Can someone help me out and give me some important requirements towards becoming a pastry chef. What schooling is involved, average amount of hours required, type of skills required, types of apprenticeship and etc.
It would be very helpful and greatly appreciated.
I am interested in becoming a pastry chef’s apprentice but am uncertain of the process. Do I apply? Do I need to have prior formal training? If anyone has any insight I would greatly appreciate it!
I currently live in California and would like to complete the apprenticeship here, but am willing to relocate if necessary. Thanks!
I really have a passion to become a pastry chef, however, my mother is telling me it’s not the fantasy world I have built in my head. To be honest I didn’t even know it was a fantasy world lol. I would just like to know the pros and cons of becoming a Pastry chef, or any chef for that matter. And is there any way I could get hands on experience? Maybe to get a taste of what it’s like?
Thank you!!
I am great with color and can sculpt really well. I am a professional artist, but love food. Thought I would give becoming a pastry chef a chance. Any advice on being a success right afte I attend a culinary program???
Im a 21 year old mother in Louisiana and i love to bake. lately ive been having dreams about becoming a pastry chef. but i have no clue where to start, i dont have the money to go to the school or anything. i was just woundering if anyone could tell me what else i could do. my mother in law does catering but shes got two other jobs plus her kids so its kind of hard to get ahold of her when shes not busy to ask her advice on what i should do. so if anyone could help me out a little it would be nice.
This is pretty much my dream. I love to bake, and making cakes & other things beautiful just appeals to me. I’m a talented baker, not to toot my own horn but I do make amazing desserts. I plan on getting a Bachelors in Baking & Pastry arts, after Graduating high school in 2012. Anyways, this is what I want to do. How ever some recent discussions/arguments with my parents have gotten me to wonder. I want my dream no less, mind you, but my dads trying to scare me shitless. Its not exactly working, but I do wish I had my parents support.
Would you recommend becoming a pastry chef?
Ok so i’ve been looking into becoming a pastry chef, I have awesome grades and I will be graduating within two years but I do not have the resources (money-wise) to attend a college or a university. The school I attend (which happens to be the number one school in America, TAG Magnet) paves a way to obtain scholarships.
I was looking through other Q&A and I realized people say going into a Culinary Institute or School right out of high school isn’t the best way to go.
Why is that?
Should I take the scholarships if I get them to go to my dream school (Culinary Institute of America)?
Should I even persue the scholarships or should I go into a community college right out of high school?
Please feel free to give me any advice.
I currently am going to college to get a degree in management because I would like to own my own bakery someday. My plan when I graduate was to try to become a manager of a bakery or restaurant first and then when I have enough money to open my own bakery, then I would pursue that dream. Lately, I have been feeling like I am in the wrong place though, like I should be going to culinary school instead of business school. I just feel out of place. I am starting to consider finishing this year out then maybe applying to a culinary school of my choice to become a pastry chef and then later on in life maybe owning my own bakery. I have some concerns though. I really would like to have a family someday and though I would like to wait till I am out of school and have a job, it is not something that I want to put off for a very long time. I’m afraid if I become a pastry chef that I won’t have anytime to have a family or to be there for them. Another thing that I am concerned about is that I tend to be a tad bit shy. I have become a little more outgoing but I am still afraid that I will get walked all over in the food industry because of my shy tendencies. It is something that I am willing to work at though because I really do enjoy baking and challenging myself in that area. Should I use my love for baking to pursue a career as a pastry chef or does it just seem that this love should just remain a hobby? (I know becoming a pastry chef is ultimately my decision)