Currently Not Running For Academic Year 2021/22

The Higher Certificate in Arts in Culinary Arts creates a direct route into the food service industry. You are given in-depth knowledge of culinary techniques, kitchen technologies, the business aspects of culinary operations and the science and nutrition of food. You work in a kitchen environment every day, both individually and as part of a team. As the course progresses, you will also operate and manage an event in the training restaurant in the college. You will have the opportunity to take part in national food industry competitions. Also, culinary food trips are organised to local, regional and national food producers, and a gastronomic meal experience. To complement your course of study a series of guest lectures provides you with the opportunity to experience Ireland's leading culinary practitioners.

MTU is uniquely located at the heart of Ireland’s tourism hub, giving us excellent industry links and a professional network of employers eager to recruit our graduates. The college boasts a self-contained Hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism Department, with four modern kitchens, specialised pastry and confectionery kitchen, a purposebuilt demonstration theatre, a training restaurant and bar. One of our key strengths is our staff to student ratio, which has been instrumental in creating a really supportive learning environment. All of our staff have extensive food industry experience, both nationally and internationally, allowing them to continually link the theory and practice of culinary arts.

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Many past graduates of our courses have had the opportunity to work both nationally and internationally within different areas of the culinary arts industry, such as: The national and international hotel and restaurant industry;

• Patisserie and confectionery;
• Cruise liners;
• Industrial catering – hospitals,schools, sports stadia;
• Artisan food producers;
• Cafés, food halls, and general food businesses.