How nice it would be to be baking and decorating a cake or bake a loaf of bread just like you can get at your local bakery. Or to be able to be baking masterpieces for five star restaurants or be a wedding cake designer. There are great schools in New York where you can take lessons to teach you baking. You can take baking lessons just to please yourself or go all the way and get a certificate that will lead to a new and challenging profession. Whatever your goal is, take a look at the schools and find the one with the lessons and instructors that fit you to a tee.
The Institute of Culinary Education has a diploma program in Baking and Pastry Arts. Finish theses lessons and you can be a professional pastry chef anywhere. You will learn to make everything from breads and cakes to confections and frozen desserts. And you get to taste the creations too. There is never more than 16 to a class and after the class work you move onto an internship at a restaurant, hotel or catering kitchen and then you are done. They are located at 50 West 23 Street New York New York.
The Art Institute of New York City has lessons in pasty arts that lead to a certificate and after an internship you will be able to get an entry level job anywhere. The schedules are flexible, so you should be able to work them around your busy schedule. They are located at 75 Varick Street (One Hudson Square) 16th Floor New York, New York 10013.
National Gourmet Institute for Food and Health has lessons in Pastry Arts & Desserts with a vegan accent. While these lessons do not lead to a diploma, you will learn to make some new types of desserts and healthy ones too. Some of the lessons they offer are Newest and Best Vegan Ways with Chocolate, Classic Summer Fruit Desserts, Gluten-Free Desserts: A Liberating Look at Baked Goods, and Perfect Vegan Summer Pies. They are located at 48 W. 21st St., 2nd floor New York, New York 10010
The French Culinary Institute has a course of 20 lessons on The Essentials of Pastry This is a great course to take as a beginner course. These lessons cover Cakes and Tarts, Hot Desserts, Cold Desserts, Cookies, Mousses, Plated Desserts
and Petit Fours. You will also have lessons on the proper use of baking equipment, construction of a recipe by grasping the basics of pastry, working with chocolate, creating of sugar syrups, meringues, and buttercreams, Developing the art (and delights) of breathtaking cake decoration and Understanding the beauty of properly-plated desserts. Once you have masted these lessons you may want to take more specialized lessons such as Chocolate Truffles, Bonbons & More (5 classes), Chocolate Desserts (3 sessions) or any of the other ones available. They are located at 462 Broadway
New York, New York 10013-2618
