Since the discovery of fire, humans have elevated food from a mere staple to an art form; its consumption not just a means for living but a way of life. Called the ‘art of cooking’, culinary arts will take you into the world of food preparation and restaurant management. While cooking can be learnt at home or at work, it takes academic qualifications and work experience to rise to higher ranking positions within the restaurant business. 

 

Apart from learning how to prepare food and plan menus, you will learn how to manage inventories and human resources, calculate costs, and maintain hygiene and safety. You will also learn the various styles of table service.

 

Some of the subjects you will study include:

Those who graduate from this course can work as caterers, chefs, restaurant managers, lecturers, dieticians, flavour chemists and food critics. You can work in hotels, restaurants, cruise ships, catering and other food-related businesses.

Do the expressions ‘molecular gastronomy’, ‘culinary foam’ and ‘haute cuisine’ ring a bell? Culinology is the convergence of cooking and food technology. By applying scientific methods to food preparation, food can take new forms and textures that can only be limited by the imagination. A background in science is advantageous, in addition to the ability to understand the technical aspects of the course.

 

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Graduates have wide employment opportunities. Apart from working as chefs or managers in the hospitality field, they can also be researchers, product assurance mangers, product development managers, culinary research technologists, savory lab managers, consultants, flavourists, food scientists and test kitchen manager in other food-related industries.

Food and beverage management focuses on food knowledge. You will be exposed to the way ingredients are harvested and processed, the art of eating and dining, bartending, dining room service, cost control, human resource management, event planning and marketing. You will also be exposed to new technology and current developments within the food industry. Generally, the focus will be more on operations than cooking itself. In other words, you will learn how to run a restaurant, pick out the best deals, serve your customers better and manage a profitable business. 

 

At pre-university level, you will be exposed to the basics of restaurant operation. At degree level, you will focus on the entrepreneurial aspects such as management, law, consumer behavior, research and business studies.

 

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Graduates from this course can look forward to jobs in hotels, event management companies, restaurants, hospitality organisations, catering, food retailing etc. They can also work as managers, entrepreneurs, consultants, researchers and lecturers.

Hospitality and tourism management is a broad field that extends beyond hotel and tour operations. The course encompasses the management of hospitality, food, travel and entertainment services, event planning, business operation, humanities and social science. You will also be exposed to communication and administrative disciplines. With the right skills, determination and attitude, this course will prepare you to be a leader, problem solver and decision maker within this ever-expanding industry.

 

Your syllabus will give you a general overview of the many departments within the industry and expose you to finance and management. Some of the subjects include:

Upon graduation, you can find work at hotels, restaurants, cafes, resorts, casinos, catering companies, clubs, cruise ships, travel agencies, events and convention centres. In most cases, you will start out in an executive, supervisory or junior management post.

While other courses may give you only a glimpse of hotel operations, this course will take you into the depths of the hotel industry. Hotel operations never stop even when guests are in slumberland as there are plenty of housekeeping and preparations to be done. With the increase of travel and fine dining, customers are well aware of the various services and standards, and are making more sophisticated and niche demands. You will learn how to manage the many areas within a hotel such as accommodation and housekeeping, food production and services, as well as marketing, management and business operations. 

 

Some of your subjects include:

Your scope of work will depend on the size of the hotel you work in. In large establishments, you may be in charge of just one area of hotel operations. Apart from working in the hotel industry, you can also work in restaurants, resorts, clubs and event management, just to name a few.

This course covers areas of tourism businesses and travel management. You’ll be exposed to the administrative, business, marketing, legal and strategic planning aspects of the field. You will also gain exposure to the geographical and socio-economic factors relating to tourism. Generally, the course provides a foundation for people-centric individuals who have a strong interest in travel and cultural diversity. 

 

Your syllabus will include:

Job opportunities can be found in travel agencies, tourism marketing agencies, leisure landscape planning and development firms, event marketing agencies, the government (tourism policymaking), tourism consultancies, cultural and heritage centres and research firms.