At Centennial College in Toronto, Canada, Diploma in Baking and Pastry Arts Management is offered as a diploma in Patisserie & Baking Arts programme. The programme runs for 4 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 18,005 per year (CAD 2,775 per year for local students).
Building on fundamental baking and pastry skills, the diploma adds management topics such as menu design, purchasing, planning and execution. Training takes place in baking and pastry labs, including a commercial bakeshop together with an on-site cafe, restaurant and event centre, followed by a fourteen-week work-integrated learning placement with an industry partner. Students complete industry certifications in Smart Serve, Safe Food Handlers and CPR. Graduates of the one-year Baking pre-employment programme may enter directly into the third semester to complete this diploma.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This diploma requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-applicant status at 19 or older, with no named Grade 11/12 subject prerequisites beyond English. Applicants need Grade 12 English at the C or U level, or an equivalent minimum grade, and may substitute Centennial's own English Admission Test for that course requirement. The program page defers its English-proficiency standard to Centennial's institution-wide requirement, which for certificate and diploma programs sets IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 67 with Reading at least 16 and Writing at least 23, and PTE Academic 51. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca; international applicants apply directly to Centennial. The program's availability table currently lists only a Winter 2027 (January) intake as open to both domestic and international applicants.
Application Details
Start Date:Winter 2027 only
Application Deadline:Centennial publishes no application deadline for this program; what follows is the Ontario college cycle that governs it. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for a program starting in Fall 2027 the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and applications arriving after it are still assessed, but first-come first-served while places remain. Across the Ontario college system the application opened on 26 September 2026, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and an offer must be accepted by 1 May 2027. One $150 fee covers up to five program choices. International applicants apply directly to Centennial through its own international application process and are assessed on a rolling basis across the Fall, Winter and Summer intakes; the college publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
