
Pastry, Baking and Chocolate Intensive Summer Program
Manresa, Spain
DURATION
2 Weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 Mar 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
18 Mar 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,530
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
JOVIAT is an internationally awarded brand renowned for its students and innovation in learning.
13 Michelin stars awarded to chefs who graduated from JOVIAT. A historical institute with 60 years of experience JOVIAT was born in 1960 in Manresa, and in 1987, its founders' passion for Cuisine was transformed into a Professional Institute: JOVIAT Culinary Arts Academy. More than 2,500 students have studied Culinary Arts at JOVIAT.
Housing and Accommodation
JOVIAT will guide you through the accommodation selection process in different apartment buildings in the city for you to choose from.
Within walking distance of JOVIAT
The housing locations are near the main school building and the rest of the campus. Manresa, a place to live Manresa is a friendly, welcoming, and lively city of around 75,000 inhabitants, capital of the Bages region in the heart of Catalunya. It is located 45 minutes from Barcelona. The perfect place to live your culinary and winery experience!
Context
Learn about the evolution of Catalan pastry: traditional vs. modern
Classic cakes and traditional sweet recipes
Pellets, Torrons, La Mona, Pâte à choux, Catalan tea pastries, Entremets, Ice-cream, and traditional confectionery products
Baking products, sweet and savory products, yeast-raised doughs
Different types of bread, puff pastry, and viennoiserie (Ensaïmada, Coques i Tortells, Croissant, Brioix...), and Catalan Hors d'oeuvre.
Restaurant desserts: Traditional Pastry
Crema Catalana, Pijama, Mel i Mató, Cheescake, Flam... Modern Pastry: molecular pastry (foams, spherification,..), and new plating techniques.
Introduction to the Chocolate World
Tempering technique, flat chocolate design, chocolate bonbon, chocolate molds, and artistic design.
Gallery
Admissions
Curriculum
First week
- Monday 14th - Catalan breads and wines - visit to vineyard and bread tasting
- Tuesday 15th - El Cigne (awarded best pastry elaborator in Catalonia January 2024) - visit and practical
- Wednesday 16th - Classic cakes and traditional sweet recipes - practical
- Thursday 17th - Baking products, sweet and savory products, yeast-raised doughs - practical
- Friday 18th - World Chocolate Masters 2022 Lluc Crusellas Workshop in Vic - day trip
Second Week
- Monday 21st - Catalan cheeses, honey, and Montserrat visit - day trip
- Tuesday 22nd - Restaurant desserts - practical
- Wednesday 23rd - Introduction to the chocolate world - practical
- Thursday 24th - Torrons in Agramunt and Coca de Recapta in Artesa de Segre - day trip
- Friday 25th - Fundació Alicia, Ferran Adrià’s lab. Farewell lunch at L’Ò (1 Michelin star restaurant), Sant Benet de Bages - day trip
Includes Catalan desserts, elaborations, and workshops from World Chocolate Master 2023, excursion to honey and cheese local producers, and tasting. Visit artisan Torrens and coques de recapta producers. Private transport to all field trips.
Accompanied by Pastry Master Chefs from JOVIAT.
Program Outcome
- Learning abroad has a different outcome than in your own country
- Contextualization and a new perspective of everything the student had learned
- Shapes professional skills
- Brings personal growth
- Provides skills for engaging with culturally different people
- Exposure to a new language
- Activates a sense of curiosity
- New friends and network
- Dealing with out-of-comfort-zone situations
- Exposure to future job opportunities