Online Long-Term Creative Pastry Course

Course Content

• Week 1 includes the introduction panel, orientation, and written document studies. The documents cover a detailed kitchen curriculum with exam questions, baking standards, occupational health and safety, nutrients, food groups, the most essential theoretical rules you need to know, as well as hygiene and sanitation information. Week 2 covers an introduction to cake design, production planning and shelf-life standards, customer order forms, measurement charts and scaling recipes according to serving size, equipment introduction, and the most detailed information you need to know in the field of cake design. In this course, our Concept Pastry content is studied comprehensively with all recipes, products, and applications. The duration for this section is 3 weeks.
• Week 5 focuses on diversifying cake batter using the basic techniques taught, allowing you to bake with any ingredients you can imagine. It also includes techniques for preparing and diversifying fillings. What is buttercream? How is it used? What are the steps for coloring and applying it? How do you create texture? All these details are taught through hands-on practice, so you can cover cakes smoothly. In this week’s course, Cake Variations and Buttercream Techniques are studied. Colors, food color brands, and which types of colors can be used with buttercream are explained in detail. The duration for this section is 2 weeks.
• Week 7 teaches the fundamentals of working with chocolate through practical applications, supporting the upcoming lessons. In addition, a special technique unique to Mine Keskin Atelier demonstrates the secrets of creating glossy cakes. In this part, Shiny Cake and Chocolate Bonbon Making are studied. The duration for this section is 2 weeks.
• Week 9 moves on to showcase products, focusing on French Pastry—the area that requires the most technique, chemistry, and kitchen knowledge. Mousse creams, fillings, and delicious sponge layers are combined into layered cakes, coated with mirror glaze and chocolate spraying techniques, and decorated with chocolate garnishes. Five different product designs are created, each consisting of unique recipes from inside out. The duration for this section is 2 weeks.
• Week 11 continues with patisserie showcase products, such as verrines, tarts, and the popular San Sebastian cheesecake. The section content covers the Sweet Creations by Mine Keskin program. The duration for this section is 1 week.
• Week 12 focuses on the must-have products of any patisserie with direct sales, including the beloved Cream Puff and Quiche recipes. This section covers techniques to prepare a wide range of products with different fillings. What is pâte à choux? What are the key tips to keep in mind? How is profiterole made? How is craquelin prepared? How do you make a perfect quiche filling? You will find all these answers here. The duration for this section is 1 week.
• Week 13 covers sweet and savory yeast-based products. How do you make the soft and delicious bakery-style pogaca you love? What kinds of fillings can be used? What is Easter bread? This section includes fermentation and shaping techniques.
• Week 14 continues with yeast-based doughs by working on Focaccia bread and Brioche, studying their unique characteristics.
• Week 15 introduces laminated doughs, focusing on lamination and its variations in detail. Croissant, puff pastry, and different laminated dough forms are demonstrated. The program includes the most essential techniques you can successfully apply in your own kitchen using hand-lamination methods.
• At the end of the program, a 40-question online test will be held to assess your level. Upon completion, you will receive qualification certificates as a skilled pastry chef, enabling you to confidently enter the industry.
• These certificates grant you the authorization to open a business, obtain production permits, and establish your own atelier or workplace. We also provide detailed guidance on these official procedures, offering mentorship in every aspect.
• The program content includes detailed visuals of the tools and equipment used in each section, along with material lists. Supplier links for easily sourcing these products are also shared with you.
• Don’t miss this program that covers every technique and theoretical knowledge you need to learn in an unfamiliar field, ensuring you become a professional pastry chef by the end of the training.

What You Need to Know About the Qualification Certificate

With this certificate, you obtain the most important document required to receive District Agriculture approval and license approval when opening a business. Your certificate has international validity.
This program offers you a well-equipped and comprehensive content, and for the first time worldwide, it is introduced as a special ONLINE program created by us. The program has been prepared with a highly instructive curriculum that includes both theoretical and practical applications. The entire process provides you with excellent opportunities such as recorded videos, written documents, consultancy, assignments, and follow-up.
The Qualification Certificate program also offers you content never seen before. The 'CREATIVE PASTRY TECHNIQUES' program elevates your skills to the highest level, making you professionally competent not only in showcase products but also in custom-designed celebration products prepared with special consideration of individual needs and requests. 

Creative Pastry Hands-On Content

• Concept Pastry
• Cake Flavour Variations and Buttercream Techniques
• French Patisserie
• Shiny Cake and Chocolate Bonbon Making
• Sweet Creations by Mine Keskin -1
• Sweet Creations by Mine Keskin -2
• Yeast Doughs -1
• Yeast Doughs -2
• Laminated Doughs (Croissant and varieties)

NOTE: For detailed content of the programs in Creative Pastry Techniques, you can review the relevant program under the Online Courses section of our website. For example, for the Concept Pastry content, you can review the Online Concept Pastry Course content.

Theoretical Program Content

1. Occupational Health and Safety
2. Personal Hygiene
3. Preparation for Work
4. Hygiene and Sanitation
5. Dishwashing and Waste Disposal
6. Kitchen Units
7. Nutrients
8. Food Groups
9. Egg Cookery
10. Simple Pastries
11. Biscuits and Cookies
12. Preparing Products from Yeast Doughs
13. Types of Bread
14. Products Made with Blended Doughs
15. Products Made with Whipped Doughs
16. Products Made with Cooked Doughs
17. Products Made with Fatty Doughs
18. Hot and Cold Beverages
19. Preparing Tarts and Quiches
20. Use of Chocolate in Pastry Products
21. Cake and Cookie Decorations
22. Layer Cakes
23. Confectionery
24. Preparing New Patisserie Products
25. Dairy Desserts
26. Fruit Desserts
27. Dough-Based Desserts
28. Cereal-Based Desserts
29. Kadayif Varieties
30. Baklavas

What You Need to Know

Who Is This Course For?

• Those who want to start pastry from scratch
• Candidates who want to specialize in boutique pastry
• Pastry chefs who want to improve their production skills and professionalize their presentations
• Those who want to make a difference in both taste and visual aesthetics

Technical Information & Access

• The course is delivered entirely through a professional online system.
• To participate in the course, you must have an e-mail address.
• Recorded videos are produced with professional camera quality and can be easily watched on all devices.
• Access period: Unlimited Access for 1 year from the date of purchase.

Recipes and documents are provided to participants through the platform. Access is granted without the need to download or store externally.

Support & Contact
For any questions about the course, you can reach us via WhatsApp at +90 531 458 98 28 during business hours. We will be happy to provide detailed answers. With your course enrollment, you will also receive 3 months of free consultancy support, starting from the date of purchase.

Certificate of Participation
If you successfully apply the techniques you have learned during the course and share photos of your creations with us, you will receive a digital Certificate of Participation signed by Mine Keskin Atelier, in Turkish or English according to your preference. In addition, the original documents required for opening a business will be sent to your address by courier.