Our Certified Programs

The Gluten Free Culinary School vs other online options

Sure, there are other options out there that address gluten-free baking but none will fully prepare you for a professional baking career like The Gluten Free Culinary School. When you look at the benefits of this program and the experience you will gain, there is really no comparison!

Learn Professional Skills in an Industrial Setting

We are the only professional-level gluten-free culinary school!  Our training course is set inside an industrial bakery, familiarizing students with equipment and professional kitchen etiquette and standards.  This ensures success whether our students go to work in a professional kitchen or open their own bakery. Our students will be comfortable with professional kitchen settings!

Personal Coaching is Included in the Program

This program allows you to directly interact with professionals in the field! Included in the program are monthly feedback calls with experts: gluten-free chefs, dieticians, accountants and other professionals who can share their experience, advice and answer your important questions along the way.

Learn from Professional Chefs with Backgrounds in Retail and Wholesale

It took us 2 years of trial and error with wholesale accounts to hone our wholesale menu. There may be gluten-free chefs on the internet who offer free classes to the public but, if you’ve ever tried these recipes, you’ll know that it is “hit and miss” as to whether the recipe will turn out as they say it will.  All our recipes are not just tried and true—they are currently being used in a professional setting, as well as in more than 40 wholesale clients across San Diego.

Classes are Formatted for the Professional Baker

The problem with the majority of free classes available online is they are formatted for the home baker—not the professional baker.  Our menu was created for high-volume production. While it might be fun to have a recipe that requires 12 unique steps, this recipe will cause you to lose money in a commercial setting where “time is money.”  Each of our recipes has been formatted to be the most efficient possible.  We have experimented with all the ways to shave time off the process and come up with the most time-efficient, cost-effective recipe strategy.

Many Free Internet Recipes Use a “Pre-Mixed” Gluten Free Flour Blend

While this is a fantastic option for a home bakery, these flours are either not available in large quantities (we purchase a 2000 lb. pallet of flour every 3 months) or they cost more than individual flours because they are pre-mixed.  We give you recipes for mixing flours, and we use flours that are easiest to source in commercial quantities.

Learn Excellent Recipes Loved by Our Customers

While we have our own clients that purchase from our retail locations, we also have feedback from our wholesale clients: 40 restaurants, hotels, and coffee shops across our city.  This enables us to have a pulse on GF dining habits.  For example, we know the muffin flavors that are liked by the majority of diners, as well as the cookie flavors that simply taste amazing—but don’t sell!  Just because a recipe is fantastic doesn’t mean it is appealing to customers, and this lesson has been repeated to us time and time again.  As such, our school curriculum includes the “crowd favorites” that are tried and true.