About Us
The French Pastry School is a premier international institution of pastry arts education. Superb instruction, superior equipment, and top quality ingredients enable the co-founders, Chefs Jacquy Pfeiffer, Sébastien Canonne, M.O.F., to uphold an exceptional educational facility for pastry and baking. The French Pastry School’s team of award-winning instructors has grown to a faculty of eleven renowned instructors, including Master Baker Jonathan Dendauw, Pastry World Champion Dimitri Fayard, Pastry World Champion En-Ming Hsu, Bob Hartwig, Joshua Johnson, John Kraus, Master Cake Artist Nicholas Lodge, Laura Ragano, Master Cake Artist Mark Seaman.
The French Pastry School instructs over one thousand students and pastry professionals each year and offers three main programs: L’Art de la Pâtisserie, a full-time 24-week pastry and baking certificate program; L’Art du Gâteau, The Professional Cake Baking and Decorating Program, a full-time 16-week certificate program; and Continuing Education courses, 3- to 5-day long classes year-round for professionals as well as food enthusiasts.
The French Pastry School offers you the rare opportunity to learn the art of pastry in an intimate setting, being personally mentored by masters in their field. Your skills will be finely honed through hands-on practice and repeated exposure to the best pastry techniques, tools, and ingredients. Our school is dedicated only to the art of pastry, and it is our goal to be the finest pastry school in the United States, producing the best-prepared professionals entering the industry.
Accredited by the Illinois Community College Board through Kennedy King College at City Colleges of Chicago, The French Pastry School in Chicago is the only singular location in the world. Students in our full-time certificate programs earn from 16 to 24 college credit hours.
Academic Dean for Student Affairs |
|
Master Baker / Chef Instructor |
Chef Dimitri Fayard, World Pastry Champion Chef Instructor |
Chef Instructor |
|
Chef Instructor |
Chef Instructor |
Master Cake Artist / Instructor |
Chef Instructor |
Kitchen Assistance Coordinator |
Master Cake Artist / Instructor |
|
Communications Specialist |
Director of Admissions |
Assistant Admissions Director |
The French Pastry School is affiliated with Kennedy King College at the City Colleges of Chicago and is accredited by the Illinois Community College Board.
