BA in International Culinary and Tourism Management
Course Overview
The BA in International Culinary and Tourism Management at LSCAHM is a UK Level 6 honours degree delivered over three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes available on-campus, online or by distance learning. The programme sits inside the Executive & Integrated Hospitality Studies department and is aligned with UK integrated-hospitality themes recognised by the Institute of Hospitality, the Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT) and UKHospitality. It reads culinary arts and tourism management as one integrated international discipline.
By graduation you are running culinary events for tourism partners, designing itineraries with credible food-and-beverage anchor points, and completing a year-two placement inside an internationally facing hospitality operator.
Key Features
- Kitchen practicals paired with tourism-strategy seminars.
- Curriculum aligned with Institute of Hospitality and ITT integrated-hospitality themes.
- Year-two placement in a hotel, tour operator, DMO or destination restaurant.
- Guest lectures from culinary tourism operators and DMO chief executives.
- Three parallel study modes for progressors, working practitioners and international applicants.
What You Will Learn
- Cook regional and international menus to service standard.
- Design culinary itineraries for tourism operators and DMOs.
- Plan food-focused events for destination promotion.
- Read international tourism data and destination portfolios.
- Manage bilingual guest service in premium and luxury contexts.
- Cost integrated culinary-tourism experiences to profitability targets.
- Coordinate operations across kitchen, F&B and tourism-front teams.
- Write and defend a final-year capstone bridging culinary and tourism practice.
Who This Course Is For
- International hospitality applicants seeking a UK integrated degree.
- Culinary practitioners moving into tourism-facing roles.
- Tourism officers extending into F&B and culinary destination work.
- Family-business successors preparing to lead integrated hospitality ventures.
Career Pathways
- Culinary & Hospitality Integrator
- Guest Experience Director
- Tourism Manager
- Destination Marketing Manager
- Executive Assistant Manager
- Resort Manager
- Hospitality Business Consultant
The LSCAHM careers service runs at least one industry-careers day each academic year with hotel groups, tour operators and destination-management companies actively recruiting into integrated hospitality roles.
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.
- International applicants receive dedicated visa and accommodation support from LSCAHM admissions.
Why Study at LSCAHM
The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management sits within Harold International College of London and teaches in small tutor-visible cohorts. LSCAHM reads culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines, which is precisely the model this integrated degree needs.
Central London places luxury hotel groups, culinary tourism operators and the Institute of Travel and Tourism within a short tube ride of every classroom.
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