Pastry Chef, also known as Patisserie, Dessert Maker/Chef, creates different types of products like cakes, pastries, cookies, cupcakes, pies, confectionaries, desserts, bread and other baked goods. In this profession, you learn to understand different ingredients and their quantity for preparing the desired product, presenting pastry attractively, learning various cooking methods like baking, frying, microwaving, steaming, sifting, creaming, kneading, resting, aerating, conditioning/chilling, laminating, rolling, folding and trimming. You also learn the art of combining cooking methods, making range of chocolates and bon bons, frozen desserts, ice creams and sorbets.
Personal Competencies
You can pay close attention to details
You are interested in food and related work
You are comfortable working in a team
Entry Pathway
Minimum Qualification • After completing class 12 or ITI and being 18 years of age you can enrol for National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF)* level 4 Pastry/Bakery Commis course. Persons with disabilities can opt for this course
* NSQF is a nationally integrated education and competency-based framework that enables persons to acquire desired competency levels in a chosen field. NSQF includes vocational education, vocational training, general education and technical education which prepares an individual for the job market with competent skills. An individual may return at any time to upgrade skills after gaining experience
• National Scholarship Portal - Please visit http://www.scholarships.gov.in. Under this portal there are Central Government schemes offered by different Departments, UGC/AICTE Schemes and State Schemes.*
• Please visit http://www.buddy4study.com for details on available scholarships. This is a gateway to scholarships starting from Class XI
*(Availability of these scholarships can vary from time to time)
Where will you work?
Places of Work: Hotels, Bakery Shops, Patisserie, Restaurants
Entrepreneurship: After a few years of experience you can open your own outlet. You can sell your products online.
Opportunities for work exist for differently abled in this field
Expected Growth Path
Trainee Pastry Chef → Assistant Pastry Chef → Lead Pastry Chef
Expected Income
The approx. salary of a Pastry Chef ranges between INR 35,957 - 37,183* per month
"I loved baking as a child," says Chef Tanvi Mahajan who runs two companies - Viya Cupcakery and Toasted Oat Company. The 28-year-old began her tryst with baking with her maternal grandmother over semolina cakes and vanilla sponges, who baked "with her wooden spoons and gas oven." Chef Tanvi Mahajan took a loan from her father to buy an oven and baking supplies; today she runs two companies. "My visits to her home fuelled my interest in the art" she recalls. Soon, Tanvi began practicing her skills by sending cookies to her younger sister at school and participating in bake sales at her own school. " I attended baking classes in my free time and spent any extra cash on those classes. it was initially tough to convince her father of the profession since he wanted her to follow the traditional path. "However, when he saw the response he finally gave in to my dream of becoming an entrepreneur. I got a small investment from him, with which I bought an oven and some baking/decorating supplies. It took a lot of marketing and word of mouth to finally get the word out," she reveals. The hard work is now paying off, with orders as large as 600 cupcakes that take her almost a week to complete. "The biggest order is coming up next week where we will make 1,700 bottles of our newest and very popular product - Artisan Granola. We are super excited about this one!"*
Pastry Chef
NCS Code: NA | V055Minimum Qualification
• After completing class 12 or ITI and being 18 years of age you can enrol for National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF)* level 4 Pastry/Bakery Commis course. Persons with disabilities can opt for this course
* NSQF is a nationally integrated education and competency-based framework that enables persons to acquire desired competency levels in a chosen field. NSQF includes vocational education, vocational training, general education and technical education which prepares an individual for the job market with competent skills. An individual may return at any time to upgrade skills after gaining experience
Government Institutes
1. National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC): Visit https://www.nsdcindia.org/find-nsdc-training-centre
2. Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS): Visit https://nsdcindia.org/find-nsdc-training-centre-jss/
3. NIOS training centres: Visit https://voc.nios.ac.in/registration/locate-study-centre
4. List of NSQF centres:https://www.aicte-india.org/sites/default/files/Vocational%20institutions%20272%20recommended%20AY%202020-21.pdf
• A majority of government schemes are free
Scholarships
• National Scholarship Portal - Please visit http://www.scholarships.gov.in. Under this portal there are Central Government schemes offered by different Departments, UGC/AICTE Schemes and State Schemes.*
• Please visit http://www.buddy4study.com for details on available scholarships. This is a gateway to scholarships starting from Class XI
*(Availability of these scholarships can vary from time to time)
Places of Work: Hotels, Bakery Shops, Patisserie, Restaurants
Entrepreneurship: After a few years of experience you can open your own outlet. You can sell your products online.
Opportunities for work exist for differently abled in this field
Trainee Pastry Chef → Assistant Pastry Chef → Lead Pastry Chef
The approx. salary of a Pastry Chef ranges between INR 35,957 - 37,183* per month
Source - https://www.ambitionbox.com/profile/pastry-chef-salary
*These figures are indicative and subject to change
Experts from the field
"I loved baking as a child," says Chef Tanvi Mahajan who runs two companies - Viya Cupcakery and Toasted Oat Company. The 28-year-old began her tryst with baking with her maternal grandmother over semolina cakes and vanilla sponges, who baked "with her wooden spoons and gas oven." Chef Tanvi Mahajan took a loan from her father to buy an oven and baking supplies; today she runs two companies. "My visits to her home fuelled my interest in the art" she recalls. Soon, Tanvi began practicing her skills by sending cookies to her younger sister at school and participating in bake sales at her own school. " I attended baking classes in my free time and spent any extra cash on those classes. it was initially tough to convince her father of the profession since he wanted her to follow the traditional path. "However, when he saw the response he finally gave in to my dream of becoming an entrepreneur. I got a small investment from him, with which I bought an oven and some baking/decorating supplies. It took a lot of marketing and word of mouth to finally get the word out," she reveals. The hard work is now paying off, with orders as large as 600 cupcakes that take her almost a week to complete. "The biggest order is coming up next week where we will make 1,700 bottles of our newest and very popular product - Artisan Granola. We are super excited about this one!"*
Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/food-drink/food/story/international-womens-day-women-bakers-pastry-chef-entrepreneur-delhi-lifefd-964525-2017-03-08
* The above information is for training purposes only and will not be used for any commercial gains
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