Hi Chembake,

I am beginning to guess you must be a great chef(bakery or pastry) or
at least working in the industry or a business owner

So what you are saying is, for the case where the person takes formal
education and apprenticeship concurrently, say the formal education
finishes after 1-2 years, but the person remains apprentice status an
extra 2-3 years so that after s/he accumulate a total of around 5 years
of apprenticeship expereince, s/he can becomes a pastry chef?

In your opinion, is it better and more popular to do formal education
(like TAFE etc) and apprenticeship concurrently?

How about do formal education first, and then find work in a pastry as
an apprentice? If I do this, how long would the apprenticeship takes?
Just 2-3 years since I already got the education or the pastries will
still insist on 5 years? The only reason I am considering this path is
I might take a part-time job while doing formal education like going to
TAFE.

As always, thank you so much for teaching me so much about the
industry.

Anthony