BA in Restaurant Business Management
Course Overview
The BA in Restaurant Business Management at LSCAHM is a three-year UK Level 6 honours degree with part-time and accelerated routes. The programme reads a restaurant business end to end — concept, unit economics, kitchen, service, brand, digital, hiring, expansion — and prepares graduates to take the reins of an independent restaurant or a small restaurant group in the UK or internationally. Alignment references UKHospitality, Institute of Hospitality and Chartered Institute of Marketing hospitality streams.
By graduation, students have completed a year-two placement inside a UK restaurant operation and a final-year capstone on a live restaurant-business question, launching into restaurant management, operations or ownership tracks.
Key Features
- Three-year honours degree with placement year in a UK restaurant operation
- Curriculum aligned with UKHospitality and Institute of Hospitality
- Modules on concept design, unit economics and multi-site expansion
- Marketing, digital and delivery-platform strategy modules
- Named tutor progression through to final-year capstone submission
- Placement matching from the LSCAHM careers service
What You Will Learn
- Design defensible restaurant concepts from insight through to unit economics
- Model restaurant P&L, cash flow and lease-affordability decisions
- Lead front-of-house and kitchen teams as a general manager
- Manage suppliers, menu costing and margin discipline
- Plan multi-site expansion, franchising or licensing pathways
- Design marketing and PR campaigns for restaurant launches
- Manage delivery, click-and-collect and third-party channel strategy
- Deliver a research-informed capstone on a live restaurant question
Who This Course Is For
- School-leavers targeting restaurant operations or ownership careers
- Working supervisors moving toward assistant-manager or manager roles
- Family-business successors modernising a restaurant operation
- International students preparing for UK restaurant careers
Career Pathways
- Restaurant Operator progressing to Restaurant Manager
- General Manager (Hotel/Restaurant) — restaurant focus
- F&B Business Development Manager
- Hospitality Business Consultant
- Multi-unit Manager (restaurants)
- Café Owner and Restaurant Owner tracks
- Hospitality Brand Manager (restaurant groups)
The LSCAHM careers service supports BA students with placement matching, restaurant-employer introductions and annual industry-careers days across the UK restaurant sector.
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
LSCAHM is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts across culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business. Central London puts independent restaurants, restaurant groups and UKHospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom.
Three parallel study modes and the annual careers day let BA students combine placement, part-time work and study without gaps.
Apply for BA in Restaurant Business Management
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