International Gastronomy Management The University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Overview

Course overview

The International Gastronomy Management program at The University of Wales Trinity Saint David aims to produce graduates who are global citizens and who approach their personal and professional lives from a sustainable perspective.

The International Gastronomy Management degree will develop your managerial and intellectual skills, including critical reasoning, analysis, creativity and reflection. You will develop an ability to show an in-depth knowledge and appreciation of the nature of international gastronomy and restaurant management, the characteristics of the dining guest and implications for the management of service encounters.

The programme will prepare you for a career, or career development, within the international gastronomy and restaurant sector by developing appropriate professional skills. You will graduate with a systematic understanding, and coherent and detailed knowledge, of facts, concepts and principles related to gastronomy management, which can be used in your future career in the industry, in addition to gaining a systematic understanding of the structure, management, and marketing of organisations within the gastronomy industry.

Career opportunities

Employability is at the heart of the programme.

As well as restaurant and gastronomy specific skills, the programme has modules that embed transferable skills of innovation, dealing with unexpected events, resilience, personal initiative and responsibility, problem solving and creativity, reflective practice and the development of an enterprising mind-set.

The practice-led teaching will be supplemented with guest lectures and frequent field trips to restaurants, food producers, specific food markets, and artisan wine and beverage producers.

Learners will also have the opportunity to receive bespoke careers guidance as well as skills development sessions to improve confidence, such as LinkedIn training to improve their online presence and mock interviews.