Hospitality and Culinary Arts

Sheffield Hallam University
Postgraduate MSc Full-time 1 Year Hospitality, leisure, and tourismEvents management

About this course

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Course summary

  • Assess key trends in the hospitality and culinary arts sector

  • Emphasise sustainability and ethical business practices

  • Apply practical authentic real-world knowledge through hands-on techniques and culinary innovation

  • Analyse literature, theory, and global issues, applying this insight to complex culinary and hospitality challenges.

    Managing hospitality and culinary businesses presents an exciting challenge, combining artistry, technique, and creativity with the responsibilities of management and business. Our MSc Hospitality and Culinary Arts Management will equip you with the advanced skills necessary for a successful career in the culinary sector of the hospitality industry.

    This MSc Hospitality and Culinary Arts course offers a distinctive approach, connecting science, business, and culinary arts knowledge. It empowers learners to think critically, navigate group dynamics, strategise, and tackle challenges with innovation and integrity. The unique learning environment enables students to effectively translate ideas into practical, commercial solutions. By doing so, it meets the demand for competitiveness in the international culinary arts and hospitality industries, producing well-rounded, innovative graduates.

    How you learn All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the real-world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

    You'll benefit from the expertise of our experienced lecturers and the excellent facilities on campus, including state of the art kitchens, food development laboratory spaces and our training restaurant where teaching and real-world learning takes place.

    You learn through:

  • Applying our unique teaching methodology to on-site courses, we foster a comprehensive understanding by emphasising product knowledge, technology, and context.

  • Empowering students with the ability to confidently navigate and manage diverse situations, our goal is to equip them for success.

  • Emphasising food, drink and restaurant business entrepreneurship, our course promotes students’ thinking critically, innovating, creating, and developing to reshape the gastronomy industry into a responsible and forward-thinking sector.

  • An on-site blended approach via lectures, seminars, workshops, practical sessions, live projects, case studies, conducting academic research and gamification/online simulation.

    We want our students to constantly look toward the future, and grasp that shaping it requires proactive innovation. As a result, our course covers a range of specialised subjects, including:

  • Culinary management and service experiences

  • Responsible food, drink and society

  • Sustainable business strategy

  • Global tourism and hospitality operations

  • Research methods

    You will also undertake kitchen laboratory research, a dissertation and an industry related project.

    Applied learning MSc Hospitality and Culinary Arts benefits from state-of-the-art facilities that allow you to apply theoretical knowledge in a practical way aligned to real-world challenges facing the hospitality and culinary arts sector. Our kitchens, laboratories and sensory suite mimic those found in the industry.

    The work experience option is highly regarded by employers as the premier opportunity to cultivate practical skills within the hospitality and culinary arts sectors, whether domestically or internationally. We provide robust support in finding placements, via employability workshops and a dedicated placement team, though the onus on securing the opportunity rests with the student.

  • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    7220 Customer service supervisors
    1225 Travel agency managers and proprietors
    1223 Publicans and managers of licensed premises
    1221 Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors
    1224 Leisure and sports managers and proprietors
    1222 Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors

    Course Details

    Qualification
    MSc
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Sheffield
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Hospitality, leisure, and tourism, Events management