Duration: 40h (5d) - Price: 1350€ - Level: all levels - Maximum number of participants: 6
Instructor: Galina Duverne - Type: professional course
Prerequisites
None
Program
During this workshop you will fully make a 3-tiered Wedding Cake from baking to decoration.
Content of the workshop:
Day 1:
Theory:
- Creams and cookies adapted to cakes decorated with sugar paste.
Practice:
- Making 3 different cakes.
- Creation of 3 different fillings.
- Filling of the cakes.
Day 2:
Theory:
- Chocolate ganache and other alternatives how to smooth a cake perfectly.
Practice:
- Smoothing cakes in a perfect way.
Day 3:
Theory:
- Everything you need to know about sugar paste: causes of cracks, blisters, etc...
- Learn how to color and spread sugar paste evenly and without bubbles.
Practice:
- Coloring the sugar paste.
- Covering cakes with a right angle.
- Decorating techniques.
Day 4 and 5:
Theory:
- Techniques to make a stable structure without risk for transportation.
Practice:
- Assembly and decoration of the pièce montée.
During this training you could use the following techniques: food lace, all types of drapes, ruffles, bows, food printing, painting (except airbrush), textures, moldings, simple flowers without wire.
The following techniques will not be covered: piping (royal icing), wire flowers, airbrushing, modeling, cake sculpting.
The design of your Wedding Cake is not imposed, you can let your imagination run free provided that it corresponds to the skills to be acquired during this training.
Information
The course is in French but the teacher also gives the course in English in case of a non-French speaking student.
The number of students is limited to 6 people so that the teacher is available to advance each student individually.
A Certificat de Formation will be given to you at the end of the course.
All materials are loaned for the duration of the course. Raw materials and supplies are included in the price. Lunch is not included.
Each intern is required to clean up their work plan, equipment and tools.
The last half hour of each day is devoted to cleaning the laboratory.
Next sessions
- From 13/05/24 to 17/05/24 from 8H30 to 17H00 (Paris) (1350€) Full
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Photos of this course*
* The photos are not contractual, the models are likely to change at each course.
Success statistics
Year | Number of trainees | Hours of training | Success rate |
---|---|---|---|
2023 | 17 | 680 | 100% |
2022 | 20 | 800 | 95% |
2021 | 22 | 880 | 100% |