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I signed up for the intro to pastry and baking course. Probably won't get through all the material in 4 months. Will I get a certificate?

Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Ken Rubin - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

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This event was on August 8, 2023

Join Chef Ken Rubin in his virtual office as he welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to Ask Anything – from cooking techniques to course-specific questions, to how to turn your cooking passion into profit or simply hearing the perspective of a professional chef, Chef Ken is ready to answer them all. Take advantage of this once a year chance to ask Rouxbe's Chief Culinary Officer anything!

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Aruna Durbin

I signed up for the intro to pastry and baking course. Probably won't get through all the material in 4 months. Will I get a certificate?

Answer

If you, um, are not able to get through the material and you will not be, um, awarded a certificate. If you need more time to do the program, my recommendation would be to send an email to our support team and let them know your situation and we can think about maybe putting your program on pause or just figuring out a way to give you some extra time so that you don't have to worry about, um, the time while you're in Paris. You should definitely use that time to enjoy yourself, uh, and not be worried so much about the the Rouxbe program, but certainly email us to let us know. Um, to get the certificate, you have to complete the program. That's just sort of the, the basic rules of that, uh, just to keep the academic integrity and out of fairness for all the other students who are, who are participating.

Ken Rubin

Chief Operating Officer

Ken Rubin is a nationally recognized chef, educator, food anthropologist and with over 25 years of broad culinary industry experience. He currently serves as the Chief Culinary Officer at Rouxbe, the world’s leading online culinary school that has helped over 600,000 people learn to cook better. Rouxbe delivers technique focused culinary instruction to home cooks, professional cooks and healthcare professionals around the world through leading edge partnerships with organizations such as Marriott International, Compass USA, The James Beard Foundation, Hyatt Hotels, Trilogy Health Services, Wegmans, The American College of Lifestyle Medicine and many others. Ken has also held top-level teaching and executive leadership positions at well-respected culinary academies and training organizations including Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America, Chefs.com, the Art Institute of Portland, and the Natural Epicurean Academy. Ken currently serves as the Chair of the James Beard Foundation’s Broadcast Media Awards Committee which oversees the national recognition for television, film, radio, and online food media content. Ken previously served as a Board Director for the International Association Culinary Professionals (IACP) before joining as Trustee and Chair of The Culinary Trust, IACP’s philanthropic foundation founded by Julia Child. Ken is a regular speaker and presenter at culinary and medical conferences. He received his BA from Colorado College and an MA in anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin. He and his family enjoy cooking and eating in Portland, Oregon.