MBA in Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management
Course Overview
The MBA in Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a UK Level 7 postgraduate degree running one year full-time or two years part-time. Aligned with Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality and Chartered Management Institute (CMI) senior competency frameworks, it integrates culinary strategy, F&B commercial management and hospitality general management into a single executive credential.
By graduation you will be leading multi-property hospitality strategies, briefing culinary innovation cycles, negotiating supplier and franchise relationships, and delivering a dissertation, capstone or sponsor project for a hotel group, restaurant business or hospitality investor.
Key Features
- Level 7 executive modules aligned with Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, HOSPA and CMI benchmarks.
- Integrated culinary and hospitality strategy taught through case-based seminars.
- Sponsor projects supplied by hotel groups, restaurant investors and hospitality consultancies.
- Dissertation, capstone or consulting brief supervised by practising executives.
- Executive coaching aligned with Association of Corporate Executive Coaches norms.
- Three parallel delivery modes for on-campus, working-professional and distance MBA candidates.
What You Will Learn
- Design multi-property hospitality strategies and read portfolio performance.
- Integrate culinary innovation with commercial gross-profit and brand goals.
- Lead executive teams across kitchen, front-office and back-of-house functions.
- Structure supplier, franchise and management-contract relationships.
- Read hospitality investment thesis and asset-management outputs.
- Direct sustainability, ESG and workforce strategies.
- Deliver executive presentations to boards and investors.
- Complete a Level 7 dissertation or sponsor consulting project.
Who This Course Is For
- Senior hospitality managers stepping into general management.
- Executive chefs progressing into F&B director and culinary director roles.
- Hospitality consultants formalising a UK Level 7 executive credential.
- Family-business successors preparing to take over restaurant or hotel operations.
Career Pathways
- General Manager (Hotel/Restaurant)
- Hospitality Business Consultant
- Group Operations Manager
- Culinary & Hospitality Integrator
- Multi-unit Manager
- Innovation Manager (Hospitality)
- Hospitality Programme Manager
The LSCAHM careers service links MBA in Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management graduates with hotel groups, restaurant investment businesses, executive-search partners and hospitality consultancies operating from London.
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 for the MBA.
Why Study at LSCAHM
LSCAHM is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts, with hospitality, culinary and events read as interlocking disciplines at every level.
Central London places the Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, HOSPA and the head offices of major UK hotel groups within a short tube ride of every classroom, so MBA case work draws directly on the sector it serves.
Apply for MBA in Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management
Applications for the MBA in Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management open across the year. Enrol on an LSCAHM Master's programme, dissertation, capstone or sponsor project supervised by practising chefs, hoteliers, event directors and industry executives. Enrol Now
