Diploma · Initial professional preparation
Elite Diplôme in Baking and Pastry Arts
Culinary Institute Lenôtre (CIL) · Houston campus, Houston · United States
- Official award
- Elite Diplôme in Baking and Pastry Arts
- Duration
- 60 weeks, four hours a day, four days a week
- Delivery
- On campus · Full-time
- Tuition
- USD 357see costs below
Award and recognition
Fundamentals, advanced and artistic baking and pastry, bread and pastry techniques, chocolate and sugar work, a 10-week practicum and a 10-week elective.
- Qualification category
- Diploma
- Award status
- Provider-issued awardIssued by the training provider itself. Check separately whether any authority or employer recognises it.
- Awarding body
- Culinary Institute Lenôtre
- Issued by the school
- Yes: the provider issues this award itself
- On completion
- An Elite Diplôme in Baking and Pastry Arts.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Baking & pastry, Pâtisserie, Bread baking
- Entry level
- Entry level not stated
No recognition record is attached to this program. See the school’s recognition section.
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- 60 weeks, four hours a day, four days a week
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- English
Internship and placement
Required internship
An internship or externship is part of the program requirements.
- Published duration
- 10 weeks of practicum
No placement is guaranteed unless the school states so. Restaurant names or logos on a school’s site do not prove a current training partnership.
Admissions
Costs
Original currency is authoritative. Tuition, mandatory extras and accommodation are shown separately and never converted or added together for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition per credit hour, diploma programsTuition · mandatory | USD 357per credit, Catalog Volume XVII | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| One-time technology fee, diploma programsMandatory extra · mandatory | USD 100one-time, Catalog Volume XVII | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: teaching and practical hours, funding.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. How verification works.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)