Promotional Packages and discounts on pastry & bakery Classes

Academy of Pastry Arts Malaysia

 

 

We are pleased to Announce our Pastry promotional packages Course

Platinum Package-
A series of 12 classes on every Friday and Saturday (each class is 2 days Hands on)
Actual cost is Rm 6000 for the above class.
what we Offer is a price of Rm 5000.
Best Feature -
6 month validity
Max of 4 time carry forward the class Or change of topic OR shift to any other class of the same price range.
You can also allow your friend or family to join any class on your behalf.
Can gift any of your class to them

Gold Package -
A series of 8 short classes on every Friday and Saturday (each class is 2 days Hands on)
Actual cost is Rm 4000 for the above classes .
what we Offer is a price of Rm 3400
Best Features-
4 month validity ,
Max of 3 time carry forward / change of topic facilities
you can also allow your friend or family to join any class on your behalf.
Can gift any of your class to them

Silver Package-
A series of 5 short classes on every Friday and Saturday (each class is 2 days Hands on)
Actual cost is Rm 2500 for the above classes .
what we Offer is a price of Rm 2000
Best features-
3 month validity
Max of 2 time carry forward / change of topic facilities
you can also allow your friend or family to join any class on your behalf.
Can gift any of your class to them

Note-

This offer is only on 2 days short classes only Friday/Saturday.
Package is only on full down paymentPastry classes

Journey of a Pastry Academy: Road to,,,,,,,Academy of Pastry Arts Malaysia- par...

Journey of a Pastry Academy: Road to,,,,,,,Academy of Pastry Arts Malaysia- par...: "Can You believe this Kind of Work Being Tough In any Academy In Asia?Atleast I never seen all these stuff in my Colleges. Asia Is different ..."

Journey of a Pastry Academy: Road to,,,,,,Academy of Pastry Arts Malaysia- part...

Journey of a Pastry Academy: Road to,,,,,,Academy of Pastry Arts Malaysia- part...: "Finally , I come up this Poster . I was liking it so much that I want this poster to show what we are all about. Now This Poster is actually..."

Road to,,,,,,Academy of Pastry Arts Malaysia- part 5

Finally , I come up this Poster . I was liking it so much that I want this poster to show what we are all about.
Now This Poster is actually acting as our main advertising signage. All the Official informations , press release and advertisement stuff were coming on this poster.
Thanks to chef Michel willaume ,Matthias scheubel, Peter Lourence and chef Aubione.
We were very much behind the schedule and so was Our First Media shoot. This was the first time I saw the way contractor and labour behave. Though I dont totally Blame them I know that these contractor alwasy 1-2 project going on. Any problem , they Quickly move their Labour to another site.
I was going Nuts as the Free rental time was already finished and I was actually paying the Rental.

Fortunately we didnt waste time from Our side. the chefs Team keep on doing the Purchase so that one go we can Move in the Academy.
Finally we move on to the Academy on 1 st August , 2010.
Good 15  days late then discussed..

Road to ,,,,,,,,,,,Academy of Pastry Arts Malaysia

This was a good feeling. Designing your Own kitchen. Its a graphical photograp but I was sure that once finall done its will be same or better then this.

well , Bakery has really come out good now. Nowdays all the multinational companies dealing with Oven, mixers and dough sheeters have a production unit in Asia. Speacially china and India.
Not That the quality is bad but the cost of raw material and Labour actually make the entire cost less then Half. I was still looking for a reliable Local Company and got My stuffs through Sinmag.It was what I was looking for the Price I pay.

I was very clear about the Main Pastry Kitchen. it has to be a marble table top with kitchen aid mixer and a hot plate on every table. I wanted every table to be equipped with its own trays,silpats,silicon moulds and paper rolls.
Vision was very clear and I saw the same in French pastry school during my US trip couple of years back.
William was taking time to get the things done on time. I was left with no other choice but to take some of his responsibility on me.It was getting tough as every evening I use to take Guillaume and Tan with to Ikea and start purchasing the furniture for Lounge.
I was doing everything except making pastry. Things were going a little difficult as now we were having an extra job of Purchasing also.Guillaume shows a great deal of responsibilty. His Appartment was a big store house as all the purchase of small equipment was getting store at his place.

what you see is not what have finally come..Its more darker colour with Black leather sofa and black table and wooden shelf.It was not a bad deal and I definitely Would suggest Entrepreneurs to understand the Market and do some surveys yourself before saying yes to a quote.
we got our stuff less then half the price.
I am sure you will be surprise on your visit to Academy as its a different colour.
we got the Secretary table back in the office.I dont know how to explain the difference but for sure ,its better now.
A very strange thing happen during this time. One of a very reputed college from Singapore call us asking for a kind of working together. Its was a difficult situation as we were not even Opened. May be they saw the website and got a different Idea. Anyway , it gives us a reason to smile.
For sure We were on a right track...........................

