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Pastry Essentials Certificate Series

Get serious about pastry in our comprehensive certificate series. You will master classic fillings and perfect dough shaping, and dig into the essential techniques behind a wide range of desserts. Level up your baking skills and earn your NY Cake certification in this immersive 5-class program.

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  • 118 W 22nd St, New York, NY
  • 20 hours over 5 sessions

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Develop a comprehensive pastry toolkit through our Pastry Essentials Certificate program. This five-session series teaches you the critical techniques and kitchen knowledge needed to master beloved pastry staples, including cookies, pies, tarts, éclairs, puff pastry, and quick breads. You'll learn how to create and shape doughs, prepare classic fillings with proper technique, and apply finishing touches that elevate your creations. By the end of this program, you'll have mastered the complete process from ingredient selection through final presentation, earning your NY Cake certification.

Course Curriculum:

  • Session 1: Family of Cookies
  • Session 2: Working with Crusts
  • Session 3: Eclairs Dissected
  • Session 4: Science of Lamination
  • Session 5: Leavening in Baking

What to Bring and Wear:

All supplies and materials are provided; classes offer hands-on, interactive learning experiences. Please dress in casual clothing that you don't mind getting a little sugar on, and wear flat, comfortable shoes appropriate for a kitchen environment. Open-toed shoes and sandals are not recommended for safety reasons when working in the kitchen. If you have long hair, please tie it back to keep it away from your workspace and ingredients.

School Notes: Please note, if you require a gluten free option for your baking class, you must alert the school in advance and there will be a +$15 fee applied for each gluten free substitute which will be collected directly by the school. Please contact them or CourseHorse to arrange this.

Refund Policy

Classes are not eligible for refunds, however classes are transferable.

  • Students may reschedule their class to an alternative date up to 4 business days prior to the class date for in-person classes.
  • All deposits & fees are forfeited for no shows.
  • We do not provide make-up classes.

The school reserve the right to cancel a class due to low enrollment up to 48 hours before the class date. The school reserve the right to change class schedules. If for any reason the school should cancel a class, a full refund will be offered to the student. However, we do not accept responsibility for any other expenses incurred such as hotel or airline cancellation penalties.

Cancellations or changes can be made through email at [email protected]. Please be sure to include the full name of the registered student, and class registration confirmation.

If a class is cancelled due to inclement weather, or other circumstance beyond our control (facility issues, power outages, etc.), we will contact you with as much advanced notice as possible by email or telephone, and issue you a refund to the original form of payment. We will make every effort to run the class as long as it is safe to do so. If we make the decision to run a class during inclement weather and you make the decision not to come, you will not be able to get a refund, we will offer only a credit for future use.

Credits are valid for a 12 month period of time.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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