Culinary Industry Management
The culinary world has expanded far beyond the kitchen. Today's food industry encompasses restaurant groups, hotel chains, food technology companies, media and publishing, hospitality consulting, and a growing landscape of food entrepreneurship and innovation. Understanding it requires not only culinary skill but business acumen, management capability, and an understanding of the commercial, cultural, and regulatory forces that shape food businesses of every kind.
A degree that combines culinary training with industry management is designed precisely for those who want to operate at this intersection.
This three-year full-time BBA at Birkbeck College is jointly delivered with Le Cordon Bleu, one of the world's most respected culinary arts institutions, making it a genuinely distinctive programme. You will develop a firm foundation in culinary techniques through Le Cordon Bleu's renowned practical training, while simultaneously studying the management and development skills required of chefs and food business leaders. Topics spanning business strategy, operations, finance, marketing, and the specific dynamics of the hospitality and food sectors give you a comprehensive understanding of how successful food businesses are built and run.
The programme is the only one of its kind in the UK, reflecting the ambition to prepare graduates for leadership roles across the full breadth of the culinary industry. The typical entry tariff is 136 points.
Graduates are equipped for a wide range of roles in the food and hospitality sectors. Many go on to work in restaurant and hotel management, food product development, catering management, culinary media, food entrepreneurship, and consultancy. The combination of practical culinary knowledge and business management capability opens doors at a level that purely vocational training or a conventional business degree alone would not.
Further study in hospitality management, food science, business, or entrepreneurship is available for those who want to develop specific expertise.