TOP 10 BAKERY AND CULINERY INSTITUTES IN INDIA

 “It was in November 1883 that Mambally Bapu made the first cake in India at Thalassery in his Royal Biscuit Factory founded in 1880,” said P M Sankaran, [President, BAKE]. There was only one bakery other than this in the country then, in West Bengal and only served the British interest.

Cut to 2021, India producing millions of baking and culinary professionals every year with prestige and they are winning hearts all over the world with their skills and techniques. There are various eminent restaurants where they are working in India as well and getting well recognized. The not an original bread – eating country now can easily compete with the top tier countries with ancient baking flair as well.


Baking actually is a lot more than preparing just breads, cakes, muffins, pies and so on. Decoration has been an integral and more interesting part of the whole process, which takes a lot of skill and precision. We mostly tend to forget while enjoying a piece of cake, the pain and hours that goes behind its creation and heavenly taste. One needs proper learning in this field to become a master of the work.

As mentioned above, due to the love that this field gets worldwide, there has a great demand of professionals with Baking and Culinary experiences. Youngsters are opting this field as their main profession more and more and thus there are various renowned institutes all over the around offering knowledge with degrees in this field. India is nowhere lagging back too as it has institutions like Institute of Bakery & Pastry Arts [IBPA], Academy of Pastry Arts India, TruffleNation and many more to help the interested ones.

Now let’s look at 7 of these institutes providing best baking classes :-

  1. INSTITUTE OF BAKERY & PASTRY ARTS [IBPA]: One of the top Institutes teaching students perfect baking and pastry making for over 20 years now in Delhi. This place can even offer you learning from Balendra Singh, a top renowned pastry chef of the country. The usage of latest modern equipments and traditional techniques which makes the foods tastier are the major reasons why this place is so famous. Also the various courses it offers are the best professional bakery courses in India probably ranging from a span of 1 month to 1 year to build the strong foundations for bakery:

      International Diploma In Professional Pastry Chef with 1 year duration affiliated with City and Guilds (UK) for making an impressive start in the bakery.

      IBPA Special Bakery Certification as Professional Pastry Chef with 6 month duration.

      Certification in Home Professional Pastry with FISCI Affiliated course.

      Hobby Chef Programmes for specialization in all Bakery Subfields like Chocolates, Cake Decorations, Eggless, Organic, Vegan, and Gluten-Free Baking.

 

  1. ACADEMY OF PASTRY ARTS INDIA: One of the top-notch to feel at peace if you love pastry making and pastry arts. With multiple branches all across the country – Gurgaon, Bangalore and Mumbai this institute also has its reach outside the country with institutes abroad. With one of the best baking classes in Delhi, this institute specialize in cutting edge technology, highly customized and perfected recipes and skillful experiences of the professors. The courses it offers would be:

      Pastry Part Time – 3 months weekend short-term courses for hobby learners and professionals who want to become experts in one specific section.

      Pastry Full Time – Full six months and 9 months program to start your career with best skills.

      Culinary Part-Time and Culinary Full-Time Courses – with 3, 6 and 9 months of time span respectively.

 

  1. TRUFFLENATION: With the mission to help 10,000 bakers start their own bakeries in the next 5 years, TruffleNation is the right stop to make your dream of your own bakery into reality. With courses ranging over as short as 4 weeks and 8 weeks offering certification all over the nation for making the most of your potential. All the courses it offers include internships from 1 month to 3 months to provide best bakery experiences to its students in this industry. These courses are:

      Certified Baker’s Diploma: 8 week comprehensive course that includes basic and advanced level baking techniques, 9 Core Modules and 48 Hands-on Baking lessons.

      Pastry Arts Course: Especially dedicated to pastry based baking skills with the short 4 week course to give a boost to your bakery career.

      Baking Essential Course for Professionals: Beginner level short term 4 weeks course to give a thorough introduction in Baking with 5 Core modules and 23 hands-on baking lessons.

 

  1. LA PALATE CULINARY ACADEMY: La Palate Culinary Academy is one of the premier baking institutes with bakery classes in Delhi with proper grounds to transform amateurs to full-fledged professionals. This is an exclusive academy which provides short hobby classes too for culinary based cooking in Chinese, Malaysian, Grills, Starters, Mexican, Lebanese, Soups, Salads, Italian with a focus on both vegetarian and non-vegetarian cooking classes. Decorations are one of the special classes that worth availing to. The classes are held within groups for weekdays with special important on Bakery related products, and on weekdays the workshops are made open to visitors and amateurs. The courses it provides are:

      Professional Baking Classes: Full bakery courses with an emphasis on cup cakes, brownies, desserts, cakes and icing.

      Cake Decoration and Sugar Art Classes: This specially designed 10-day course covers working on cakes from scratch and various cake decorations and Sugar art based classes.

 

  1. ASSOCOM INSTITUTE OF BAKERY TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT (AIBTM): This place is a fully furnished institute with accomplished teaching and training faculties and also  research centres for a complete baking technology, basic learning, fundamentals and advanced preparations. This place has over 50 courses in Bakery and Food Preparations and these are well segregated into beginner, mid-level and graduate on the basis of the level of experience and learning. Part-time courses are also available in evening classes and the institution also provides hostel facilities. The courses offered are:

      Certification Programmes Course: Bakery Craft and Patisserie, Bread Technology, Food Processing and Technology, Applied Bakery Science.

      Short-term Courses: Cereal processing, Industrial Breads and Rusks, Gluten-free, Food Labelling, Food Manufacturing, Cake Decorations, and Leavening.

      Post Graduation Diploma Course: Patisserie and Artisan Bakery Craft, Bakery Science and Technology Entrepreneurship.

 

  1. INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT CATERING & NUTRITION, PUSA, NEW DELHI (IHM PUSA): PUSA is the most popular government organization and IGNOU recognized that offers integrated and comprehensive Hotel Management courses in New Delhi. It has several branches scattered all over the country and continuously creating millions of top class chefs and management professionals every year. The courses the institute offers are recognized to be of highest value by the students of this field. The entry qualification is for the young minds with a primary education and 10th and 12th passing certificates. Its seats are filled up like hot cakes every year with students from 25+ states. The graduation course includes a 3 year long term with a culinary course on Kitchen and Food & Beverages. The courses offered are:

BSC Degree in H & HA – Complete culinary and Bakery professional course with national and international recognition with 3 year course.

Bakery Certification Course – A six month complete Bakery basic course.

 

  1. BAKERS BITE: One of the premium bakery learning institutes with over thousands of students those have been successful students with an artistically remarkable career. With elaborate workshops and well displayed decorations the students give their works to the passersby for authentic opinions that undoubtedly boost their confidence. Classes are provided for a full day and weekend programs too. The courses offered are:

  Cake Decorations- Assorted Cake Icing, Sugar Craft Fondant, Flower, Figurine, etc especially crafter courses for cake making and their decorations.

 Baking and Confectionery Workshops- Several topics like shakes, smoothies, cakes, cookies, desserts, muffins, brownies, donuts, ice creams, etc are taken care of.

  Cooking Classes- Culinary based short courses for food preparations like Thai, Mughlai, South Indian and many more.

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