BA in Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management
Course Overview
The BA in Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management at LSCAHM is a UK Level 6 honours degree delivered over three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes. The programme is the flagship of the Executive and Integrated Hospitality Studies portfolio and reads culinary practice and hospitality leadership as one continuous discipline, aligned with Craft Guild of Chefs, Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality standards.
By graduation, students are running kitchen brigades, planning restaurant openings, managing service teams and reporting commercial performance to owner groups, supported by a structured placement year with a hotel group, restaurant operator or luxury venue.
Key Features
- Three-year UK honours degree with a placement year in year two
- Curriculum aligned with Craft Guild of Chefs, Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality
- Kitchen practicals, live restaurant service and hospitality operations blocks
- Weekly seminars with named programme-tutor support
- Careers introductions to Michelin-starred kitchens and luxury hotel groups
- Final-year capstone dissertation or client hospitality project
What You Will Learn
- Lead a classical brigade through mise en place, service and close-down
- Plan and cost menus for restaurant, banquet and event service
- Manage front-of-house and back-of-house teams as one operation
- Read hotel and restaurant P&L reports and produce departmental forecasts
- Design guest experience for luxury and premium hospitality settings
- Coordinate openings, refurbishments and menu launches
- Apply UK food safety, allergen, licensing and employment frameworks
- Research industry practice through an honours-level dissertation
Who This Course Is For
- School leavers seeking a full honours route into UK culinary and hospitality careers
- Kitchen and floor staff aiming for a graduate credential
- International applicants targeting a UK hospitality management career
- Career changers moving into culinary and hospitality leadership
Career Pathways
- Hospitality Operations Manager
- Restaurant Manager
- Head Chef (independent operators)
- General Manager (Hotel/Restaurant)
- Executive Assistant Manager
- Culinary and Hospitality Integrator
- Guest Experience Director (junior)
The LSCAHM careers service maintains introductions with hotel groups, Michelin-starred restaurants and luxury venues in central London, and hosts an annual industry-careers day for BA students.
Entry Requirements
- A-levels (or equivalent) at BBB or above, OR a UK Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Two academic references and a personal statement outlining culinary and hospitality interests.
- International applicants receive dedicated visa and accommodation support from LSCAHM admissions.
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. LSCAHM reads culinary arts and hospitality management as one integrated discipline, giving BA graduates the range of tools senior kitchen and hospitality operators actually need.
Central London places Michelin-starred kitchens, luxury hotel groups, the Institute of Hospitality and the Craft Guild of Chefs within a short tube ride of every classroom.
Apply for BA in Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management
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