Turn your passion into a successful career with the advanced baking and pastry concentration at the CIA. Part of the bachelor’s degree program at the college, this concentration takes you through the multifaceted experience of business planning, finance startup and forecasting, product design and development, marketing, packaging, and sales of the pastries you create. You’ll spend an entire semester at the CIA’s California campus in the world-renowned Napa Valley. It’s an amazing opportunity to do a deep dive into what it takes to make your unique skills and creative ideas highly profitable.
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