internship Pathway
SCQF level: 8
SCQF Credits: 146
This qualification is listed on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) and has been independently credit-rated by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). Further information is available here. This gives assurance that the content of our qualifications are of a high standard, meeting the rigorous quality assurance requirements of a national awarding body.
For more information about accreditation and student visa sponsorship, visit our Accreditation and Educational Oversight page.
Successful graduates of the Diplôme de Pâtisserie with Pâtisserie Innovation will earn a Le Cordon Bleu qualification celebrated in many countries across the world. It is for this reason that many top restaurants, hotel groups and other employers attend our Careers Forum each term to meet our students for post study work opportunities.
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