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Short courses to help develop your baking and pastry craft.

Lavonne’s popular short-term courses offer a wide variety, ranging from bread and chocolate making to French pastries and decoration.  Suited for those aiming to pursue a newfound interest in baking and confectionery or even those that require fine tuning of already acquired pastry skills! These hands-on classes are also combined with a fair amount of theoretical learning. And of course, students get to take home their baked creations at the end of the class. Regularity is the key to mastery, with the Weekend Course Package you can attend 8 of your favourite Weekend classes for a flat ₹35,000.

May 2025


Mastering Macarons

Crack the code to make perfect macarons, be it the French or Italian way! Learn the method of making the perfect macaron mix along with the piping and baking techniques! Also learn to make easy, fun and delicious filling to take your macarons to the next level.

  • French macarons with 4 varieties of fillings
  • Italian macarons with 4 varieties of fillings
Fee
5000
Date
Sat, May 24
Time
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Puff Pastry & Choux

A session of classical french pastries – for Puff, a showcasing of hand lamination, achieving a flakey, buttery pastry with a sweet & savoury filling to add on to the deliciousness. For Choux, the beauty of making, piping & baking choux buns & good old eclairs alongside flavors of creme patissiere.

Puff Pastry

  • Savoury puff
  • Apple turnovers

Choux Pastry

  • Chocolate Profiteroles with chocolate pastry cream and Chocolate Namelaka
  • Mango Eclair with mango pastry cream with Vanilla Namelaka

 

Fee
5000
Date
Sat, May 31
Time
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

June 2025


Celebration Cakes (2-day Workshop | Eggfree)

2-day Workshop

Master techniques for tall cakes frosted with buttercream or ganache, and learn a variety of piping styles, garnishing methods, and modern decorative approaches using chocolate and complementary mediums. The session also delves into essential tips, tricks, and calculations for achieving perfect cake layering and balanced fillings, with valuable insights into designing visually striking and structurally sound cakes.

  • Blackberry Passion & Mint – Tall cake (eggless) • Vanilla sponge • Blackberry ganache cream • Passion fruit curd • Butter cream • Mint cream
  • Banana Toffee Caramel (eggless) • Banana pecan Sponge • Whipped Coffee caramel • Banana spread • Caramel Chantilly  • Pecan praline
  • Chocolate Hazelnut & Coffee – Glazed (eggless) • Chocolate sponge • Chocolate & coffee filling • Hazelnut praline • Hazelnut crunch • Chocolate ganache • Chocolate glaze
Fee
9500
Date
Thu, Jun 5
Time
9:00 am to 6:00 pm

Celebration Cakes

Learn the making, baking & layering of these celebration cakes, getting a beautiful finish, along with a handful of elements to play around with, flavour, compositions & much more!

  • Chocolate Truffle Cake: • Chocolate cake • Cocoa nib syrup • Corn flakes crunch • Chocolate ganache cream • Dark ganache
  • Pineapple Coconut Cake: • Genoise sponge • Sugar syrup • Pineapple confit • Coconut ganache cream • Lemon Italian meringue buttercream • Cocoa butter spray
  • Carrot Cake: • Spiced Carrot Cake • Caramelised white chocolate cheese • Walnut crumble
Fee
5500
Date
Sat, Jun 7
Time
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Advanced Bread & Sourdough (2-day Eggless Masterclass)

2-day masterclass with Chef Avin Thaliath

Led by Chef and Author Dr. Avin Thaliath, the session focuses on developing and maintaining your own levain, mastering techniques for handling high-hydration doughs, and understanding the critical steps involved in crafting a huge variety of sourdough and artisanal breads.

  • Viennese bread • Braided bread • Seeded Bagels • Hot dog pretzel • Whole wheat baguette • Orange, cranberry and melon seeds loaf • Black garlic, aged cheddar and jalapeño sourdough • Multigrain / 7-grain sourdough • Tumeric, caramelized onions and zaatar sourdough • Sourdough ciabatta • Schiacciata con l’uva
Fee
25000
Date
Mon, Jun 9
Time
9:00 am to 6:00 pm

Bonbons, Chocolate & Confectionery (2-day Eggless Masterclass)

2-day masterclass with Chef Anosh Ranbhise

Over two intensive days, learn professional methods for cocoa butter color application, layering textures, balancing flavors, balancing ganaches and perfecting finishes across a wide range of products—from egg-free bonbons and signature chocolate bars, to pâte de fruit, nougat, and marshmallows. Ideal for professionals looking to refine their skills and expand their chocolate repertoire, for businesses to introduce innovative products with good shelf-life suitable for premium gifting.

  • Bonbons – colored (eggfree) • Almond Espresso Crunch • Mandarin Cheesecake • Rose Coconut • Raspberry Caramelised White Chocolate • Caramello Fleur de sel
  • Framed Ganaches (eggfree) • Milk Chocolate Bourbon • Pistachio Cremino
  • Bars (eggfree) • Mango Cashew Caramel • Pecan Burin • Krispy Krunch • Tiramisu
  • Confections • Strawberry Sichuan Pepper Pâte de fruit • Nougat Montélimar (contains egg) • Vanilla Raspberry Marshmallow (contains gelatine) • Almond Dragées (hand-made)
Fee
18000
Date
Wed, Jun 11
Time
9:00 am to 6:00 pm

Entremets

This between-the-layers workshop is all about constructing perfect entremets with different textures! Along with the right recipes and balanced ratios, you will also learn the glazing, garnishing and finishing techniques to make your entremets look the most exquisite!

