French Bakery Arts Diploma

Duration	8 Weeks
Instruction Language	English
Campus	École Nationale Supérieure de Pâtisserie
Next Intake Date	11 Jun 2026

This 8-week diploma program enables you to build the important skills and techniques for baking and viennoiserie, giving you a solid foundation for your future career. It is ideally suited to ambitious bakers, entrepreneurs and career changers.

In 2025, the École Nationale Supérieure de Pâtisserie welcomed 12 students to its program. The overall satisfaction rate was 98% and the overall success rate was 100%.

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Summary

Enhance your practical bakery skills

Taught in English at our world-famous École Nationale Supérieure de Pâtisserie (ENSP), this intensive diploma program features 90% hands-on training and practical workshops, with each taught module alternating theory, demonstration and practical phases.

Learn with the best

We have been voted World’s Best Culinary Training Institution for the past three years.

00 practical training hours on average per week

Plenty of time to focus on developing your skills.

100% of practical training in labs, not auditoriums

Sharpen your technique by doing, not watching.

We ensure you’re well equipped

Professional uniforms and knife kits are provided.

Study in France, the home of gastronomy

Experience culinary education in France — internationally recognized as the birthplace of haute cuisine and gastronomic excellence.

Future-proof your knowledge

Through this program, you will gain insight into new culinary trends.

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Tuition fees, Admission Requirements and Methods of Evaluation

Course structure

Your eight weeks of study are divided between four taught modules, during which you will prepare common, traditional and special breads, while also having the opportunity to create leavened or puff viennoiseries.

By studying at ENSP, you will have the invaluable opportunity to receive instruction from distinguished École Ducasse chefs who specialize in the field of French bakery.

Weekly practice overview

Bakery

Module 1

Learn bread fermentation, ingredients and core baking techniques. Develop skills in kneading, fermenting, shaping and baking classic breads such as baguettes and country loaves.

Viennoiserie

Module 2

Master viennoiserie fundamentals, from ingredients to lamination. Learn fermentation, leavened doughs and puff pastry techniques to produce classic and modern breakfast pastries.

Bakery Snacking

Module 3

Learn professional snacking techniques, combining leavened doughs, puff pastry, fermentation, baking and garnishing to create classic and modern savory bakery snacks.

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Acquire skills that will last a lifetime with 100% hands-on training

With this program you sharpen your expertise through doing, working with your own ingredients and your own utensils.

Professional grade kitchens

Our kitchen labs are equipped with the best available technologies.

Small group training

With strictly capped class sizes our chef trainers can support and guide you every step of the way.

Develop crucial career skills

Develop expertise in Pastry, Bakery and Viennoiserie to the highest standard.

Career-boosting program features

Your Diploma program incorporates these features designed to boost your knowledge and network.

Field trip

Experience the industry close-up and validate your learning with a curated field trip.

Pastry Challenge

Test your skills in a Pastry Challenge which takes place in our pastry workshop.

Expert workshop

Take part in a 6-hour specialized workshop with a recognized chef.

Bakery applied technology

A highly applied module with 12 hours of teaching, providing an introduction to the technologies used in baking.

École Nationale Supérieure de Pâtisserie

With us, you’ll develop your skills in kitchen labs that are perfectly set up for hands-on, small group practical training. You’ll have the environment and tools to practice at a professional level from day one.

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From École Ducasse to…?

Use your Diploma program to open these career pathways and more.

Entrepreneur

Start a patisserie or restaurant with full control of brand, menu, and operations, or build businesses like catering or online pastry sales.

Baker

Either as entrepreneurs or salaried employees, bakers prepare, bake, and finish bread, pastries, and other baked goods while ensuring consistency, quality, and adherence to recipes.

Bakery Design

This professional role involves developing creative concepts for bakery products, displays, and packaging, combining aesthetics with functionality and market appeal.

Bakery production

A bakery production manager oversees the large-scale production of baked goods, ensuring consistency, quality, efficiency, and adherence to safety standards.

Caterer

An entrepreneurial or salaried role engaged with planning, preparing, and delivering food and beverage services for events while managing logistics, staffing, and client requirements.

French Bakery Arts Diploma

Study at the world’s best culinary training instituion

You’ll graduate with an outstanding package of knowledge and skills, ready to forge a career in the pastry industry or to follow your own entrepreneurial pathway.

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French Bakery Arts Diploma

Enhance your practical bakery skills

Tuition fees, Admission Requirements and Methods of Evaluation

Course structure