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Diploma (L2) in Professional Bakery

at The City of Liverpool College, Liverpool · college

Level 2Vocational and tradeDiploma1 yearFull time

What the college says

'Bake' yourself happy at the very first established Bakery and Cake Decorating College in The North West and North Wales! Imagine making your own buttery flaky croissants and Danish pastries, waiting in anticipation for hot crusty bread to come fresh out of the oven then designing a three tier wedding cake with a floral sugar craft display. This course is for anyone who may want a career in the Baking/ Cake decoration Industry, setting up your own business or to improve you home baking and cake decorating skills whilst gaining an industry and worldwide recognised Qualification from award winning Cake Decoration and Bakery Lecturers with over 175 years combined experience from one of the north wests oldest and leading Bakery Colleges. As a student of the course, you will work as part of the team producing commercial bakery fermented traditional breads such as cottage loaves, multiseed breads and rolls, milk bread, oven bottom cobs. European breads such as fougasse, brioche, French baguettes, focaccia, Berliner doughnuts, cakes, pastries (sweet and savoury) and celebration cakes including wired flowers, royal icing, coatings and run outs, marzipan and modelling paste figures and fruits, you will also work as an individual on practising skills and being innovative in design of your own products. L2 students will have the opportunity to attend the annual conference and competions weekend event. Take part in an exchange trip to Lorrach Germany and Switzerland.

What you need to get on

Please vist: https://www.liv-coll.ac.uk/courses/Professional-Bakery-and-Cake-Decoration-Level-2-Diploma

How you are assessed

Learning a trade with tools and equipment, often in a college workshop or salon.

What this level means

The GCSE-equivalent step, and the usual route into Level 3.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

Start dates

  • 8 September 2026 · LIVERPOOL
  • 8 September 2026 · LIVERPOOL

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