Pastry Arts 1 Online

Are you obsessed with The Great British Baking Show? Do you often find yourself searching for the best pastries when you travel, or scouring countless cookbooks for the perfect recipe? Then this online, intensive baking course is for you.

Join Pastry Chef Janine Sciarappa as she cuts through all the mystery of the art of pastry making. She will share with you all of her tips and tricks to make the most show-stopping, Instagram-worthy pastries—all from the comfort of your own home. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to study with an experienced pastry chef.

Flexible, Online Pastry Instruction

Next Course Date: May 19. 2026

If you seek to build a foundation in the art of pastry making but need to maintain a flexible, part-time schedule, Boston University’s Pastry Arts 1 Online offers a path forward. Develop key pastry making skills in a dynamic and interactive online format, through videos, Zoom meetings, and active baking exercises.

You will have access to the Blackboard course site, where you can review the week’s videos and recipes at your own pace. Each week of class, you will:

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• Review instructional videos and printed recipes
• Practice and execute recipes at home
• Engage in weekly one-on-one Zoom meetings with Chef Sciarappa

Learn with a Professional Pastry Chef

Pastry Arts Online 1 is taught by Pastry Chef Janine Sciarappa, who has more than twenty years of experience in high-end, professional baking. She earned her certificate in Culinary Arts from Boston University, where she trained under Julia Child, Jacques Pépin, and Albert Kumin. After completing BU’s Culinary Arts program, Chef Sciarappa went on to work in various high-end pastry shops in and around Boston. Her love of pastry and all things French brought her to Lenôtre in Paris to continue her education. Chef Sciarappa is the core chef instructor in baking for Boston University’s Professional Culinary Arts Program.

Transform Your Kitchen into a Patisserie

Following online instructional videos tailored and filmed specifically for this program, you will turn your kitchen into a place where you can experiment, practice, and produce pastries at your own pace. You also have access to a unique online library of pastry lectures, available to you at any time. You will be able to discuss your pastry making experiences via weekly one-on-one meetings with Chef Sciarappa, during which you will review your process from the week, get help correcting your mistakes, and receive constructive feedback and answers to all your questions.

Learn the Foundations of Pastry Arts

Over the course of Pastry Arts 1 Online, you will gain experience with the following:

• Proper techniques to measure ingredients accurately, ensuring your baked goods are a success each time you make them.
• The use and functions of ingredients, along with the science of baking (once you know how ingredients function, you can correct your mistakes).
• Cookies, including pastry-shop favorites such as piped sablés, crunchy and sweet brutti ma buoni, and chocolate fleur de sel sablés.
• Meringues and how to turn French and Swiss meringues into pavlovas, chocolate mousse, and buttercream.
• Custards, including how to prepare the classic crème caramel, panna cotta, clafoutis, lemon curd, and pastry cream.
• Pâte à choux—the magical preparation that makes gorgeous profiteroles, eclairs, Paris-Brest, religieuse, and more.

Course Materials

Course materials are hosted on Blackboard. After your registration is complete, you will receive an email from BU Information Services & Technology with instructions on how to establish your BU account. (You may need to check your spam folder for this email.) Once you have established your BU account, you will be able to access the Blackboard course site.

Academic Credit Option

Pastry Arts 1 Online is available as an elective for graduate credit in the Master of Arts in Gastronomy and Food Studies Certificate and can also be taken for credit by those who are not matriculated in a degree program at BU MET. Learn how to register for credit.

Tuition and Registration

The cost of the six-week Pastry Arts 1 Online program is $650, including fees.

Refund Policy

A full refund is available up to one week before the class starts. After that, there are no refunds. However, you may transfer your enrollment to another person.

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Please contact us with any questions you may have about Pastry Arts 1 Online.

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