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Training • Consultancy • Process Optimization • Product Development

We help bakeries worldwide improve quality, efficiency, and innovation. With hands-on expertise and cutting-edge solutions, we make your bakery stronger — from recipe to production line.

  • Process Optimization
  • Product Development
  • Training & Education
  • Consultancy

How does Bakery Academy help you achieve bakery excellence?

At Bakery Academy, we combine passion for baking with practical expertise to help bakeries solve challenges and grow. Our consultants have decades of experience in industrial production (300–3000 kg/hr), R&D, and product innovation.

We bridge science and practice, giving you practical solutions you can apply immediately in your bakery.

he 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.

Why do bakeries worldwide choose Bakery Academy?

  • Proven industry expertise
  • Tailored, results-driven solutions
  • Academic knowledge + practical experience
  • Global bakery network & community
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How we help your bakery grow?

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Process improvement

As an entrepreneur you want to optimise the production process within your company as much as possible.

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Research & development

For when you don’t have the time, capacity or knowledge to innovate.

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Training & education

In our bakery training programs, we start with the basics of bakery products, fillings and processes.

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What bakery courses are coming up?

Physical course
Foam to Sponge Cake
Days:3
Date:On Request

Foam to Sponge Cake

This intensive and hands-on course is designed for experienced professionals who want to deepen their knowledge and skills in preparing various types of foam cakes

1,500.00
Silver € 1425,-
Gold € 1275,-
Physical course
Reformulation: From Reduction to Enrichment
Days:3
Date:04-02-2026

Reformulation: From Reduction to Enrichment

This course focuses on reformulating critical macro ingredients, such as sugar, fat, and sodium reduction and on enriching with healthier ingredients such as fibres and proteins enabling you to create bakery products for health-conscious options with minimal compromising on taste or quality. 

1,500.00
Silver € 1425,-
Gold € 1275,-
Physical course
Cookies and Biscuits
Days:4
Date:04-05-2026

Cookies and Biscuits

Welcome to the Cookies and Biscuits course! Dive into product classifications with hands-on Rotary Moulding and Spread Tests. Explore diverse textures through Hard and Soft Biscuit tastings. Uncover the science of formulation, experimenting with flour, fat, sugar, eggs, and more. Achieve Personal Targets in crafting through iterative recipe adjustments. Engage in practical sessions, from dough-making to yeast fermentation activities. This course, blending theory and practice, hones your skills to create diverse cookies and biscuits. 

2,000.00
Silver € 1900,-
Gold € 1700,-
Physical course
Fillings
Days:4
Date:13-07-2026

Fillings

This course equips bakers with both the theoretical knowledge and practical skills for various filling types. From understanding ingredient interactions to controlling texture, stability, and flavor balance, this training is designed to help bakeries learn the techniques necessary to optimize these fillings for production. 

2,000.00
Silver € 1900,-
Gold € 1700,-
Physical course
Biscuits Introduction
Days:3
Date:19-08-2026

Biscuits Introduction

Perfect for those new to the bakery scene, our course breaks down complex concepts into easily digestible modules. Learn to understand diverse biscuits in this hands-on course. Explore ingredients, doughs, mixing and baking methods. Enroll now and become a true biscuit specialist! Maximize the value of your training with an additional day! Use this time to dive deeper into the topics that directly impact your work, get answers to your specific questions, and address challenges with expert guidance. Simple, effective, and tailored to your needs.

1,275.00
Silver € 1140,-
Gold € 1020,-
Physical course
Cracker Dynamics
Days:4
Date:26-10-2026

Cracker Dynamics

Explore crackers in our bakery course, covering classifications to troubleshooting industrial issues. Delve into the science of crafting crackers, emphasizing lamination processes, key ingredients, and practical techniques. Learn to tackle challenges like inconsistency in thickness, cracking and breaking and uneven baking. Whether you're a novice baker or seasoned pro, our course equips you with the knowledge and skills in cracker-making.

2,000.00
Silver € 1900,-
Gold € 1700,-
Physical course
Shelf life Extension
Days:4
Date:On request

Shelf life Extension

This course will extend the knowledge of the attendees to reformate their bakery products to understand different parameters to reach a desired shelf life.  For availability, please contact Bakery Academy by clicking on the envelope icon below on your screen.

2,000.00
Silver € 1900,-
Gold € 1700,-
Physical course
Egg reduction Strategies
Days:3
Date:10-02-2026

Egg reduction Strategies

Reducing or replacing eggs in bakery products can introduce various challenges, as eggs contribute critical functional properties such as structure, moisture, leavening, and flavor. Troubleshooting issues related to egg reduction involves addressing concerns in texture, binding, leavening, flavor, moisture content, color, and structural integrity.

