Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef

Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef is offered as a two-to-four-year certificate program at Hennepin Technical College, a public institution in Brooklyn Park, MN. The program falls within the culinary arts field (CIP 12.0501) and trains students in professional baking, pastry production, and dessert preparation for food service environments.

Hennepin Technical College also offers a Culinary Arts/Chef Training certificate at the same level, along with programs in Recording Arts Technology, Computer Support Specialist, Computer Systems Networking, and Computer and Information Systems Security. Students in the Baking and Pastry Arts program can expect instruction in bread baking, cake decorating, chocolate work, pastry techniques, and food safety standards applicable to bakeries, restaurants, and catering operations.