Road to,,,,,,Academy of Pastry Arts Malaysia- part 4

Website designing

Papia
I knew papia through Expat KL. You know looking for someone from your own country in a different land.we try to catch up sometime but never happen.
while my search for web designer got me back to her as I knew that she do some stuff like this.
couple of meeting and she was in designing the website for me.
It was difficult  as she had a great schedule , cant meet personally, out of malaysia on weekends  so we did all the stuff on mail. A person like me who is so hands on being a chef this was unacceptable but after couple of mess up we were moving in the direction. It was coming great. I must say.
Finally we come up with a great website with lots of room for changes which I decide to change in second stage.

Guillaume Joins us.

I like him from the first day. Very Unsual for a french to be so accomodative.he was. He start shifting to his appartment with his girlfriend.He was happy setting his things , new country. Poor guy ,with out realising what in store for him ....hahahhha. Now days he start his day at 7 am and finish 10 pm....hahahhha

Renovation
Biggest Nightmare
People start their Renovation with a work and we were starting with a back log. removing venyl  from the Previous tenant.Can you believe it? we got one month rental free from the owner and we use first 10 days only removing Venyl from the Last Tanent.
I was working for the first time with a contractor. Everything was new. Lots of importance from so many People. No complain .I was enjoying it.
But still pennyless......My salary was the Only source of funds.

Up till now, Things were getting too fast. the Business plan wan in my laptop for 8 month and now we were ready to open in a month.

Finances

Driving me crazy. Me and my friends who were my partners were trying to get money in every possible way. we were loosing money with every transaction.

Cool Breeze
Finally we got it fixed and Money start coming in.

offfffff,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Road to,,,,,Academy of Pastry Arts Malaysia- part 3

Every Business Book says that arrange the finances first....I was doing just opposite.
I did all my Planning from scratch to end without any money in hand.

Getting a location was not easy looking at what I was looking for. I was looking for a huge place where I can have different specialised pastry kitchens. chocolate room , sugar room , bakery , wedding cake room and main pastry kitchen. Till now I have already drafted my Kitchen so every time I was looking for a location I was trying to fit my kitchen Plans to them.
Hunt for a good pastry chef was going on. Applications were coming from all over the world.I was looking for a european pastry chef who can run the Academy for me.Its Not easy to put your money on someone you never met. My pastry chef friends all over the world were sending me resume.
At this moment of time I forgot to mention one  name...CHEF KEITH HURDMAN...first chef who came forward to help me and start talking to me.
we strated sharing resume and also working on our strategies.
WISMA THRIFTY
I saw this place by accident and love it at the first sight. After couple of weeks I got my agent to show me the same place. A huge 2nd floor , Pillarless and great visuals.This was the best place I could have got. I knew that.
GUILLAUME LEJEUNE
Director of Pastry Arts
I saw his resume and his work. He had some excellent training in France under some great chefs , trainined in best hotels and restaurants.Guillaume was having his own pastry shop in paris before moving to Oman to open a pastry shop.Finally he was working with a culinary school in Oman.
we exchanged couple of mails and Finally he was on board.
WILLIAM
My designer and contractor
A nice sober guy , funny a bit was not the first choice but came with recommendation from my friend Ranjit.
I like his simplicity thought it always give me back feel that can he carry this work with the Imagination and panache I am looking for?

JAMES FROM SINMAG

Rough guy with good hands on knowledge was the right choice from starting .I knew that.Very supportive and accomodative.
Infact he was the person who helped me get my Kitchen equipments , tables and steelwork contractor Leong.

LEONG
Look a bit rough to me, maybe because of his nature of work
But the team was getting ready and meeting were on the tables by now.

Contract were signed with all, designs were getting discussed , Quotations were flowing in without any Idea that I am pennyless......hahahhahha