Culinary & Baking Basics

Why Consider a Culinary & Baking Basics Degree?

  • You prefer a hands-on career in the food industry that doesn’t requite an extensive time commitment for training.
  • Beginning your culinary education with focus on baking appeals to you.
  • You want to secure an entry-level position in the baking and food industry.
  • Bakers are in high demand.

Why Learn at Lakeshore?

  • Train in our state-of-the-art facility, custom-designed for educational purposes.
  • Get hands-on training with instructors who bring you real world experience in addition to subject matter knowledge.
  • In one semester, you can be workforce-ready and prepared to advance your education by completing our Culinary Arts associate degree.
  • Because of our low student-to-faculty ratio, you’ll get to know instructors and fellow students.

What It Takes

  • Attention to detail
  • Interest in and aptitude for baking
  • Good decision-making skills
  • Ability for others to depend on you
  • A desire to master challenging tasks and achieve goals
  • Ability to quickly move your hands and arms
Career Area
Hospitality and Tourism
Type
Technical Diploma
Program Number
30-316-2
Availability
In-Person
  • Technical Diploma
  • 1 Term
  • 9 Credits
  • Starts August

Career Outlook

Culinary & Baking Basics

Median Income: $31,937.00*
 

POTENTIAL JOB TITLES

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Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods. Pastry chefs in restaurants and hotels are included with “Chefs and Head Cooks”.

 


Disclosure:

*Lightcast/EMSI data is a hybrid dataset derived from official government sources such as the US Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. This salary data is from the Lakeshore District.

ADMISSION AND FIRST SEMESTER ENROLLMENT STEPS

Work with Admissions Advisor to:

  • Submit Application
  • Complete the Student Success Questionnaire.
  • Schedule your First Time Program Counseling/Registration Session with your assigned program counselor to plan your first semester schedule, review your entire plan of study and discuss the results of the Student Success Questionnaire.

*Submit transcripts and test scores (optional, highly recommended): College transcripts, along with high school transcripts and test scores from within the last five years, used for course registration. Official transcripts needed for transferring college credit(s) and for financial aid purposes.

Program Cost

  • Tuition Cost: $2,036.23
  • Book Cost: $300.00
  • Supply Cost: $174.00
  • Program Total: $2,510.23

Want more information?

  • Submit your questions online
  • Contact an Admissions Advisor at 920.693.1366

This is an intensive, hands-on curriculum that will require day availability, Monday through Friday.

Faculty Bios

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Amanda Weber

I certainly have a passion for this industry and love sharing with you how to take your Culinary degree to the next level!

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Benjamin Reynolds

I believe we should never stop learning, especially in the Culinary field. To share my passion for hospitality and food service is an absolute dream come true. 

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