MA in Culinary Arts
Course Overview
The MA in Culinary Arts is a UK Level 7 research-informed programme running one year full-time or two years part-time in the culinary arts and gastronomy portfolio at LSCAHM. Content is aligned with Craft Guild of Chefs senior standards, Royal Academy of Culinary Arts practice and City & Guilds culinary progression.
By graduation you are producing a research-quality dissertation, capstone or sponsor project on a live culinary question, ready for senior kitchen or culinary-education leadership.
Key Features
- One year full-time or two years part-time, on-campus, online or by distance learning.
- Modules aligned with Craft Guild of Chefs and Royal Academy of Culinary Arts practice.
- References to City & Guilds progression frameworks.
- Live sponsor projects with London restaurants, hotel kitchens and food-culture partners.
- Dissertation, capstone or sponsor consulting project as final submission.
- Named programme-tutor and small tutor-visible cohorts.
What You Will Learn
- Senior culinary practice across savoury, cold and pastry sections.
- Menu research, tasting-panel design and structured sensory analysis.
- Culinary leadership across brigade and kitchen management.
- Food heritage, culture and contemporary reinterpretation.
- Sustainability of ingredient and process at operating scale.
- Kitchen pedagogy for culinary educators and mentors.
- Publication, media and food-culture communication.
- Research methods and dissertation practice at Master's level.
Who This Course Is For
- Head chefs moving into executive-chef and consulting roles.
- Culinary educators formalising their credential.
- Chef-founders defining a mature culinary identity.
- Bachelor's graduates progressing to research-informed practice.
Career Pathways
- Head Chef
- Executive Chef
- Culinary Development Chef
- Culinary Educator
- Menu Development Consultant
- R&D Chef
- Food Stylist
The LSCAHM careers service supports Master's applicants with mentoring, sponsor supervisors and introductions to London restaurants, hotel kitchens, food publishers and culinary schools.
Entry Requirements
- A UK Bachelor's degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent international qualification in a relevant discipline.
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Applicants without a Bachelor's degree but with 5+ years of senior professional experience in culinary or hospitality are considered on portfolio.
- One academic and one professional reference.
- A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement on the culinary focus.
Why Study at LSCAHM
LSCAHM is a specialist division of Harold International College of London where culinary arts is taught by practising chefs and read as inseparable from hospitality, food business and cultural practice.
Central London puts the Craft Guild of Chefs, Royal Academy of Culinary Arts and the wider culinary economy within a short tube ride of every classroom.
Apply for MA in Culinary Arts
Applications for the MA in Culinary Arts open on a rolling calendar. Enrol on an LSCAHM Master's programme, dissertation, capstone or sponsor project supervised by practising chefs, hoteliers, event directors and industry executives. Enrol Now.
