Diploma in Food Quality Management
Course Overview
The Diploma in Food Quality Management at LSCAHM is a UK Level 4 practitioner qualification running 9 to 12 months on-campus, online or by distance learning. The programme is aligned with UK food-safety practice recognised by the Craft Guild of Chefs, City & Guilds (UK) and the Institute of Hospitality and treats HACCP, allergen control, supplier audit and quality reporting as one integrated discipline for kitchens, catering operators and food businesses.
By graduation you can audit a food operation against a working HACCP plan, brief suppliers on quality specifications, and hold a credible conversation with an Environmental Health Officer on a compliance visit.
Key Features
- Curriculum aligned with Craft Guild of Chefs safe-practice guidance and City & Guilds food-safety competencies.
- Modules on HACCP, allergen labelling, temperature control and traceability.
- Weekly seminars with practising food-safety managers and quality auditors.
- Case-based teaching drawn from London hotel kitchens, restaurant groups and central production.
- Named programme-tutor support across on-campus, online and distance modes.
What You Will Learn
- Build a HACCP plan against the seven principles.
- Manage allergen labelling and communication under UK law at introductory level.
- Audit suppliers against a food-quality specification.
- Run temperature-control programmes across storage, cooking and service.
- Manage traceability and recall procedures.
- Investigate customer complaints and non-conformances credibly.
- Report food-quality KPIs to head chefs and general managers.
Who This Course Is For
- Sous chefs and chefs de partie specialising into food safety and quality.
- Catering-operations coordinators moving into quality-manager roles.
- Food-business founders formalising HACCP and traceability.
- International culinary professionals building UK-recognised food-quality credentials.
Career Pathways
- Food Safety Manager
- Quality Assurance Officer
- Kitchen Manager
- Culinary Development Chef
- Head Chef (quality focus)
- Food Business Analyst
The LSCAHM careers service runs at least one industry-careers day each academic year connecting Diploma students with hotel groups, catering operators, central production units and food-manufacturing recruiters actively hiring for quality and safety roles.
Entry Requirements
- A Level 3 qualification (A-levels, BTEC, Access to HE) or equivalent, OR a relevant Certificate at LSCAHM.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
- IELTS 5.5 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers, or equivalent.
- A personal statement outlining your food-quality progression aims.
- Applicants with kitchen, front-of-house or catering experience are encouraged to reference it at application.
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 sharpens the reading of food-quality signals across a supply chain.
Central London places hotel kitchens, restaurant groups and the Craft Guild of Chefs within a short tube ride of every classroom.
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