Programme Contents
This programme introduces the characteristics of patisseries and cafés, food production, café operations, food hygiene and other related knowledge. It aims to strengthen students’ hands on skills for their further study and career development in the related industry in the future. Students are also taught to make specialty beverages and patisseries by selecting different ingredients.
- The programmes are diversified and trendy, covering dessert making, coffee and speciality drinks brewing, menu design, as well as coffee shop operation and management
- Students can learn different techniques of coffee brewing and imply their café in the Food and Beverage Training Centre
- Students can act as a café owner with their own choice of theme, then pick the appropriate ingredients and plan their own menu under their customers' flavour
- Built in reference to western restaurants and cocktail bars in star hotels, the Food and Beverage Training Centre allows students to practise their western cuisine and mixology skills
- Instructor team includes members of the Hong Kong Coffee Industry Association and professionals from the industry
- Arrange activities irregularly, for example, on-site visits to boutique coffee shops, and inviting relevant industry professionals to give talks and share their experiences, to let the students know the operation and development of the industry, and enhance their understanding of operating patisseries and cafes
If students attained “Attained with Distinction (I)” in this ApL course^, it is comparable to Level 3 of the Category A subjects of HKDSE examination; if they attained “Attained with Distinction (II)”, it is comparable to Level 4 of the Category A subjects of HKDSE examination.
Programme Features
Pâtisserie and café food production, designing menu items
Supporting Organization
Pret A Manger (Hong Kong) Ltd
- Hold industrial talks regularly, and provide job opportunities of Pret a Manger and the entry ways of the industry
Coffee Lab Asia
- Provide enterprise visit opportunities
Programme Structure
- Introduction to Pâtisserie and Café Operations (15 hours)
- Pâtisserie and Café Development and Operation System (45 hours)
- Food and Beverage Service and Production in Café (44 hours)
- Pâtisserie Production (44 hours)
- Menu Design and Execution (32 hours)
Reference Table for Grades
Certification Programme
Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority - Applied Learning Subjects Result Assessment and Information
