Learn to Bake Like a Pro with Our Pastry Chef Course
For every aspiring pastry artist, there’s a moment when a simple cupcake or well-tempered chocolate unlocks a lifelong obsession. That’s where CTIA comes in to turn passion into a profession. Our flagship full-time pastry chef course is six months of sweet, hands-on, flour-in-your-hair reality, in South Africa’s most reputable cooking school.
If you’re searching for a baking course that will open doors (and ovens) around the world, you’ve just found it. Read on for details about what to expect and why this programme just might be the secret ingredient to your recipe for success.
Pastry Chef Course: The Gold Standard in Baking
Our full-time, six-month pastry chef course springs to life every Monday to Friday, from 08:00 to 17:00, in a professional kitchen that boils over with creativity, laughter, and the aroma of freshly baked perfection. Graduates walk away with a Highfield Level 3 Diploma in Patisserie, Confectionery & Bakery – a ticket to kitchens, patisseries, hotels, and cruise liners anywhere.
Dive into expert modules covering food safety, culinary numeracy, kitchen equipment, bread and dough wizardry, pastry classics, and showstopping desserts. You’ll sculpt sugar, temper chocolate, decorate petit fours, and finish desserts worthy of a magazine cover (with a bonus food photography workshop to make sure the world sees and craves your creations).
Career Opportunities: Unbox Your Future
Freshly certified pastry experts are in demand everywhere. CTIA alumni often go on to run boutique bakeries, become chocolatiers, style food for top brands, or teach the next generation of pastry prodigies. Others chase different dreams: food innovation, consulting, culinary media, and product creation. There’s no limit to your pastry chef possibilities.
Plus, our network of 400+ hospitality partners, international pathways, and hands-on industry workshops means your career can travel as far as your culinary dreams can take you. This pastry chef course is where it all begins – it’s up to you to decide where it leads you. Is there anything sweeter than an opportunity like that?
Pastry Chef Course Options for Every Schedule
Can’t commit full-time? CTIA courses are flexible. Take your pick of online or part-time pastry chef courses or remix modules with one of our combo options. No matter how busy your schedule, world-class pastry training is always on the menu at South Africa’s favourite cooking school.
Enrol today in a pastry chef course, unleash your baking obsession, and join a community that celebrates unconventional talent and unstoppable creativity, one perfectly baked éclair at a time.