The aim of the project is to train the participants in the preparation of bakeries and sweets for people with special dietary requirements (diabetics, cardiots, etc.). The individual objectives are: • determine the composition and nutritional value of foods, dietary guidelines and dietary patterns of groups with specific dietary requirements, • recognize good business practice, health and safety legislation, • be informed about the basic principles and functions of confectionery and bakery, • use the tools, devices and craftsmanship to design and manufacture innovative aesthetic and quality products suitable for people with special dietary requirements, • ensure the hygiene and safety of the final product they produce or manage to protect the consumer, • Encourage creativity, arts and • encourage design of innovative and original products.
Nowadays the shift of consumers to healthy food standards and the increase of patients with specialized nutritional requirements have increased the demand for production of special categories of bread, pastries and pastries and created demand in the domestic market for specialized craftsmen in the manufacture of products for people with special needs nutritional requirements. The needs of the market are: acquiring knowledge about the composition and nutritional value of foods, dietary instructions, dietary standards and dietary requirements of special groups, and making pastries and pastries for people with special dietary requirements. The Federation of Professionals and Craftsmen of Evia, following the developments in this sector, as it includes within the Bakeries and Confectioners' Associations, and in its effort to contribute to increasing their competitiveness through the creation of innovative, qualitative and specialized products, proceeded with the design of the program training "Bakery-confectionery techniques for special dietary requirements”. This concerns the theoretical training and practical training for 14 days in France, 20 members of the Association of Bakers and Confectioners of the Federation whose educational needs are identical to the needs of the domestic market.