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Welcome at Bakery Academy

Are you seeking guidance for improving your product or bakery?

As a baker, do you frequently encounter issues with your products or production processes, such as waste or variations in product weight? Do you lack the fresh perspective due to chronic time constraints? Are you searching for an efficient and affordable solution to address these challenges?

At Bakery Academy, we are dedicated to supporting bakeries in achieving operational excellence through cutting-edge technology, innovative product development, and streamlined processes. Our consultancy services are tailored to elevate your bakery to new levels by enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing quality.

With our extensive experience in the bakery industry, we understand the complexity of bakery operations and the daily challenges you face. Our consultants have all worked in industrial bakery production, operating and improving lines ranging from 300 to 3000 kg/hr. They have also served as R&D or NPD bakery technologists, introducing products on existing or new production lines.

By combining practical bakery expertise with science and technology, we offer an academic approach that enables you to apply this knowledge in your bakery practice effectively.

That's why, at Bakery Academy, we provide an accessible way to access high-quality knowledge and services that can help you enhance your products and optimize your production processes

Bakery Academy, your bakery expert in training and consultancy
Bakery Academy, your bakery expert in training and consultancy

Bakery Academy: Expertise & Offerings

  • Bakery Product Technology and Development: We provide expert guidance and support in developing new and exciting bakery products that meet market demands and strengthen your brand.
  • Process Optimization: Our consultants analyze your current production processes and identify opportunities for improvement, such as reducing waste, increasing efficiency, and enhancing overall product quality.
  • Technological Implementation: We specialize in facilitating the transition of bakery products from small-scale ovens to industrial-grade ones, integrating automation systems and advanced production controls.
  • Research and Development: Our team specializes in troubleshooting challenges within bakery product development by researching new technologies. We offer customized solutions designed to address specific issues within your bakery products.
  • Educational Programs: From starters to product technologists, we provide customized training programs and courses designed to equip your team with the essential skills and knowledge required in the bakery industry.
  • Coaching and Mentoring: Our experienced consultants provide personalized guidance and mentoring to your team to enhance their capabilities and performance, fostering a culture of continuous learning.

Bakery Academy, your Bakery Expert | It's all in the Baking


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Bakery Academy, your Bakery Expert | It's all in the Baking
Process improvement

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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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Upcoming courses

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:27-10-2026

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,-

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Egg products

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Fats versus Oils in The Mixing Process

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Shape and forms of product development

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Development in bakery

Development in bakery

Development serves as the bridge between research and practical applications in the bakery sector.

Quality inspection example

Quality inspection exampl...

A quality inspection example. Bakery Academy is showing how such inspection example would look like, there is however much in ‘the eye of the be...

Pre-blending

Pre-blending

Ingredient preblending, a fundamental step in the bakery world. The goal of pre-blending is to achieve a homogeneous composition by carefully mixing d...

Brief and prototype

Brief and prototype

Is it possible to develop a vegan cupcake with 4-6 months of shelf life. Or what is the maximum amout of fibre we can put in a cookie or biscuit, with...

Carrageenan based fillings

Carrageenan based filling...

Carrageenan based fillings are based on the sugar type galactose and come in three different types: Kappa, Iota and Lambda

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...

Benefits and disadvantages of mixes

Benefits and disadvantage...

A tailored formulation / recipe. Nowadays it can already be done with lower volumes. The lower the volume, the higher the cost will bee as a tailored ...

Product stabilisation

Product stabilisation

Ensuring the formed volume and structure we would like to keep and removing the parts we don't need or might even downgrade our product upon consuming...

Protein Functions

Protein Functions

Proteins functions in bakery. Think of air incorporation, which is best demonstrated by egg white (of which the dominant protein is albumen). Caseins ...

Development and Improvement

Development and Improveme...

With an accepted prototype and/ or reviewed brief the actual development work starts: everything that could be parameterised and modelled in advanced ...

The process of mixing

The process of mixing

Mixing is a processing step that has various goal, partly depending the product you are planning to make as well as the proces that will follow after ...

Different kind of Cakes

Different kind of Cakes

What are the differences between the kind of cakes. Such as Sponge cake, Pound cake and Muffin. Do they need a different approach in the baking proces...