Advanced Professional Cookery (Patisserie and Confectionery) Level 3

This advanced course of study offers you the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of the catering and hospitality industry.

You will learn a range of high level skills and techniques used by international pastry chefs and patissiers as well as learning how to use a wide range of professional patisserie materials, equipment and ingredients.

Through practical sessions designed to provide you with plenty of experience of standard industry practice, you will study:-

• How to bake bread, complex dough, cake, biscuit and pastry
• How to finish creations with chocolate
• Finishing with marzipan, pastillage and sugar
• Planning and producing complex hot and cold desserts
• Mixing sauces, fillings and coatings for complex desserts.

We will arrange up to 30 hours of work placements for you with our partners, such as Northcote, Premier Inn and Holmes Mill.  Giving you the benefit of enriching your CV with valuable real work experience.

During the course you will be able to benefit from a range of enrichment trips.   In particular visiting Slattery's chocolatiers to see chocolate art and cake creations ABD the new Holmes Mill bakery and food hall.  You will also have the opportunity to showcase your skills in national and regional patisserie and confectionery competitions.

Candidates must attain a total of 46 credits.

There are 11 mandatory units which cover food hygiene, health and safety and developing productive working relationships with colleagues. There are 35 additional credits such as:

• Preparing, cooking and finishing complex bread, dough, cake, sponge, biscuit pastry and scone products
• Preparing, procesing and finishing complex chocolate, marzipan, pastillage and sugar products
• Preparing and cooking complex hot and cold desserts
• Producing sauces, fillings and coatings for complex desserts

Completion of a Level 2 course or prior industry experience.

All applicants will be interviewed by the course leader for their suitability prior to the start of the course.

Your work will be continuously assessed throughout the year by a combination of practical assessments and theory tests, which are internally marked and moderated externally.

Once you have completed your Level 3 course, you will be able to apply to a range of Universities. Many of our students progress to the University Centre at Blackburn College.

A course students can progress to is:

Alternatively you can begin your career within this exciting and creative industry within a bakery developing artisan breads, or a chocolatier or patissier.