A rewarding career in edible art
How many has wondered where the road of baking can take them? Can baking be a rewarding career?
Bread is one of the major staple foods in many cultures around the world.
Bread-making is a combination of art and science because it involves your creativity to produce different flavours, shapes, sizes and your scientific knowledge to produce the different textures of bread.
with the recent surge in demand for healthy and ingredients-enhanced breads, bakers around the world are producing a wide variety of breads.
A professional baker can be attached to a five-star hotel, a bread-making factory, flour manufacturing company, a fine dining restaurant, a pastry shop, or may even run their own bakery shop.
with such promising career prospects, more and more students are interested in taking courses in this field.
It is a profession that thrives on passion where the more passionate the baker is in his job, the higher his salary.
An executive pastry chef in a five-star hotel can earn more than six figures.
The industry is also one where years of experience pay.
Those who wish to embark on this career choice can drop by at Cilantro Culinary Academy.
The institution offers a 16-month Diploma in Patisserie.
The diploma programme teaches a variety of baking skills, including bread-making, pastries, cake, chocolate and also pull sugar art.
The Cilantro Culinary Academy also has a four-day trial class called the Career Discovery Program (CDP) for students who want to explore their passion in culinary and pastry arts before making a decision.
Limited seats are available for the trial class, which will be held from April 16 to 19.
For details, call Cilantro Culinary Academy at 03-8023 0555.