Certificate in Specialty Desserts and Breads

The Specialty Desserts & Breads associate degree and certificate at Seattle Central College’s Seattle Culinary Academy features comprehensive step-by-step training from nationally recognized chef instructors to prepare you for a rewarding career in restaurants, bakeries and beyond. Specialty Desserts & Breads program features comprehensive “hands on” and step-by-step training to prepare students to be professional bakers or pastry chefs. Learn to create rustic artisan breads and doughs, plated desserts, decorative cakes, and mouthwatering pastries. Explore European specialties such as tarts, mousses, truffles, and petit fours. Discover the fine art of cake decorating. Learn chocolate work with demonstrations on pulled and blown sugar, intricate decoration, and showpieces. Classroom theory instruction includes “hands-on” experience in how to serve breads and desserts for two on-campus restaurants and in our pastry shop. Sustainable practices are integrated throughout the program, especially in food preservation and cheese production courses. Learn the value of buying seasonally and locally storing the bounties of the summer harvest and purchasing milk from local dairies. The Specialty Desserts & Breads certificate is accredited by the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation’s Accrediting Commission and received exemplary status.

Depending on your applicant type, you may need to provide different documents and/or information with your application. You must also send all required documents by the deadline and be at least 16 years old by the first day of classesStudents who will still be underage (16 or 17) by the start of classes must provide original and English-translated copies of their high school transcripts or a copy of their high school diploma.Completion of SCIE's College Bridge Level 5- SAT: 510 in Reading and Writing- ACT: 19 for both English and Reading- U.S. high school graduation with GPA of at least 2.0- AP: English Language & Composition with a score of 3 or higher- AP: English Literature & Composition with a score of 3 or higher- IB: English Literature A with a score of 4 or higher (HL)- IB: English A Language & Literature with a score of 4 or higher (HL)- Accuplacer: Reading 86, Sentence Skills 86- New Generation Accuplacer: Reading 257- GED: Language Arts 145 or higherTranscripts must show a B or 3.0 GPA, or placement in the top 20% of the class. If study occurred in countries where English is not the official language, proof that English was the medium of instruction may be required.