How long is the BA in Culinary Tourism Studies?

The BA in Culinary Tourism Studies runs three years full-time (with part-time and accelerated routes), including a year-two industry placement and a final-year honours dissertation or capstone on a live culinary-tourism question.

How is the BA in Culinary Tourism Studies delivered?

The BA in Culinary Tourism Studies combines seminars, destination narrative labs, gastronomy tourism research and placement supervision. Online and distance routes share the seminar structure and named tutors.

Is this BA recognised in the UK?

Yes. The BA in Culinary Tourism Studies is a UK Level 6 honours degree benchmarked against Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Society culinary-tourism themes, closing with an honours dissertation.

What are the entry requirements for this BA?

Applicants need A-levels at BBB or above or a UK Access to HE Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits, plus GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 4/C. Non-native English speakers require IELTS 6.5 overall.

What does the BA cost and is funding available?

Full fees, instalment plans and scholarship eligibility for the BA in Culinary Tourism Studies are confirmed at enrolment. LSCAHM admissions issues named quotes and reviews part-payment or sponsor options with each applicant.

BA Culinary Tourism Studies | LSCAHM | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The BA in Culinary Tourism Studies is a three-year UK Level 6 honours degree (with part-time and accelerated routes) aligned with Craft Guild of Chefs, Institute of Hospitality, Tourism Society and Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT) themes. It is written for students preparing careers designing food-led destination products, festivals and gastronomy experiences for tourism boards, restaurants and food businesses.

By graduation, students are researching food identity, building destination narratives that place a dish inside a place, sitting a year-long industry placement, and completing an honours dissertation or capstone on a live culinary-tourism question.

Key Features

Level 6 honours curriculum benchmarked to Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Society culinary-tourism themes.
Year-two industry placement with a tourism board, DMO, restaurant destination or food-tourism operator.
Final-year honours dissertation or capstone on a live culinary-tourism question.
Food-identity research, gastronomy tourism and destination narrative labs.
Guest masterclasses from culinary-tourism consultants and destination chefs.
Access to Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Society student membership pathways.
Named academic tutor plus a placement mentor from year two.

What You Will Learn

Research and describe the food identity of destinations and regions.
Design food-led tourism products, itineraries and festival concepts.
Coordinate between chefs, tourism boards, farmers and event operators.
Interpret visitor and provenance data for culinary-tourism decisions.
Build destination narratives that place a dish inside a place.
Support sustainable food-tourism initiatives with community benefit.
Communicate culinary-tourism ideas through writing, film and social channels.
Deliver an honours dissertation to academic and industry review standard.

Who This Course Is For

College-leavers targeting careers at the crossroads of food and tourism.
Working chefs and tourism executives moving into culinary-tourism roles.
Career changers from marketing, media or public sector entering culinary tourism.
Applicants preparing for management-trainee schemes with tourism boards.
International applicants seeking a UK honours degree in culinary tourism with placement built in.

Career Pathways

Culinary Tourism Consultant
Destination Marketing Manager (Food)
Tour Operator (Food-led)
Culinary Events Programme Coordinator
Food Business Analyst (Destination)
Menu Development Consultant (Tourism)
Sustainable Tourism Consultant

The LSCAHM careers service opens interviews with tourism boards, culinary-tourism operators, destination consultancies and food-tourism programmes across the UK, and runs at least one industry-careers day each year with named recruiters at this crossroads.

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 describing your culinary-tourism 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, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines, which is exactly the ground culinary-tourism practice occupies.

Central London places Michelin-starred kitchens, luxury hotel groups, tourism boards and the Craft Guild of Chefs within a short tube ride of every classroom, and three parallel study modes let progressors and working practitioners complete the BA without leaving industry.

Apply for BA in Culinary Tourism Studies

Apply for the LSCAHM Bachelor's programme. Year-two industry placement is included, admissions responds within one working day, and named academic and placement supervision is confirmed at enrolment. Enrol Now