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Welcome to the Culinary Institute of America

  • Ѹ Baking and Pastry Arts Programs

  • Let Your Creativity Shine

    There’s nothing quite like the inviting tastes and aromas of baked goods and pastries straight out of the oven. Imagine making it your career to provide these pleasures to appreciative customers the world over! Ѹ’s baking and pastry arts programs are just the ticket. You’ll learn the ingredients, techniques, and tricks of the trade as you work hands-on in bakeshops and a bakery café right on campus. You’ll serve customers, and see firsthand how much joy your creations bring them. And you’ll discover what it takes to succeed in a profession that you love. There’s no other baking and pastry program like it in all of culinary education.

    Associate in Baking and Pastry Arts

    Associate in Baking and Pastry Arts

    Enjoy world-class facilities and expert faculty as you prepare for your dream career in this baking and pastry program. Classes, hands-on experience, and a real-world internship will all prepare you for this sweet career.



    Baking and Pastry Programs - Bachelor’s Degree Completion in Baking and Pastry Arts

    Bachelor’s Degree Completion in Baking and Pastry Arts

    It’s never too late to reach for that creative career you’ve always wanted. Use your past credits and get a head start in this amazing baking and pastry arts program. With your Ѹ bachelor’s degree, you’ll be on your way!



  • Real-World, Live-Action Classrooms

    You just won’t find this many opportunities to get real in the food world anywhere else—the most on-campus, student-staffed restaurants around, and an internship at one of 2,000+ leading food businesses (that’s a lot of industry contacts!)

  • Have Prior Work Experience? Go Turbo!

    Earn your Ѹ degree in as little as 15 months with this accelerated degree program option. Learn more >

  • Contact Us

    Admissions Office
    1946 Campus Drive
    Hyde Park, NY 12538-1499
    Phone: 1-800-CULINARY
    admissions@culinary.edu
    Contact an Admissions Counselor
  • Sarah Baldwin, Ѹ baking and pastry arts alumni. Photo taken at Ron Ben-Israel Cakes, New York, NY.

    Alumni Spotlight

    Sarah Baldwin ’06
    Creative Director, Ron Ben-Israel Cakes
    “My best memory at the Ѹ was coming back after my internship and feeling like I finally had a sense of focus about where I wanted my career to go. I’m currently working at my dream job.”
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    Richard J. Coppedge, Jr.

    Faculty Spotlight

    Richard J. Coppedge, Jr.
    Professor—Baking and Pastry Arts
    Awards:
    Marc Sarrazin Cup (Ѹ team), Salon of Culinary Arts, NYC, 1996, 1997; 1994 Ѹ Faculty Member of the Year; Diploma-Bread Display, 1994 and 1995, New York Food Show; Diploma, 1993 New York Food Show; Bronze Medal, Individual Pastry Buffet, ACF; First Place: Pastry Grand Buffet Work; Silver Medal: Bread Display; Judges Award: Sugar Display; Boston Food Show; Bread Centerpiece, Salon of Culinary Arts, NYC.
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  • Three times a year, every year, more than 100+ of the very best food, beverage, and hospitality companies attend the food world’s best Career Fair at Ѹ—looking to hire.
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