• Students Bakery School won 1st place at the WorldSkills Confectionery and Bakery Olympiad, in both specializations.
Held in Cluj-Napoca on February 17, 2023, the WorldSkills Confectionery and Bakery Olympiad was won by Bakery School students. In total, 22 students from 6 high schools in the country, the best future bakers and confectioners in Romania, participated in this Olympiad, which consisted of two tests, for two specializations: confectionery and bakery.
The Olympiad, held according to the WorldSkills format and recognized by the Romanian Ministry of Education, was hosted by Bakery School Romania (the only school in a dual system in Romania dedicated to the bakery and pastry industry) together with Marin Technological High School Grigore Năstase, Tărtășești – Dâmbovița and Technological High School No. .1, Cluj-Napoca, with the support of Cluj-Napoca City Hall and the Cluj County School Inspectorate.
The competition started with the tests for confectionery, pastry. The students had as a test the creation of a birthday cake and 8 single portions, with different themes, of their choice. Cătălina Neagu, Corina Stoican, Andreea Rusu and Georgiana Burlan, Bakery School students, chose Majorat and Valentine's Day themes for the cake and single portions.
In the Confectionery specialization, the Bakery School team, made up of Cătălina Neagu and Corina Stoican, students in the 1th grade, placed XNUMXst, the second position on the podium being also occupied by Bakery School students, the team being made up of Andreea Rusu and Georgiana Burlan, students in the XNUMXth grade.
To the specialization Bakery, the test consisted of making a holiday roll, braided bread and bicolor croissants with filling.
The first place in this specialization was won by the Bakery School team consisting of Mihai Stoica and Ioana Niță, 3th grade. XNUMXrd place was won by the Bakery School XNUMXth grade team, made up of Andrei Filiaș and Gabriel Mihai.
About Bakery School
Bakery School Romania is the only dual system school in Romania dedicated to the confectionery, pastry and bakery industry. In September 2022, Bakery School opened a second school in Cluj-Napoca, in partnership with Technological High School No. 1, Cluj-Napoca. 61 students study at the Bakery School, of which 50 are from Marin Grigore Năstase Technological High School in Tărtășești commune, Dâmbovița county, and 11 from Technological High School No. 1 in Cluj-Napoca.
"We established this school in 2020, in the midst of a pandemic, to help the industry with skilled labor, but also to give a chance to children from disadvantaged communities to have a job, a future. Most of our students come from vulnerable backgrounds, from single-parent families and with very limited possibilities. The way they have evolved in their 3 years of high school is impressive and we are proud of them. Their results in this competition are a tangible proof of their evolution and a guarantee that they will have a bright future in the specialization they have chosen." said Gabriela Bereș, country manager for Central and Eastern Europe, Puratos.
Article written by Gabriela Dan, Editor of Arta Albă
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