Cert in Baking and Pastry Arts is a certificate in Patisserie & Baking Arts programme taught at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,477 per total (CAD 2,750 per total for local students).
Baking and Pastry Arts is a two-term Ontario College Certificate delivered in hybrid format at Conestoga's Waterloo campus. The hands-on curriculum pairs traditional baking technique with current pastry trends, covering cakes, pastries and desserts alongside food costing, sanitation and bakery operations. Graduates can continue into Level 3 of the Baking and Pastry Arts Management diploma through an advanced standing pathway or move into bakery, patisserie, hotel and food service kitchens.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or applicants may qualify as mature students at 19 years of age or older. The programme asks for Grade 12 compulsory English at a C or U level, or equivalent, or Conestoga's Preparatory Communications (COMM1251), plus Grade 11 Mathematics at C, M (University/College) or U level, or equivalent, or Conestoga's Preparatory Mathematics (MATH1420). Applicants whose prior transcripts are not from English-language institutions must demonstrate English language proficiency; Conestoga's own page names no programme-specific score, so its published diploma-level minimum applies: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 80 with no skill below 20, PTE Academic 53, or Duolingo 110. Conestoga notes that a sound mathematical and English background is considered during selection and that minimum cutoffs apply, and that final selection follows an assessment of all stated admission requirements.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca (college code CONS): for the Fall 2027 intake the online application opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027; most oversubscribed programs stop accepting applications after 1 February 2027, though many programs remain open afterward. Conestoga does not publish a separate equal-consideration date for its January intake. International applicants apply directly to Conestoga and are assessed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis until each program fills; no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.