Coffee & Hazelnut

  • Coffee & Hazelnut Moelleux
  • Coffee Cremeux
  • Hazelnut Praline Crunch
  • Milk Chocolate Coffee Mousse

Tropical

  • Banana Sponge
  • Exotic Fruit Compote
  • Passion Cremeux
  • Caramelized White Chocolate Mousse
  • Mirror Glaze
Fee
5500
Date
Sat, Jun 14
Time
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

All About Cheesecakes

This session swears by the best kinds of cheesecakes – learn the art of baking the creamiest cheesecakes with a burst of flavors, recipes that are bake & no-bake friendly, elements so classy & decadent, you’ll never say no to eating a slice of these! Understanding how to flavor them differently & making them look as gorgeous!

Basque Cheesecake

No Bake Cheesecake (with Mango Passion Gel)

Chocolate Cheesecake

  • Cherry confit
  • Chocolate mandola cookie
  • Gourmand glaze
  • Dark Chocolate Whipped Namelaka

Eggless Caramel Pecan Cheesecake

  • Baked cheesecake
  • Graham cracker crust
  • Soft caramel
  • Caramel chantilly
  • Pecan praline
Fee
5500
Date
Sat, Jun 21
Time
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Teatime Cakes

This workshop focuses on recreating some of the classic tea time cakes! Learn the recipes and techniques to take these cakes to the next level. Also discover the ways to make these cakes travel well and last longer.

  • Classic Lemon Tea Cake
  • Devil’s Chocolate Cake
  • Marble Cake
  • Carrot Cake
  • Banana Bread

 

Fee
5000
Date
Sat, Jun 28
Time
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

July 2025


Enriched Breads

From the classic sugar glazed donut to the most extravagant brioche, this workshop focuses on the techniques to create enriched doughs, with a bunch of delicious fillings!

  • Donuts: • Classic Glazed • Cinnamon Sugar • Coffee Cocoa
  • Berliners: • Peanut Butter Jelly • Vanilla Blueberry • Berry Jam
  • Brioche: • Brioche à Tête • Mascarpone-filled

 

Fee
4500
Date
Sat, Jul 5
Time
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Savoury Bakes

Step into the ‘hot’ side of our kitchen where we’ll be making a variety of savory products like tarts, quiches and bagels! Dive into the techniques of working with shortcrust pastry and baking perfect bagels!

  • Mushroom Thyme & Spinach Tart
  • Oriental Chicken Tart
  • Caramelized Onions & Feta Cheese Tart
  • Calzone
  • Jerusalem Bagels

 

Fee
4500
Date
Sat, Jul 12
Time
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Breakfast Pastries

Learn the art of lamination & beauty of having layers of butter & dough coming together to form the best version of a flakey, buttery & scrumptious pastry with a variety of fillings & looks, taking it up a notch!

  • Classic Croissant
  • Chocolate Croissant
  • Almond Croissant
  • Almond Marzipan
  • Cinnamon Roll (Cinnamon Roll Mix)
  • Fruit Danish
  • Almond Cream & Pastry Cream

 

Fee
5000
Date
Sat, Jul 19
Time
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Basics in Bread

Learn how to make easy but delicious breads & understand the basic fundamentals of bread making, from selecting the right flour to proofing and baking of bread. This workshop is perfect for someone with very little or no experience in baking. These varieties of breads are great options for your day-to-day baking.

  • Soft rolls
  • Ladi Pav
  • Sandwich Loaf
  • Burger Bun
  • Grissini
Fee
4500
Date
Sat, Jul 26
Time
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

August 2025


Cupcakes, Cookies & Muffins

A perfectly frosted cupcake could fix all our problems! This workshop will take you through all the recipes and techniques to make decadent cupcakes, creamy frostings, fudgy cookies and more. Understand how to create the best cookie doughs and muffin batters that give you the best texture.

  • Chocolate Cupcake
  • Red Velvet Cupcake
  • Vanilla Caramel Cupcake
  • Apple Oats Muffin
  • Double Chocolate Chip Cookie
  • Oatmeal Cranberry Cookie
  • Lemon Crinkle Cookie
Fee
4500
Date
Sat, Aug 2
Time
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Eggless Baking

This workshop is specially designed to equip you with the understanding of eggless baking! Apart from learning recipes, you will be taught the concepts of finding suitable eggless substitutes!

  • Peanut Butter Cookie
  • Lime & Coconut Tart
  • Dark Chocolate Cupcake
  • Blondie
  • Chocolate Jaggery & Whole Wheat Loaf
Fee
5500
Date
Sat, Aug 16
Time
9:00 am to 5:00 pm