The Academy of Pastry & Culinary Arts (APCA), an esteemed group of professional culinary pastry school with pan asia presence starts their flagship Bachelor’s Degree In Tourism Studies, Specialization in pastry & Culinary Arts that will be offered by IGNOU and will be imparted entirely at the Bengaluru campus with practical exposure to pastry & culinary arts.
This bachelor’s degree programme includes practical training in pastry and culinary arts at beginner to advanced levels, as well as in hotel management and entrepreneurial management. Students post their intermediate can apply for this course. High school graduates interested in a career in the bakery, culinary, or food and beverage industries can consider this curriculum.
The intake of the new session will commence from 7th August 2023. Highly experienced & decorated chefs will be conducting the classes that primarily focus on hands-on training, earlier the teaching facilities for the culinary program were only available in Bangalore centers of APCA. The study regime starts with basic topics such as Food science and Nutrition, Personality Development, French Course, Components of F&B services, Pastry and Culinary Arts fundamental techniques and goes on to master internal cuisines like Financial and managerial Accounting .
Moreover, certification from Skill India, City & Guilds,UK and APCA INDIA adds to the alternatives for looking into international work chances.
Some of the Key offerings and features of the program are highlighted below:
– 90% hands-on experience, all the students have to make their product with 40 hrs of training per week
– Additionally, Students will be granted an international recognized diploma by City & Guilds UK and Skill India
– The Bachelor’s degree in tourism studies offered by IGNOU will be taught entirely on the Bengaluru campus with practical exposure to pastry & culinary arts
– Experienced Chef Faculties of National & International Repute
– Internship & Job placement with 5-star hotels, Leading Restaurants & Patisseries
Sharing his views on the start of the new session, Chef Niklesh Sharma, Founder of APCA says, “APCA has always aspired to develop some world class Chefs not only in India but also in the sub-continent. The Culinary courses that we have, provides a good platform to students that are interested in learning various international cuisines. From this month we are also beginning the Culinary hands-on training program from our Bengaluru center, this will help in providing the young Chefs with more options nationwide”.
This finely crafted 3 year course will provide training from scratch and then take the young chefs to the advanced level. This will assist aspirants in increasing dexterity of the chefs over all major international cuisines. The fee structure of the entire course is RS. 16,50,000 + GST.