How long is the MA in Culinary Education and Training?

The MA in Culinary Education and Training runs one year full-time or two years part-time. Distance and online learners follow the same MA in Culinary Education and Training curriculum with weekly live seminars.

How is the MA in Culinary Education and Training delivered?

The MA in Culinary Education and Training is delivered on-campus, online or by distance learning. On-campus students access LSCAHM teaching kitchens for peer teaching practice.

Is the MA in Culinary Education and Training UK-recognised?

Yes. The MA in Culinary Education and Training is a UK Level 7 Master's degree aligned with Craft Guild of Chefs, City & Guilds and Institute of Hospitality guidance on culinary teaching.

What are the entry requirements for the MA in Culinary Education and Training?

The MA in Culinary Education and Training requires a UK Bachelor's at 2:2 or an equivalent portfolio route. Senior chefs and trainers with 5+ years' experience are considered for the MA in Culinary Education and Training on portfolio.

What does the MA in Culinary Education and Training cost?

Tuition for the MA in Culinary Education and Training is quoted at application. LSCAHM admissions confirms payment plans, sponsorship and postgraduate funding routes for the MA in Culinary Education and Training in the offer letter.

MA Culinary Education and Training London | LSCAHM | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The MA in Culinary Education and Training is a UK Level 7 research-informed Master's running one year full-time or two years part-time across on-campus, online and distance routes. It is aligned with Craft Guild of Chefs, City & Guilds and Institute of Hospitality guidance for culinary teaching, apprenticeship design and workplace training.

By graduation you can design a culinary curriculum, write assessment tools mapped to UK vocational frameworks, deliver kitchen-floor training, evaluate learner progress and defend a dissertation on culinary education practice. Graduates move into college teaching, hotel and restaurant group training roles and independent culinary school leadership.

Key Features

Culinary pedagogy taught against City & Guilds and Craft Guild of Chefs standards.
Curriculum design against UK vocational and apprenticeship frameworks.
Assessment writing aligned with Institute of Hospitality practice.
Peer teaching practice in LSCAHM's London teaching kitchens.
Research methods for practitioner-focused culinary education dissertations.
Named dissertation supervisor from a UK culinary education background.
Three parallel study modes for working chefs, trainers and international educators.

What You Will Learn

Design culinary curricula mapped to City & Guilds and vocational level descriptors.
Write assessments that fairly capture technique, timing and pass discipline.
Plan and deliver kitchen-floor training and skills coaching.
Apply UK safeguarding and inclusive practice in culinary education settings.
Use apprenticeship end-point assessment models for chef learners.
Evaluate learner and cohort performance using workplace observation and evidence.
Lead teaching teams in a culinary school or hotel training environment.
Complete a Master's dissertation on a defined culinary education question.

Who This Course Is For

Head chefs and sous chefs moving into training, apprenticeship or teaching roles.
Working culinary teachers seeking a Master's-level pedagogical credential.
Hotel and restaurant group training leads formalising their practice.
Independent culinary school founders and lead tutors.

Career Pathways

Culinary Educator
Head of Culinary Training (Hotel/Restaurant Group)
Apprenticeship Lead (Culinary)
Culinary Curriculum Designer
Chef Trainer
Culinary Assessor
Head of Culinary School
Learning & Development Manager (Culinary)

The LSCAHM careers service runs at least one industry-careers day each academic year with London culinary schools, hotel group training departments and awarding organisations, and refreshes the culinary education curriculum against City & Guilds and Institute of Hospitality guidance.

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 chef, culinary training or education experience are considered on portfolio.
One academic and one professional reference.
A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement on culinary education.

Why Study at LSCAHM

The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London. LSCAHM teaches in small, tutor-visible cohorts and reads culinary arts, hospitality management and food business as one interlocking system, giving culinary educators a broader view of the sector their learners enter.

Central London places the Craft Guild of Chefs, Institute of Hospitality, City & Guilds and Royal Academy of Culinary Arts within a short tube ride of every classroom. Three parallel study modes let chef educators complete the MA without leaving practice.

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