Full-time Bread & Pastry Professional Training Program will be offered twice in 2012!

18 Weeks: January 23-May 25, 2012 and August 6-December 14, 2012

These courses are limited to sixteen students. Admissions are made on a rolling basis. Apply early!

SFBI Bread & Pastry Professional Training Programs.
See what sets us apart.

Academic Excellence

Our curriculum is based on the theory and science of baking. With a strong knowledge foundation, students learn to follow instructions, solve problems, and develop their own formulas. 

Intense Hands-on Training and Real-World Scale
Our curriculum includes an exceptionally high level of hands-on training. Nothing is just demonstrated—students actively create each formula. Students bake in high volume to develop strong production skills. For example, each student produces more than a thousand loaves of bread, hundreds of croissants and cookies, and dozens upon dozens of classic and specialty cakes, pies, tarts, quick breads, petit fours, confections, frozen desserts, plated desserts, and chocolates. 

Focused Individual Attention
We commit to small class sizes. Our 16-student limit fosters invaluable personal instruction.

Advanced Equipment and Spacious Classrooms
SFBI’s open facility provides plenty of room to practice. Our diverse and technologically-advanced equipment prepares graduates to use equipment found in any restaurant or bakery. 

Independent Access 
Professional Program students can use bakery classrooms during weekends to perfect skills and experiment. 

Prime Location 
Our campus is just south of downtown San Francisco, one of the world’s most beautiful cities. Students explore all that the Bay Area has to offer—spectacular wine country, gorgeous beaches and terrain, unique culture, and world-renowned restaurants.

Useful Information

- Classes run from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday to Friday
- We will provide you with all the course information (lectures, formulas, and 
  additional information), a copy of Advance Bread and Pasty, and provide you with
  all the equipment needed during class
- Students are required to wear long pants, closed toe and non skid shoes, a chef
  jacket.
- Students should bring a notebook, writing utensils and a calculator to class.
- For students that do not have a car or are international students, thereis a free 
  shuttle from the BART or Cal Train stations, so if you decide to live in San
  Francisco or in the East Bay try to find something that will be near BART or
  CalTrain station.

APPLY NOW!