Culinary Practice Management Taster Course
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street
This will explore how the industry operates and what it takes to succeed in roles such as kitchen manager, restaurant operator, or food entrepreneur. The session will cover key concepts in BBA Culinary Industry Management, highlighting how professionals tackle real-world issues like sustainability, innovation, and customer experience.
The structure of this taster course includes:
- Arrival and welcome (30 minutes)
- Marketing the culinary and hospitality industry Taster (1 hour)
- Birkbeck Campus tour (45 minutes)
- Le Cordon Bleu campus tour (45 minutes)
- Final talk and Q&A (30 minutes)
Delivered through a unique partnership between Birkbeck, University of London, renowned for its business and management education and Le Cordon Bleu London, one of the world’s leading culinary institutions, the taster course offers a rare opportunity to gain insights into a truly multidisciplinary programme.
Students will learn about the structure of the degree and its focus areas, which include food production, service design, marketing, entrepreneurship, and food safety. There is also flexibility to tailor studies to individual interests and career goals.
Contact name: Daniel Mullender
Speakers-
Mr Nick Pronger
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Nick Pronger is a Director for several programmes and Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Birkbeck, University of London, which he joined in 2010. Prior to this he was a lecturer at several universities including Central European University (Budapest), Regents University (London) and University of Essex.
He has taught and consulted in countries including Israel, Hungary, Bulgaria, Spain and Mexico. He has also worked with and advised a number of companies including Nestle, Dow Chemical, Del Monte, and Olivetti.
Although Nick’s focus is on teaching and developing curriculums he also consults and researches into the arts and creative industries, particularly in film management and marketing and how standard business models need to be adapted to arts and cultural environments. Recently he has developed a new module in Arts Marketing, drawing on his experience as a theatre production manager in the 1990’s and is currently writing a book on arts marketing.
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