Pastry Arts

It's not just dessert, it's creativity from the first fresh ingredient to the last swirl of icing. You have a passion for the sugar arts with an eye to a career as a maker of all things sweet and special.

Bellingham Technical College offers you two unique programs to start or advance your career in culinary arts as a pastry chef, baker, caterer, and more.

Academic options. BTC helps match your specialized interests with the right program to shape your future:

• Pastry Arts: Study for three quarters to earn a certificate of completion. Start with the basics of the baking profession then delve into the art and theory behind classic pastries, artisan breads, chocolate, and wedding cakes.
• Pastry: Learn the basics of food and beverage service, and take specialty courses focusing on breads to pies. Earn a certificate of completion after one quarter of study.

Hands-on experience. Benefit from excellent classroom learning and hands-on practice.

• Learn excellent skills to create specialty desserts, cakes, breads, and more.

• The average annual wage is $27,681, with an earning potential of about $34,902 per year.
• The average employment rate is 91% within nine months of graduation for BTC culinary arts students.

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