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DIPLOMA IN RESTAURANT DESSERT CREATION

Start

November 2026

Duration

3 months on-site classes

Format

On-site

Price

5.800€

Language

Spanish. Real time English translation. Class material available in English + Free Spanish Classes

THIS DIPLOMA IS FOR ME IF...

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  • I want to improve dessert assembly, textures, plating and sweet finishes.
  • I am interested in working with ice creams, chocolate, mousses, gels and petits fours.
  • I want to create desserts designed for menus, kitchen pass and dining room service.
  • I want to specialise my profile in the dessert station within the restaurant industry.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMME

The training program consists of several modules of theoretical and practical sessions to develop your skills to the maximum. Small groups and work side by side with the best professionals.

You will work on technical preparations designed for restaurant desserts, learning to control mousses, compotes, gels, glazes and multi-layered assemblies. The focus will be on achieving stable, clean pieces adapted to the rhythm of service.

Key learning areas:

  • Mousses, crémeux and gels.
  • Compotes, jams and inserts.
  • Entremets assembly and glazes.
  • Control of texture, temperature and cut.

You will explore key tools to expand your restaurant dessert repertoire, from chocolate and bonbons to contemporary ice cream making. You will also work with resources such as moulds, technological ingredients, siphon, nitrogen and new meringues.

Key learning areas:

  • Chocolate, cocoa, bonbons and ganaches.
  • Ice creams, sorbets and specialised machinery.
  • Technological ingredients and new textures.
  • Siphon, nitrogen, moulds and contemporary meringues.

You will learn to create desserts designed for restaurants, integrating technique, sensory balance, aesthetics and kitchen pass logic. You will work on proposals that form part of a complete gastronomic experience, from pre-dessert to petit four.

Key learning areas:

  • Creation of restaurant desserts.
  • Development of pre-desserts.
  • Haute cuisine petits fours.
  • Composition, plating and rhythm of service.

You will explore new ways of building a sweet offer in restaurants, incorporating pairings, speciality coffee, lighter pastry, intolerances and vegan pastry. The aim is to adapt desserts to new diners without losing technique or coherence.

Key learning areas:

  • Pairings applied to desserts.
  • Speciality coffee and the sweet experience.
  • Lighter pastry and intolerances.
  • Vegan pastry and new diner demands.

METHODOLOGY

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The master’s degree applies a flipped classroom methodology, where theoretical content is worked on before each session, allowing campus time to focus on what really matters: practising, applying knowledge and making decisions in professional environments.

This approach is based on the science of learning, which shows that retention increases with involvement. Reading or listening allows us to retain around 10%–20%, while practice in a real environment can reach up to 90%.

Objectives of the Diploma

  • Develop technical judgement to design and execute restaurant desserts adapted to professional service.
  • Control textures, temperatures, assemblies and finishes in precise sweet preparations.
  • Apply ice cream, chocolate, mousse, gel and petit four techniques to restaurant proposals.
  • Integrate creativity, sensory balance and current trends into the construction of desserts, pre-desserts and sweet sequences.
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PROFESSORS
Experience and passion: meet the teachers who will accompany every step of your training
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ACADEMIC COORDINATOR

Adrián Morcillo

Specialised in avant-garde pastry, formulation and technical processes, he has developed his career between haute cuisine and contemporary pastry, working in kitchens with three Michelin stars.

With a Master’s Degree in Avant-Garde Pastry from Gasma, he has been recognised in national competitions such as Madrid Fusión and the Delité Young Pastry Chefs Competition, where he won the title of Best Young Pastry Chef in Spain. He currently brings his experience to the classrooms at Gasma.

MAIN TEACHING TEAM

  • Xavi Donnay – Specialist in restaurant desserts and haute cuisine petits fours.
  • Marc Jordana – Specialist in enzymes, textures and technical applications for restaurant pastry.
  • Ricard Martínez – Specialist in R&D and creative development of restaurant desserts.
  • Sergi Vela – Specialist in display-case pastry, individual desserts and contemporary products.

CONTACT US AND SOLVE ANY DOUBTS

Do you want to taste the promising future that awaits you?

DIPLOMA IN RESTAURANT DESSERT CREATION

5.800€
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1st payment
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TOTAL
International Fee
2.030 € (48h after admission)
2.030 €   (30 days after Master's start)
1.740 €  (60 days after Master's start)
5.800 €
650€ (optional international students)

Next call: November 2026. 

Classes: Information will be available soon

Internship period: Consult the tutor about the possibility of completing extracurricular internships.

Format: On-site

Located: Castellón, Spain (see location)

Language: Spanish. Simultaneous translation into English.

Credits: 36 ECTS (Credit system)

Extras included in the registration fee:

  • Attendance to master classes, conferences and extracurricular seminars
  • All food products used are included in the fees.
  • Uniform included: black jacket and trousers, chef's hat and apron.
  • Professional tool kit.
  • Extracurricular internships (voluntary)
  • Individual locker
  • Access to the Library

ADMISSION & ENROLLMENT PROCESS

If you already know that you want to study with us, enrolling in our training is very easy.

You must fill in the admission form that you can find in the button 'START ENROLLMENT'.

You will then receive an email confirming receipt of your application and we will contact you via email / call / whatsapp to move on to the next phase of the process: the interview with the Admissions Committee.

Within 24 hours of receiving your application, you will be scheduled for a personal interview* with a member of the Gasma faculty or admissions team.

The purpose of the interview is to get to know the candidates, and to assess their knowledge of the industry and their aptitude for the program.

In this interview, we will let you know if you need to provide any additional documents to complete your application.

* If you are unable to attend in person, the interview can also be conducted via Skype.

After the personal interview, the Admissions Committee will evaluate your application.
Once your application has been evaluated, we will inform you of the result.

If you have been accepted... Congratulations! The admission process has been completed.

In order to secure your place, it is necessary to formalize the payment of the reservation.

Once the place reservation is paid, we will review with you again the necessary documentation for your enrollment. Remember that you must have sent us the following information: ID/Passport, Resume or Letter of motivation and required academic documentation (if necessary).

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Gasma is located in Castellón de la Plana (Valencian Community), Spain. The nearest airport is Valencia International Airport (70 km away). Our city is 2 hours by train from Barcelona and just under 3 hours from the capital of Spain, Madrid.

Gasma - Gastronomic Campus
Avenida Enrique Gimeno, 67
12006 Castellón, Spain, EU
Tel: +34 964 217 649

Our international student body continues to grow. We have students of more than 75 nationalities. European students do not need a visa to study in Spain. On the other hand, non-European students must obtain the corresponding visa that includes the authorization to stay in the country.

Students from certain countries are exempt from obtaining a visa as long as their stay in Spain does not exceed three months.
The visa will be requested and issued at the Spanish Consular Offices abroad. Once in Spain, Gasma offers non-EU students the optional International Fee service: with it, they can apply for the foreign student card through the Immigration Office or the corresponding police station within one month of their arrival.

To make your stay easier and more comfortable during your studies, Gasma has agreements with various organizations to provide our students with accommodation options nearby. In advance of your arrival you will be able to choose and reserve your accommodation in an apartment, student residence, etc. Contact our admissions department to clarify any doubts regarding this issue.

This diploma does not include curricular internships, but it does offer the possibility of completing voluntary extracurricular internships in professional environments linked to the gastronomy sector. To do so, students must first consult their academic tutor.