Advanced Diploma in Food Quality Systems
Course Overview
The Advanced Diploma in Food Quality Systems at LSCAHM is a UK Level 5 senior-track qualification of 12 to 15 months across on-campus, online and distance routes. The course develops end-to-end food quality practice, aligned with City & Guilds and Craft Guild of Chefs standards and drawing on UK food safety, allergen and traceability frameworks used in kitchens and small-scale production sites.
By graduation, students can design a food quality management plan, run HACCP-based audits, close corrective-action loops with kitchen and production teams and report quality performance to head chefs, production directors and food-safety leads.
Key Features
- UK Level 5 Advanced Diploma with confirmed Bachelor top-up credit transfer
- Curriculum aligned with City & Guilds and Craft Guild of Chefs standards
- HACCP-based audit design and corrective-action workshops
- Allergen management and traceability system exercises
- Supplier quality, provenance and specification workshops
- Careers introductions to restaurant, hotel and food-production employers
What You Will Learn
- Design HACCP-based quality plans for kitchens and small production sites
- Run supplier audits and quality specifications
- Investigate contamination, cross-contact and allergen incidents
- Close corrective-action loops with kitchen and production teams
- Interpret UK food-safety, allergen and traceability duties at senior level
- Support recall and withdrawal exercises
- Report quality performance to head chefs, GMs and production directors
- Contribute to sustainability and provenance reporting linked to quality
Who This Course Is For
- Kitchen supervisors moving into food-quality leadership
- Food quality assistants seeking a UK senior-track credential
- Small-production operators formalising quality management
- Career changers with quality or audit experience entering food
- International applicants specialising in UK food quality practice
Career Pathways
- Food Quality Lead
- HACCP Coordinator
- Culinary Development Chef (Quality)
- Kitchen Manager (Quality)
- Production Quality Officer
- Culinary Educator (Quality)
- R&D Chef (junior)
The LSCAHM careers service maintains introductions with restaurants, hotel groups and food-production businesses in London and the wider UK, and hosts an annual industry-careers day.
Entry Requirements
- A relevant Diploma (Level 4), Foundation Year, or at least two years of relevant professional experience in food or hospitality.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
- IELTS 6.0 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers.
- One academic or professional reference.
- Applicants with a quality portfolio (audits, specifications, corrective actions) are encouraged to include them.
Why Study at LSCAHM
The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts that read culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines.
Central London places kitchens, food-production businesses and the Craft Guild of Chefs within a short tube ride of every classroom.
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