Top reasons to choose a culinary career
Who hasn't admired the skill of a chef in arranging ingredients on a plate or the creativity with which they combine the flavours of a dish to awaken all our senses? That's what the culinary arts are all about: offering customers a unique experience through delectable creations. But there's more to the discipline than just a well-prepared recipe. Discover the dynamic and varied world of the culinary arts with our team of passionate experts at the BHMS Culinary Academy.
What is Culinary Arts?
Culinary Arts is the art and science of preparing, cooking, presenting, and serving food. This mainly includes meals served in a restaurant but the culinary arts is a broad field, extending to any profession that involves working with food. Culinary excellence is achieved through a perfect understanding of kitchen processes and professional techniques. It's no wonder the craft is called an "art," given the intricacies and creativity that lie behind the preparation and serving of attractive and delicious dishes.
Studying culinary arts involves not only learning how to handle ingredients safely but also how to select and combine them to bring out all their flavours. Presentation techniques also play an important role, because a dish is first and foremost a feast for the eyes! Students learn to master a whole range of cooking methods, such as frying and deep-frying, grilling, sautéing, and broiling. Once these skills and knowledge have been assimilated, aspiring chefs need to develop a form of artistic expression that combines all these factors - flavours, textures, and presentation–to create their own signature dishes for a memorable gastronomic experience.
Why choose a career in culinary arts?
If you're passionate about cooking and want to perfect your skills, studying culinary arts can offer you exciting, even prestigious, career opportunities in some of the world's finest restaurants and hotels. While the culinary arts sector offers a wide variety of job opportunities. As this industry is linked to the sectors of food and beverage service and hospitality management, a degree in culinary enables you to steer your career in multiple directions.The benefits of entering the culinary world extend well beyond the kitchen: it may open doors, enabling you to climb the industry ladder, run your own restaurant, or work in unique locations all over the world. The domain offers a wide range of ever-growing opportunities, both in terms of career advancement, entrepreneurship, and global exposure.
A diploma in culinary arts will give you the professional skills you need to excel. Thanks to hands-on experience under the guidance of our experienced chefs and industry internships, you’ll feel at home in a variety of positions, and be able to consider all kinds of international opportunities.
The wide range of programmes at the BHMS Culinary Academy will enable you to acquire the knowledge and skills you need to establish yourself in this exciting and fast-paced sector, even providing you with the business acumen to start your own restaurant, if this is your goal.
Discover the secrets of gastronomy in our ultra-modern kitchens, from knife-cutting techniques to the preparation of raw foods and the art of tempering chocolate. You can choose between two tracks: culinary arts or pastry and bakery arts, and obtain a Bachelor’s degree in partnership with Robert Gordon University (RGU), our academic partner in the UK.
Some of the roles you can step into as a culinary professional include:
Chef
Restaurant or catering manager
Food and beverage manager
Culinary consultant
Recipe developer
Food stylist
Health coach
Ghost restaurant owner
BHMS offers a BA programme with pathways in Global Business or Hotel and Hospitality Management. Additionally, students can pursue a BA in Culinary Arts or BA in Culinary Arts and Patisserie.
Students without a bachelor's degree or a degree outside the hospitality sector can pursue a Graduate Certificate or a Postgraduate Diploma, giving them access to the MSc degree programme.
The MSc programme offers pathways in Global Business, International Hospitality Business Management, International Tourism Management, Wine and Beverage Business Management, Business Sports and Events Management, Business Banking and Finance, Business and Airline Management, and Culinary Entrepreneurship
The MBA programme can be taken as a standalone programme or combined with the MSc programme.
Finally, we offer several short Certificate Courses in Culinary and Pastry Arts.
Yes, you will need your own laptop or tablet to complete assignments.
Each study programme requires a minimum level of language proficiency. For undergraduate programmes, students must demonstrate English language skills at an IELTS 5.0 level or equivalent. For postgraduate programmes, students must demonstrate English language skills at an IELTS 6.0 level or equivalent.
If English is not your native language, meeting the required English proficiency level is essential for admission to BHMS. Additionally, the Swiss Embassy may request an official English test result for visa application purposes.
If you don’t have an official English test, please contact us as you may have the option to take an online test, such as the Duolingo English Test.
We also offer a 5-10-week Preparatory English Programme to help you reach the required level.
