How I found the right course
When I've a bad day at work the best therapy to get rid of the stress for me is to cook or bake.
A couple of years ago I attended a 4-week evening cookery course at the local farm shop where we learned how to make a three course meal for dinner parties. Out of the three courses (starter, main and dessert), I realised that making the pudding was the thing I enjoyed the most.
With the help of the chef that taught us how to blind bake pastry, make tarts, meringues and pastry cream, I realised that after all I wasn't as bad as I thought in baking.
This experience gave me the confidence to grow my baking skills and finally decide to seriously enroll to a school or university to become a pastry chef.
Now the questions I needed answers to were:
- What course shall I enroll to?
- I'm a full time worker; shall I give up my job to enroll, or can I attend an evening part-time course?
- What courses are available near me?
- Will this course provide me with a proper recognised qualification?
If you are reading this blog I'm sure you have also asked yourself these questions and hoped somebody was there to help you out.
As you do, I went on Google to look up for the answers to my questions, but I couldn't really find what I was looking for. The only big school I could find that offered training in baking and patisserie was the exclusive 'Le Cordon Bleu' in Central London. Of course it would be my dream to study at Le Cordon Bleu, even though that means completely giving up my job as lessons are from Monday to Saturday (8am to 6pm), plus I would have to give away one of my organs as the entire course costs approximately £15,000!!
Even if very tempting, I decided it would have been too much for me to give up my job and commute to London everyday for a very expensive course.
Then a friend of mine told me to have a look at the West London University website as he knew they offered part time courses in patisserie.
This is where the magic begins...
A couple of years ago I attended a 4-week evening cookery course at the local farm shop where we learned how to make a three course meal for dinner parties. Out of the three courses (starter, main and dessert), I realised that making the pudding was the thing I enjoyed the most.
With the help of the chef that taught us how to blind bake pastry, make tarts, meringues and pastry cream, I realised that after all I wasn't as bad as I thought in baking.
This experience gave me the confidence to grow my baking skills and finally decide to seriously enroll to a school or university to become a pastry chef.
Now the questions I needed answers to were:
- What course shall I enroll to?
- I'm a full time worker; shall I give up my job to enroll, or can I attend an evening part-time course?
- What courses are available near me?
- Will this course provide me with a proper recognised qualification?
If you are reading this blog I'm sure you have also asked yourself these questions and hoped somebody was there to help you out.
As you do, I went on Google to look up for the answers to my questions, but I couldn't really find what I was looking for. The only big school I could find that offered training in baking and patisserie was the exclusive 'Le Cordon Bleu' in Central London. Of course it would be my dream to study at Le Cordon Bleu, even though that means completely giving up my job as lessons are from Monday to Saturday (8am to 6pm), plus I would have to give away one of my organs as the entire course costs approximately £15,000!!
Even if very tempting, I decided it would have been too much for me to give up my job and commute to London everyday for a very expensive course.
Then a friend of mine told me to have a look at the West London University website as he knew they offered part time courses in patisserie.
This is where the magic begins...
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