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Our Seminars

Professionals can come to Greek Baking School and choose from a series of fast-track and specialised seminars. 
All seminars offer deep insight into the respective subject-matter and provide all the knowledge necessary to those who want to know the latest baking trends/techniques and gain a competitive edge in the modern ultra-competitive environment.

Courses are primarily intended for professional bakers, bakery workers and other bakery employees, who wish to be up to speed with the latest developments and receive continuous training both for themselves and their associates in the flour business. 

Each seminar is a separate module and participants can choose to attend any seminar that interests them. 

At the end of each seminar, all students receive an Attendance Certificate. The certificate is only given if a participant has attended the entire seminar. 
All lessons take place at the Greek Baking School facilities in Keratsini, Attica.  

Level of Difficulty
Greek Baking School  seminars are designed and classified in three levels of difficulty in order to meet the needs of all students effectively.

Level 1 Entry Level
Mainly addresses to young people who have no experience in bakery_ confectionery, food technology or in financial management and marketing bakery. Chefs and other professionals of the food sector, even beginners, who have not received any training.

The seminars are designed to provide students training on basic concepts and techniques.

Level 2 Moderate difficulty
Mainly addresses to bakers who already have professional experience and are familiar with the basic concepts and techniques for bakery / confectionery, food technology as well as financial management and marketing bakery.

The seminars are designed to further develop the students' knowledge by helping them to meet all modern era challenges.

Level 3 Increased level of difficulty
Aimed at bakeries / confectioners professionals who already have several years experience in the field and have acquired training in baking techniques, food technology and financial management and marketing bakery.

The seminars at this stage, are designed to provide students, training and specialization, enhancing their creativity.

 

Registration - Payment of tuition fees

To register for any one of our seminars, you can submit an APPLICATION online, or call the Greek Baking School secretariat, Monday to Friday 08:30-15:30, or even come in person to the Secretariat, on the 2nd floor of the Loullis Mills Administration Building (1, Spetson str, 187 55, Keratsini) Monday to Friday 08:30-15:30.

Your registration at the seminars is completed with the payment of the tuition fees.  Your reservation is valid for 5 business days.  In case of payment within the first 24 hours from your booking you are entitled to a 5% discount.  After 5 days and if the tuition payment is not completed your registration is automatically canceled.  

Payment is made either by bank transfer in the school’s bank account: EUROBANK GR5402602580000790200977892, or directly to the Secretariat of the school, daily from 08: 30 - 15: 30 (tel. 210 4090053, 2104090195). In case of bank transfer the name of the trainee should be mentioned in the statement. A copy of the bank transfer must be delivered to the Secretariat of the School.

As the requests for participation are too many, please make sure that you updated with the payment dates of the seminars, in order not your reservation to be canceled and not to cause any problems with the other interested students.

Special rates

The following discounts are offered:

-5% discount when paying the tuition fees within the first 24 hours.

-20% of the tuition fee for the second person, if two people from the same business attend the same seminar.

-30% of the tuition fee for the third person, if three people from the same business attend the same seminar.

Note: Full tuition fee applies for the first person.

Upcoming seminars

  • Love to Bake Courses: Home baked breads with sourdough

    Greek Baking School, in collaboration with Agiou Georgiou Mills, join forces to bring you the art and secrets of kneading so that you have everyday fresh and handmade bread with the finest flour.

    You put your caring, devotion, enthusiasm and patience and the result will reward you.

    And because nothing compares to hot baked bread from your hands ... let's start kneading!

    • Start 25/01/2019
    • Total 5 hours
  • Love to Bake Courses: Cakes, Cupcakes and Sugarpaste #1

    Welcome to the most "sweet" seminar!
    A seminar addressed to all of you who want to master the techniques of decorating cakes and cupcakes, but also the heart of your loved ones with your creations!
    Come to make a healthy "Carrot Cake", to see how with cheese cream and pastry decorations we can transform a simple cake into a cake-treat.
    With "Politiko Cake" we will travel to the old days of our city. We will show you how to make a cake that is full of aromas and how to overlay it and decorate it with buttermilk and sugar paste.

