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FINDING THE CAREER THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU.
Would you like to work with chocolate? Bake artisan breads? Create imaginative pastries? Perhaps you'd like to work as a baker, pastry cook, assistant pastry chef, research assistant, test kitchen professional, or, with experience, a pastry chef.
When you earn your Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate from the CIA, you'll be ready to pursue the career that's right for you.
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BAKING & PASTRY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AT GREYSTONE
Don't Just Look for a Job…Get the Credential that Opens Doors
Are you interested in pursuing a rewarding, enriching, and creative career in the ever-growing field of baking and pastry arts? You'll be well on your way with The Culinary Institute of America's Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate Program. It's a great opportunity to enter the industry with the education and credential that put you on the "A-List" of candidates for most employers. The Culinary is famous for preparing top-notch professionals who are creative, forward-thinking, and well-grounded in proven, essential knowledge and skills.

Transform Yourself—and Your Career—in Just 30 Weeks
You can join the ranks of successful alumni. Spend 30 weeks in The Culinary Institute of America's Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate Program at Greystone, and reap the benefits:
- The same CIA commitment to quality education as our proven degree programs—rigorous, focused, and disciplined.
- The same resources—alumni network, career and placement services, financial aid opportunities—as the degree programs, while getting the personal attention of a smaller program at the same time.
- A superior curriculum providing essential foundation skills in a concentrated, focused time frame.
- The opportunity to learn from a select group of culinary educators and professionals recognized industry-wide for their knowledge, skills, and savvy.
- Valuable experience working right in the extraordinary bakeshops of the CIA at Greystone—in fact, 27 of the program's 30 weeks are hands-on!
- An inspiring setting for learning, close to some of the world's best wineries and restaurants.
- An unparalleled credential backed by the CIA's more than 60 years of excellence in culinary education.
Information for International Students
Baking and Pastry Certificate Start Dates:July 13, 2009
October 5, 2009
January 25, 2010
"The best part of my CIA at Greystone experience was working with amazing chefs every day. I felt 100% confident entering the industry. Working for someone else has made me realize how well we were formally trained and taught. I would not have been as confident and capable if it weren't for all of my amazing CIA instructors."
Nicolette Eyherabide '08,
Pastry Cook, Fleur de Lys,
THEhotel at Mandalay Bay,
Las Vegas, NV