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Available to International Students ONLY 

This three-year Bachelor Degree in Culinary Management is run by VU, in association with Le Cordon Bleu. The program includes Certificate III level in Hospitality (Commercial Cookery), which is the basic qualification required for employment as a cook or a chef in Australia. You will learn the general principles and practices of management – as well as those specific to hospitality, catering and cuisine.

Applications must be made through Le Cordon Bleu. For further information on this course, contact:

Le Cordon Bleu Admissions Office
Phone: +61 8 8346 3700
Email: admissionsaustralia@cordonbleu.edu.

Course Essentials

How to apply

We are currently accepting applications for this course.

Please note that part-time study may not be available at all campuses.

Already a VU student?

You can transfer into this course through our internal transfer process.

For more info contact the
College of Business

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Careers

Opon completion of this course, you can pursue a career as:

  • an executive chef
  • kitchen manager
  • food service manager
  • a restaurant or hotel entrepreneur

Learn more about your career options on the Australian government's Career Information and Resources website.

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Study pathways

There are recognised study pathways for this course. You may be able to complete your course faster by getting credit for previous study.

Diploma to undergraduate degree

You will get credit in the Bachelor of Business (Culinary Management) (BBUS-BSPCUL) if you have studied this undergraduate Diploma course at VU:

Diploma of Business (Enterprise)

  • You will get a year of credit.

Transferring to VU

You can get credit in the Bachelor of Business (Culinary Management) (BBUS-BSPCUL) for study you have done at other universities. We have formal credit transfer arrangements for this course with the following universities

Sunway College - Johor Bahru

  • If you studied the Diploma of Business Administration you may get up to a year of credit.

IIBT

  • If you studied the Foundation Program you may get up to a year of credit.

Riteway Asia Institute

  • If you studied the Professional Diploma of Business Administration you may get up to a year of credit.

Yew Chung Community College, Shanghai and Hong Kong

  • If you studied the Two-Year Associate Degree in Arts Programme you may get up to a year of credit.

Facchochshule Bonn-Rein-Sieg

  • If you studied the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration you may get up to one and a half years of credit.

Facchochshule Bonn-Rein-Sieg

  • If you studied the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration you may get up to one and a half years of credit.

Sunway University College - Kuala Lumpur

  • If you studied the American Degree Transfer Program you may get up to a year of credit.

National Institute of Business Management - NIBM

  • If you studied the Higher Diploma you may get up to a year of credit.

University of Economics

  • If you studied the Bachelor of Business in Finance and Banking you may get up to one and a half years of credit.

Melbourne Institute of Technology

  • If you studied the Diploma of Business you may get up to a year of credit.

Workforce Plus

  • If you studied the Advanced Diploma of Business you may get over a year of credit.

Workforce Plus

  • If you studied the Diploma of Management you may get up to a year of credit.

Taylors Unilink

  • If you studied the Diploma of Business you may get up to a year of credit.

Sunway University College - Kuala Lumpur

  • If you studied the Diploma in Business Administration you may get up to a year of credit.

To find out more about the pathways available for this course, please contact the .

Recognition of prior learning (RPL)

Get credit for your work, study and life experience through our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process.

Find out more about Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Graduate faster

If you've done previous study related to this course, you may be awarded credit. This means you can graduate in less time.

Completing this course also gives you a head-start on other at VU courses at a higher level of study.

We also award credit for relevant work and life experience. This is called Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

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Course Objectives

The BBus (Culinary Management) provides an advanced professional qualification onto which successful graduates of Associate Degree in Culinary Management can articulate. The BBus (Culinary Management) will provide an advanced foundation qualification for those seeking a career as executive chef / kitchen manager / foodservice manager. The program has an embedded Certificate III Hospitality (Commercial Cookery) which is the base qualification for those seeking employment as cooks and chefs in Australia. Beyond the technical skills of the Cert. III, the HE units of this program introduce the students to higher order generalist managerial principles and practices as well as hospitality and culinary specific management principles and practices.

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Units and electives

Core Units of Study

Professional Development Units of Study

Plus

Specialisation Requirements
This specialisation is only available to International Onshore Students. Students are required to successfully complete all seven units of study.

Plus

either:

Seven elective units of study

OR

Specialisation Two - seven units of study

OR

The combination of an Area of Study* chosen from business, legal studies, arts, science, health or engineering with electives totalling seven units of study

* An Area of Study is defined as five units of study approved by the course coordinator selected from a specialisation.

What's a unit?

A unit or 'subject' is the actual class you'll attend in the process of completing a course.

Most courses have a mixture of compulsory 'core' units that you need to take, and optional 'elective' units that you can choose to take based on your area of interest, expertise or experience.

Credits

Each unit is worth a set amount of study credits based on the amount of time you study. Generally, 1 credit is equal to 1 hour of study per week.

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Admission Information

  • Year 12:

    High School or equivalent, or successful completion of the Associate Degree in Culinary Management.

  • Other:

    As per existing University special admission requirements.

Special admission requirements

As per existing University special admission requirements.

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How to apply for this course

We are currently accepting applications for this course. You will need to apply for this course externally.

You can also contact us directly:

Get in touch

Contact us to discuss your course options:

Ring us on +61 3 9919 6100

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