Affordable Online Baking & Pastry Programs for Working Adults
Pursue a degree or diploma in the baking and pastry arts to launch your new career.
CAREER GOALS
ACADEMIC PLAN
FINANCIAL PLAN
LIFE PLAN
CAREER GOALS
ACADEMIC PLAN
FINANCIAL PLAN
LIFE PLAN
You’ve always wanted to start your own pastry shop or bakery…
But there are challenges:
- Pastry arts school is expensive
- Quitting your job isn’t an option
- You have family obligations
- Who would teach and mentor you?
- Nobody’s given you a plan
- You haven’t been to school in years
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts has everything you need to help launch your baking and pastry career all in one place. Earn your diploma in just 60 weeks, right from your home kitchen.
Everything You Need to Get Your Start in the Pastry Arts!
More than 90 Chef Instructors to Mentor and Guide You
GUIDANCE FOR YOUR NEW CAREER
Don’t leave your life up to fate or chance: get a clear direction from others who have gone before you in the pastry arts.
Our Chef Instructors can help guide you in studying the technical skills you need in the kitchen and the practical business skills for running a profitable business.
Culinary & Pastry Career Survey
Culinary & Pastry Career Survey
What's your ideal culinary career? Answer 20 simple questions and see if your dream career gets revealed to you.
We’ve compiled of all of the essential questions into one handy guide: Career options, description of skill requirements, and more!
YOUR PLAN FOR YOUR NEW CAREER IN THE PASTRY ARTS
Escoffier’s online learning programs give you more control over your education, getting you a degree or diploma more flexibly by working around your current work schedule and family obligations.
LEARN
Read assigned texts, watch technique videos, do additional research and complete knowledge checks.
DISCUSS
Join live sessions, discuss with classmates on discussion boards, or schedule time with your chef instructors.
EXPERIENCE
Bake and document the process with photos and written reflection for your chef instructor’s feedback and coaching.
EXTERNSHIP TRAINING
Escoffier’s Career Services can help assist you in securing an externship in a professional kitchen, for hands-on training with industry professionals.
The Pastry Arts program at the school gave me the foundation to build my career. The chef educators provide real life tips and formulas I could never get from books. My co-workers are surprised by how much help the school has given me throughout my career.”*
Kim Boos
PASTRY ARTS GRADUATE, PASTRY CHEF/OWNER, TEE & CAKES
