The Institute of Baking and Cake Art (IBCA), a specialised baking and confectionery service provider in India, has now introduced a two-month vocational course in bakery for candidates keen to enter the growing and creative industry of food.
The move follows the training programme in skill development recognised by the government of India under the Ministry of Labour, which has authorised IBCA to conduct the course.
As the demand for bakery products is on an uptrend, there has been a profusion of bakery chains springing up across the country in the last few years. The bakery industry, valued at Rs 69 billion, has achieved third position in generating revenue among the processed food sector in the country. Bread and biscuits hold about 82 per cent of the total share of the bakery industry.
“The Indian baking industry is witnessing a huge change in the recent times as the consumers are inquisitive, experimental and are willing to experiment. For bakery and café chains there are several challenges to meet when it comes to the growth of the business and generating revenue-trained personnel being the first. With the vocational baking course, we are pursuing on our commitment to train and produce the next breed of new age bakers to enable the industry to its new level of growth,” Manish Gaur, director, training, IBCA, said.
The vocational training baking course focusses on practical and technical classification of baking and product making. The practical programme deals with aggressive product practice. It will allow a candidate to comprehend about the varied ingredients and its procedure to achieve a well-baked product.
“At the end of the training session, job assistance will be provided to all participants to work with major industry players across the country. The course fee is Rs 20,000 per student,” stated Gaur.
Being one of the leading bakery training schools, the 13-year-old IBCA has worked quite intensively in moulding entrepreneurship skills among participants. Besides, the institute is also trying to rope in additional market support and sponsors to be able to provide better job opportunities to the candidates for their commercial establishment needs and its growth.
“IBCA, located at Mission Road in Bengaluru, is well-equipped to deliver the required baking skills to the aspiring candidates. It offers a learning space to experience the simple art of baking and address domestic needs and commercial requirements. Being an exclusive culinary school, the institution is unique in terms of the specialised training across different levels in baking for all ages,” said Gaur.
