Advanced Chocolate and Confectionery Artistry
Program Overview
The Advanced Chocolate and Confectionery Artistry graduate certificate program offers you an opportunity to develop high-level skills in pastry arts. Using advanced techniques and sophisticated equipment, you will design and produce artisanal chocolates and confections, international desserts, frozen preparations, and multi-tiered special occasion cakes in Humber's state-of-the-art bake labs. You will research current trends and emerging technologies in chocolate and confectionery with a focus on sustainability and environmental stewardship. Studies in entrepreneurship, and recipe and product development will culminate in the launch of a branded product.
This program is offered in a flexible learning environment allowing students to learn online, in-class or in a hybrid format. Practical classes take place in the evening to accommodate working professionals.
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Upon successful completion of the program, a graduate will:
Experiment with advanced chocolatier and confectionery techniques, applications, and ingredients to create innovative, specialty products
Solve complex and/or unexpected design and production challenges by adapting established and emerging chocolatier and confectionery practices
Manage the production and commercialization of an original chocolate or sugar product across varied retail units
Create original confectionery products to target diversified markets, including artisan and mass production settings
Adhere to all aspects of safety, standardized production, and regulatory food packaging and nutritional labelling
Use specialized equipment and emerging technologies to create unique showpieces, and chocolate and sugar products
Master advanced sugar and sculpting techniques to produce decorations that embellish other desserts and artistic showpieces
Maintain ethical and sustainable sourcing and productions of quality products to support new and established global business partnerships
Participate in chocolate tasting and sample production and evaluation
Contribute to professional and public knowledge sharing related to food science, nutrition, and production
The Humber Advantage
The new bake labs are fully accessible and AODA compliant. Students have access to:
- a new 36 tray, dual mode, hybrid oven for real world experience in volume baking
- specialty enhanced tools and equipment
- 2 stage Chocolate Enrobing machines
- 100 qt dough mixer
- blast freezers
- televised chef's demos
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Thank You!
We are grateful to our corporate donors for their generous support of the Advanced Chocolate and Confectionery Artistry program.
Your Career
Graduates may find employment opportunities in large-scale bakeries, hotels and resorts, bakery manufacturers, small-scale chocolate shops, and candy makers. Graduates may also choose to launch their own business or develop confectionary products for market. This program prepares students for work experiences both at home and abroad, with advanced knowledge of sustainability and ethical sourcing.
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Humber Students Benefit from Five Centres of Innovation (COIs)
The Humber Centres of Innovation Network demonstrates our strong commitment to providing an experiential learning environment for students. Students and faculty work with industry partners on real-world challenges to prepare them to become the innovative and strategic problem-solvers of tomorrow. Come to Humber and experience interdisciplinary learning across five COIs.
About the COIsNews Feed
Taste Testing and Web Design: A Collaborative Project Between Baking and Pastry Arts and Digital Business Management Students
Tue, March 14, 2023
Digital Business Management students worked with Baking and Pastry Arts Management students on a collaborative project to develop a Café Reviews blog.
From the Coliseum to the Slopes: International Students Take on the Canadian Winter
Mon, March 13, 2023
This winter marked the first time many international partnership program students experienced a Canadian winter.
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