    • Start 01/02/2019
    • Total 5 hours
  • Love to Bake Courses: Handmade Traditional Pies #1

    Among the tastiest dishes of the traditional Greek cuisine, pies are delicious masterpieces that awaken childhood memories full of flavors.

    Chef Kostis Kostakis, having already published his book "Pies by Hand", will explain how easy it is to learn the technique of opening the dough so that we insert this dishes in our daily life, the pies made like our grandmothers did. He will present us, a more light version of the pie, adapted to our new intense lifestyle.

    • Start 15/02/2019
    • Total 5 hours
  • Love to Bake Courses: Pizza, Calzone, Peinirli #1

    Pizza or Peinirli? Should we choose? Of course not, since both are the most favorite snacks based on dough and cheese.

    Pizza, the Italian goddess of taste, accompanying us at parties, at home movies or in a soccer match!

    With delicate and crispy dough or rich and fluffy, garnished with what we always want, pizza has conquered both young and old ages.

    On the other hand, from Asia, our favorite Peinirli, comes from the Turkish word peynir which means cheese. This beloved fluffy dough filled with delicious ingredients is considered the pizza cousin.

     

    • Start 21/02/2019
    • Total 5 hours
  • Viennoiserie and sweet and salty bakery breakfasts

    A specialized seminar in which students will make their own butter croissant , salty and sweet, breakfast products to be shared through their bakeries. A unique hands-on experience for those who want to experience something more in the breakfast world.

    • Start 04/03/2019
    • Total 18 hours
  • Love to Bake Courses: Fasting Goodies, Sweet and Salty

     

    A unique seminar for the 40 days pre Easter fasting. At this seminar you will create sweet and savory recipes that will surprise you.

    • Start 08/03/2019
    • Total - hours
  • Modern Trend in Ice Cream Production

     

    World market trends, combined with new ice cream techniques will be presented in a 3-day seminar full of delights. You will create flavors according to your customers' special tastes with the use of pure materials.

    • Start 18/03/2019
    • Total 18 hours
  • Love to Bake Courses: Pizza, Calzone, Peinirli #2

     

    Have you already attended our 1st seminar on Pizza, Calzone, Peinirli? Come and get even deeper  on the delight, for even bigger enjoyments. Come to learn more secrets, different recipes, the most appropriate combinations,  by practicing on your favorite snacks based on flour and cheese.

    • Start 22/03/2019
    • Total 5 hours
  • Love to Bake Courses: Cakes, Cupcakes and Sugarpaste #2

     

    A seminar addressed to all of you who want to deepen a bit more on the techniques of decorating cakes and cupcakes. Different recipes and secrets for fluffy creations, and special techniques for all of you sweet lovers.

    • Start 29/03/2019
    • Total 5 hours
  • 2nd International Bakery Seminar

     

    Through interaction with bakers from different countries, students will be able to broaden their horizons and gain new innovative ideas in baking and baking technology. The well known for his breads with his natural sourdoughs Beesham Soogrim and Gerard Hardeman, well known for his German breads, will lead the seminar and will present unique breads for 3 days.

     

     

    • Start 01/04/2019
    • Total 21 hours
  • Love to Bake Courses: Sourdough Breads with Beesham Soogrim

    A seminar exclusively focused on sourdoughs. The course will present various types of natural sourdoughs, various types of slow maturing breads and the use of alternative raw materials. The famous baker, for his natural breads, Beesham Soogrim, in a unique seminar for the Home Bakers. Unique breads and different techniques for making yeast, fermenting and maturing, in a seminar that will be unforgettable. Do not miss this sourdough workshop full of natural raw materials and various fruits.

