Students plan and prepare baked goods: breads, pizza, rolls, cakes, cookies and pastries. Students use culinary equipment and learn proper food handling procedures. This course includes merchandising, customer relations, and the opportunity to operate a retail bakery. The baking program is completed in one year.

Baking

Develop some sweet skills!

Units of Study• Orientation and Shop Safety• Food Safety and Sanitation/

Receiving/ Storing• Science of Gluten• Food Service Tools and Equipment• Knife Cuts• Cookies• Weights/ Measurements/ Baking

Math• Identification and Preparation of

Ingredients• Cakes/ Icings/ Decoration• Yeast Breads/ Pizza• Productivity and Quality• Merchandising of Products• Pies/Pastries/ Fruit Fillings/ Custards• Laminated/ Sweet Dough• Quick Breads/ Donuts• Dessert Plating

Integrated Academics• English• Science

Career OutlookAll CTE programs correlate to many careers paths. Use the links below to explore more. One example:

Job Projections for Bakers: 18% projected growth in New York State jobs 2016-2026.

New York State salary range:$22,260 entry level- $34,280 experienced

Education Requirements: Bakers typically learn their skills through an apprenticeship program, by attending a technical or culinary school, or long-term on-the-job training.

Explore more:https://www.careerzone.ny.gov/https://www.onetonline.org/find/

Licensing / Industry- Based CertificationsServeSafe Food Handler Certification

Work-Based LearningCTE programs bring students into the workplace for real life experiences. Businesses that support our Baking program:

• Ancient Grains • Etna Italian Pastry Shop• Niagara Falls Culinary Institute • Nuts Corners• Savoia Pastry Shoppe• Tops Markets• Wegmans

Articulation Agreements• Alfred State• Niagara County Community College• Sullivan University

WEMOCO Career & Technical Education Center Monroe 2-Orleans Board of Cooperative Educational Services Monroe2BOCES.org/cte 585-352-24713589 Big Ridge Road, Spencerport, New York 14559

Baking

Employability Profile