Our Diplôme de Pâtisserie is recognised globally as one of the most respected culinary qualifications in pastry and baking. By enabling you to become highly skilled and gain essential creative skills to craft exceptional dishes and showpieces, we pride ourselves on delivering the highest standards of professional pastry chef education and training.
The pastry diploma comprises three certificates: Basic, Intermediate and Superior. As you progress, the techniques taught become more advanced to develop your abilities in a structured manner.
Across your tuition, you will learn classic pâtisserie skills while developing your creative flair. Our Pâtisserie Chefs will lead demonstrations showing important techniques in creation and decoration of classic patisserie and contemporary restaurant desserts. Our team of classically trained teaching chefs possesses years of experience working in Michelin-starred restaurants and the industry’s finest kitchens.
We believe that it is essential to teach classical methods and techniques progressively, so that once you complete your diploma you will be able to apply your knowledge to any type of cuisine and adapt it to your future career.
The Diplôme de Pâtisserie can be completed in either 9 months or in 6 months of full-time study. With our Intensive 6-month diploma, Basic and Intermediate levels are completed in three months, with the Superior level completed through a further three months of study.
Our Diplôme de Pâtisserie may also be studied as an integrated diploma with Culinary Management or with Internship Pathway or with Pâtisserie Innovation and Wellness or simultaneously with our Diplôme de Boulangerie.
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Entry requirements: evidence of English language. No prior culinary experience is required. All students must be aged 18 years or over.
Please note that in order to successfully complete our Diplôme de Pâtisserie, students will be required to handle alcoholic beverages and beef or pork derivatives within a culinary context.
Please note: applications requiring a visa can close up to 12 weeks before the course start date.
Please note it is also possible to apply for the certificates individually, beginning with Basic Pâtisserie.
This specialist pastry and baking course is recommended for students who want to learn and master professional pâtisserie techniques. We welcome students from a variety of different educational and occupational backgrounds. No prior culinary experience is required. This programme is suitable if:
Qualification title: Le Cordon Bleu Diplôme de Pâtisserie
SCQF level: 8
SCQF Credits: 63
This qualification is listed on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) and has been independently credit-rated by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). Further information is available here. This gives assurance that the content of our qualifications are of a high standard, meeting the rigorous quality assurance requirements of a national awarding body.
For more information about accreditation and student visa sponsorship, visit our Accreditation and Educational Oversight page.
Successful graduates of the Diplôme de Pâtisserie will earn a Le Cordon Bleu qualification celebrated in many countries across the world. It is for this reason that many top restaurants, hotel groups and other employers attend our Careers Forum each term to meet our students for post study work opportunities.
If you would like to study Culinary Management after your diploma, why not consider registering today for our integrated diploma: Diplôme de Pâtisserie with Culinary Management. Click on the button below to be redirected to the programme page.
Our internship programme has been designed to provide you with the experience of working in a professional kitchen as part of your culinary training. You will be connected with one of our highly regarded industry partner who will be able to facilitate a structured placement, leading to a practical understanding of business and a variety of alternative aspects of kitchen operations.
At Le Cordon Bleu London we offer scholarship opportunities to help students with the costs of studying at our school. If studying culinary arts, wine or management has always been a dream, our yearly Julia Child Scholarship could be just the way to achieve it. Please note that we can currently only accept applications from UK residents for this scholarship.
Unfortunately, now that the Government's Professional & Career Development Loan scheme has been discontinued, there are currently no loans of this type available to help finance studies at the institute.
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