Bakery, Pâtisserie and Confectionery

Full-time

• BSc (Hons) Food Manufacturing with Operations Management (Top-Up)
• FdSc in Food Science and Innovation
• FdSc Bakery & Patisserie Technology

Part-time

• BSc (Hons) Food Manufacturing with Operations Management (Top-Up) (part-time)
• FdSc Food Science and Innovation
• FdSc Bakery & Patisserie Technology
• Foundation Degree in Dairy Technology (Project Eden)

• Food/Health and Safety
• Bespoke Food Courses

Where could your career take you?

Bakery is one of the biggest and fastest growing areas of the food and drink manufacturing industry. Every day, millions of loaves of bread and baked goods are made and sold around the world. In this sector, you’ll never stop learning and developing your skills.

There’s plenty of opportunities to turn your passion for puddings, pâtisserie and all things baking into a rewarding career. Here’s an idea of what some of our students have gone on to do:

• Artisan baker
• Cake decorator
• Bakery operative
• Pâtisserie chef
• Bakery engineer

Where you’ll be studying

From full-scale chocolate manufacture to proving, pastry lamination, mixing and product bake off, our small-scale state-of-the-art commercial bakery has all the capabilities and diversity expected within large-scale manufacturing. This means when you’re working in the bakery, you are getting real life experience of working in an industry setting, gaining vital preparation for going into employment.

What’s unique about our food centre is we’re British Retail Consortium Grade AA (Issue 7) accredited. We are the only educational institution in the world to be awarded with this BRC food safety standard, so we’re well respected throughout the industry. It also means that when you make products on-site, you’ll have the chance to sell them at special events and throughout the year on campus.

From classroom to competitions

You’ll learn a host of skills during your time as a bakery student. From the basics like making the perfect sponge cake, decorating it using your newly found skills in cake decorating, using sugar paste, royal icing and modelling paste, to designing biscuits, chocolates and pastries – there’s so much variety!

Industry links

One of the great things about studying  professional bakery at Reaseheath is our key industry links and partners. We have a great relationship with Renshaw’s Academy, where students have the chance to take part in professional training, including a modelling course.

All bakery students will complete relevant work placements with a range of companies, from independent smaller artisan bakeries including Hurst Village Bakery, Greenhalghs Bakery, Slatterys chocolatiers, to large scale commercial bakeries including Bakkavor.

Earn while you learn

By doing a bakery apprenticeship you’ll benefit from both classroom and on-the-job teaching – whilst getting paid to train! You’ll start on around £11,000 in your first year, but many bakers are paid a premium for their skills, so it’s likely you’ll earn more as you progress through your career. Apprenticeship graduates can look forward to an average starting salary of £26,000.

Next steps

If you wish to progress onto higher study after you have finished your course, you can study  a foundation degree in Bakery and Pâtisserie Technology. Many of our bakery students  then go on to study their degree at University Centre Reaseheath. We offer a BSc (Hons) in Food Manufacturing with Operations Management Top-Up to help you further enhance your career in the food industry.