BA in Restaurant Management
Course Overview
The BA in Restaurant Management is a three-year UK Level 6 honours degree developing next-generation restaurant general managers for independents, groups and hotel outlets. Sitting inside the LSCAHM Hospitality Management department, the programme is aligned with Institute of Hospitality restaurant-operations themes, UKHospitality standards and Craft Guild of Chefs F&B benchmarks, and includes a year-two placement in a restaurant group or hotel F&B operation.
By graduation you are running a full-service restaurant, controlling P&L, leading a hybrid front-of-house and kitchen brigade, and completing a final-year dissertation or capstone commissioned by a UK operator.
Key Features
- Curriculum aligned with Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality and Craft Guild of Chefs benchmarks.
- Compulsory year-two placement inside a restaurant group or hotel F&B operation.
- Live service leadership across LSCAHM teaching restaurants.
- Modules on menu engineering, guest experience and P&L management.
- Small tutor-visible cohorts across on-campus, online and distance modes.
- Final-year dissertation or sponsor capstone supervised by senior restaurant operators.
What You Will Learn
- Run a full-service restaurant from mise en place to end-of-service reconciliation.
- Lead a hybrid front-of-house and kitchen brigade to a single guest journey.
- Manage restaurant P&L across covers, spend-per-cover, wage and cost of sale.
- Design a menu, service style and floor plan to a target guest.
- Apply UK licensing, food safety and employment law to daily operations.
- Handle guest recovery, reputation management and reviews.
- Report weekly restaurant performance to a group operations director.
- Present a strategic restaurant-development proposition.
Who This Course Is For
- School leavers targeting restaurant management careers.
- Restaurant supervisors and assistant managers formalising credentials.
- Advanced Diploma holders moving to a full UK honours degree.
- International applicants seeking a UK-recognised restaurant BA.
- Family-restaurant successors preparing for ownership.
Career Pathways
- Restaurant Manager
- General Manager (Restaurant)
- Group Restaurant Manager
- Assistant General Manager (Hotel F&B)
- Multi-unit Restaurant Manager
- Restaurant Operator (Owner Track)
- Bar and Restaurant Manager
- F&B Business Development Manager
The LSCAHM careers service supports every BA cohort with placement matching, alumni introductions and an annual industry-careers day featuring restaurant groups and hotel F&B operations.
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 your interest in restaurant management.
- International applicants receive dedicated visa and accommodation support from LSCAHM admissions.
Why Study at LSCAHM
LSCAHM teaches restaurant management alongside kitchen craft, tourism, events and food business. That interlock produces general managers who can hold their own with chefs, marketing teams and owners alike.
Central London places restaurant groups, the Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom.
Apply for BA in Restaurant Management
Applications for the BA in Restaurant Management open across UCAS-cycle and rolling international windows. Apply for the LSCAHM Bachelor's programme with industry placement included and admissions response within one working day. Enrol Now.