    • Start 04/04/2019
    • Total 7 hours
  • Modern Trends in Tarts & Mini Sweets

    A seminar with an emphasis on modern pastry and new trend in tarts and mini sweets, from the famous Pastry Chef of the Great Britain Hotel Eugene Vardakastanis. Through this seminar, pastry chefs and bakers will evolve their window shop by using the right products and raw materials. A mini range of patisseries will be presented, consisting of tarts, individual sweets and mini sweets. At the same time new confectionery techniques and unique creative recipes will be presented.

    • Start 08/04/2019
    • Total 18 hours
  • Love to Bake Courses: Easter Sweets

     

    The Easter delights of this very important celebration are innumerable. At this seminar you will be able to create sweet traditional delights, full of smells that will remind you of our tradition. You will learn the basic features, secrets and unique easter recipes from our pastry Chef Panagiotis Tsiavos.

    • Start 12/04/2019
    • Total 5 hours
  • Love to bake "Ηealth & Wellness": Light sweets and snacks

    A cooking session with Chef Giorgos Tsoulis, dedicated to healthy, delicious and smart recipes! Giorgos Tsoulis will teach you how to make your own homemade snacks and sweets with the help of the flour variety of St. George's Mills.

    • Start 16/04/2019
    • Total 3 hours
  • Sourdough Breads, Maturing Techniques and Sourdough Technology

    Sourdough describes many types of yeast that are actually fungal crops. At the seminar, all categories will be separated from each other (Sourdough, Biga, Poolish, Sponge, Pate Fermante) and their characteristics, attributes and uses will be analyzed. In addition, all stages of the baking process (kneading, ripening, molding, baking) will be analyzed in details.

    • Start 06/05/2019
    • Total 18 hours
  • Love to Bake Courses: Handmade Traditional Pies #2

     

    Come and participate in one of our most delicious seminars. Among the tastiest dishes of our rich and traditional Greek cuisine, pies are always on the family table. Together with the famous chef Kostis Kostakis, you will find out how easy it is to create a dough that is crispy and tasty. You will fill your pies with traditional and modern fillings and enjoy unique creative suggestions.

    • Start 10/05/2019
    • Total 5 hours
  • Love to Bake Courses: Chocolate Deserts

     

    If you are a fan of chocolate, do not miss a unique opportunity to learn everything about it. Come and watch an amazing chocolate seminar where you can prepare and taste sweet chocolate sins exclusively from the Great Britain's Pastry Chef Eugene Vardakastanis. Chocolate creations that you can make at home and impress your friends and family. Come to discover all the secrets of chocolate through the most inovative and sweet recipes.

    • Start 17/05/2019
    • Total 5 hours
  • Bakery Management: Organize & Administrate

    Marketing, costing, leadership, sales, administration, change Management, in one of the most useful seminars for your business. The seminar analyzes basic concepts of administration that ensure the achievement of results in the modern bakery and pastry shop. Students will understand the behaviors required for the efficient operation of the business. They will learn the mobilization and recognition techniques for their employees in order to achieve high performance in an environment that favors productivity..

    • Start 20/05/2019
    • Total 18 hours
  • Love to Bake Courses: Cookies and Biscuits with Oil and Butter

     

    A seminar full of sweetness. The famous chef, Kostis Kostakis, will introduce you to the secrets of the biscuits and cookies. Whether you use butter or oil, the variaty of recipes that you will create will not only be enjoyable but also entertaining. Do not miss a seminar full of scents and smells.

    • Start 24/05/2019
    • Total 5 hours
  • Love to Bake Courses: Tarts, Sweets and Salty

     

    A seminar for tarts with buttery and crumbly doughs. Come and create fluffy fillings, sweet and salty, that will satisfy all the tastes. Whether as a dessert, or as a main dish, or as an afternoon dish, tarts are a delightful proposal that always excites.

    • Start 31/05/2019
    • Total 5 hours
  • Sandwich: Bread Baking & Filling Recipes - Cold Meals: Salads

    Techniques for sandwich breads and delicious fillings, fresh salad incredients, in order to create beloved snacks.

    • Start 03/06/2019
    • Total 18 hours