MBA in Food Business and Entrepreneurship
Course Overview
The MBA in Food Business and Entrepreneurship is a UK Level 7 research-informed postgraduate degree aligned with Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, Chartered Management Institute and HOSPA senior-practice themes. It runs one year full-time or two years part-time and prepares senior food business practitioners and entrepreneurs to found, scale and lead food businesses across restaurants, product and food-service ventures.
By graduation, students defend a substantial dissertation, capstone or sponsor consulting project that argues a food business decision from first principles and models its impact on unit economics, funding and growth.
Key Features
- Level 7 research-informed syllabus benchmarked to Chartered Management Institute and Institute of Hospitality senior standards.
- Applied studios covering unit economics, fundraising, franchising and food product commercialisation.
- Dissertation, capstone or sponsor consulting project supervised by senior food business practitioners.
- Research methods training tailored to food business, entrepreneurship and consumer insight.
- Sponsor briefs available from London restaurant groups, food product businesses and food-service investors.
- Named programme tutor across all three delivery modes.
- Access to Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality and HOSPA research networks.
What You Will Learn
- Build a food business model with clean unit economics.
- Structure funding rounds, term sheets and investor communications.
- Manage restaurant, product and food-service ventures through growth phases.
- Evaluate franchising, licensing and multi-unit expansion strategies.
- Research food consumer trends using mixed methods.
- Lead cross-functional teams across kitchen, product, marketing and operations.
- Coach founding teams through change and scale-up.
- Present food business cases to boards, investors and lenders.
Who This Course Is For
- Senior food business practitioners moving into founder or scale-up roles.
- Culinary entrepreneurs preparing to launch or extend food businesses.
- Hospitality general managers preparing for equity or investor-track roles.
- Working professionals studying part-time or on distance mode while leading food ventures.
- International applicants building UK senior-track food business credentials.
Career Pathways
- Hospitality Business Consultant
- Multi-unit Manager
- Hospitality Programme Manager
- Innovation Manager (Hospitality)
- Group Operations Manager
- Guest Experience Director
- Hospitality Strategy Analyst
- Hospitality Sustainability Lead
The LSCAHM careers service partners with London restaurant groups, food product businesses and food-service investors to open sponsor briefs and senior food business interviews for MBA students.
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 food business, culinary or hospitality experience are considered on portfolio.
- One academic and one professional reference.
- A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement outlining your intended food business focus.
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, so food business and entrepreneurship is taught alongside menu, service and strategic context.
Central London places restaurant groups, food product businesses, the Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom, and three parallel study modes support senior practitioners.
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