Diploma in Restaurant Management
Course Overview
The Diploma in Restaurant 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 restaurant-management themes recognised by the Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality and the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), and treats floor leadership, F&B costing and guest-service standards as one connected practitioner discipline.
By graduation you are running a section as a supervisor, managing shift-level budgets and rotas, and stepping confidently into an assistant restaurant manager role.
Key Features
- Curriculum aligned with Institute of Hospitality restaurant-management themes and UKHospitality standards.
- Weekly seminars taught by practising restaurant managers and F&B leads.
- Modules on floor leadership, rota, cost, upsell and service standards.
- Practical shifts in central London teaching restaurants for on-campus students.
- Named programme-tutor support across on-campus, online and distance modes.
What You Will Learn
- Lead a restaurant floor section during service.
- Build shift rotas against covers, wage-percentage and service-standard targets.
- Read a simple F&B P&L including cost of sales and controllable costs.
- Design and coach upsell scripts for wine, sides and desserts.
- Manage complaint recovery to standard.
- Coordinate with the kitchen brigade during peak service.
- Report floor KPIs to the general manager and owner.
Who This Course Is For
- Head waiters and floor leads preparing for assistant restaurant manager roles.
- F&B supervisors moving into restaurant-management pipelines.
- Restaurant owners formalising their operational practice.
- International hospitality applicants building UK-recognised restaurant-management credentials.
Career Pathways
- Restaurant Manager
- Assistant Restaurant Manager
- Bar Manager
- Sommelier (with additional wine study)
- Duty Manager
- F&B Business Development Manager
The LSCAHM careers service runs at least one industry-careers day each academic year with London restaurant groups, gastro-pubs, hotel dining rooms and multi-site F&B operators.
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 restaurant-management progression aims.
- Applicants with front-of-house or hospitality experience are encouraged to reference it at application.
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, with live service shifts running through every year.
Central London places restaurant groups, hotel dining rooms and the Institute of Hospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom, keeping teaching close to a working London floor.
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