1,500.00
Silver € 1425,-
Gold € 1275,-
Physical course
Layering Techniques Puff and Danish pastry
Days:5
Date:19-10-2026

Layering Techniques Puff and Danish pastry

This course will extend the knowledge of Puff and Danish pastry, like apple turnovers, vol-au-vent, croissant and maple-pecan danish. The attendee wil learn to understand the product matrixes and interactions and try to bring this into practice. Participants are expect to have some experience in baking and process handling.

2,500.00
Silver € 1662,50
Gold € 1487,50
Company € 1400,-
Physical course
Bread
Days:3
Date:30-06-2026

Bread

Gain insight into the principles and techniques behind bread-making and get to understand the subtle changes necessary to bake quality bread. By blending theory with practice, you’ll develop not only a solid grasp of ingredient interactions but also the ability to apply this knowledge in your own products.

1,500.00
Silver € 1425,-
Gold € 1275,-

What’s new on the Bakery Academy blog?

Mixing action

Mixing action

As with the order of raw materials, the order of mixing has a huge influence. it is therfore that different stages of mixing are being considered, dep...

Recipe optimization at scale

Recipe optimization at sc...

Ingredients can behave differently in larger quantities, and the texture, flavor, and appearance of products may shift. Simple things as environmental...

Scaling Impact: Ingredients & Shelf Life Challenges

Scaling Impact: Ingredien...

A key aspect of scaling up is that volumes also tend to increase. As a consequence sometimes ingredients can’t keep up with the volume and alter...

Releasing from the rotary moulder

Releasing from the rotary...

When dough pieces stick to the rotary moulder, several factors might be responsible. These include the dough’s moisture content, poor lubricatio...

Dough types

Dough types

Some ingredients must be dissolved during mixing and the particle size influences the mixing time,otherwise these ingredients might still be visible a...

Mixers and Application

Mixers and Application

When mixing equipment is acquired, it must be clear which types of dough must be prepared, what the volume per batch is, the number of batches per hou...

Fats and Oils the differences in baking

Fats and Oils the differe...

various thermodynamic reactions in fats and oils, resulting in unique textures and flavors. The distinctions between these lipids and their specific r...

Puff Pastry

Puff Pastry

Puff Pastry is also known as “Millefeuille” or over thousand layers, depending on the folding technique we apply this is reached after 2,5...

Scaling up with the right formulation

Scaling up with the right...

First of all the quality of your ingredients might change when you buy inbulk. Secondly scaling up from artisanel to (semi) industrial can lead to les...

Internal factors of shelf life

Internal factors of shelf...

Water is often the major constituent in foods. Even relatively ‘dry’ foods like bread usually contain more than 35% water. The state of wa...

How do enzymes work

How do enzymes work

Enzymes play a vital role in nearly all life processes. Without them, essential reactions like digestion and energy conversion would occur far too slo...

Sourdough: What Really Lives in Your Starter

Sourdough: What Really Li...

An explanation of the microbial composition of sourdough, lactic acid bacteria vs. wild yeasts and how this varies depending on flour type and ferment...

Percentages as Classification

Percentages as Classifica...

 In baker's percentage, the weight of the flour is always 100%, and the total percent of all the other ingredients is always greater than 100%. T...

Temperatures and mixing interactions

Temperatures and mixing i...

Each kind of dough has its ideal temperature range, for the optimum quality and machinability. Ideal dough temperatures must be established and the po...

The right amount of air in creams?

The right amount of air i...

For the right amount of air in creams you need to know that creams come in several formulations. But roughly we can divide them with either fat or wat...

Blistering on Sponge Cake

Blistering on Sponge Cake

Blistering on Sponge cakes it can happen every now and then. We have here a situation (see image) in which our challenge had all that can, come togeth...

Fats versus Oils in The Mixing Process

Fats versus Oils in The M...

In baking, fats and oils play a crucial role in the mixing process, and the differences between these lipids are scientifically significant. Here, we ...

Developing cookies with fibre

Developing cookies with f...

For developing cookies with fibre. Bakery Academy has evaluated about 50 different fibres from over 10 different suppliers. We see however that every ...

Replacing the sugar

Replacing the sugar

Replacing sugar whilst maintaining texture, structure and shelf-life and evenly important recipe material cost the same seems to be a mission impossib...

Spreading

Spreading

The spread in cookies and biscuits can be caused by numerous ingredients and processing steps. Probably most baking people will know that the amount a...

Frequently Asked Questions

We combine hands-on bakery expertise with training, consultancy, and process optimization. This approach reduces waste, boosts efficiency, and improves product quality.

Yes. Our training programs are tailored to your team’s needs — from beginners to experienced product technologists.

Absolutely. We guide bakeries in moving from small-scale to large-scale production with automation and advanced process controls.

We support all types — from small artisanal bakeries to large industrial producers — in improving products, processes, and innovation.

Simply book a consultation through our website. We’ll assess your needs and design a solution to fit your bakery’s goals.