About Bachelor Of Arts (ord) Culinary Arts in Letterkenny Institute of Technology

Our Bachelor of Arts in Culinary Arts with degree award options: Kitchen & Larder or Bakery & Pastry is a full-time, three year programme for aspiring professional chefs. The world of cuisine is exciting, challenging and hugely rewarding, and we have the recipe to help you succeed.

This is an advance professional training programme for ambitious and talented aspiring chefs who wish to extend their culinary education far beyond general training.

It extends into specialised kitchen functions and skills that prepares you for particular culinary disciplines in Kitchen & Larder (Savory) or Bakery & Confectionery (Pastry).

The opportunities after graduation are as boundless as your creativity and inventiveness, and whether you become a chef, pastry chef, baker or food production manager - to name but a few - the world is literally your oyster, with positions in hotels, cruises ships and restaurants just some of the specific areas where graduates embark on their careers.

Career Pathways

The main employers are:

• Food Innovation
• Bakery Production
• Food Marketing
• Food Quality Assurance & Testing

Graduate Careers

Graduate careers typically include:

• Food Product Development
• Food Technologist
• Food Marketing & Development
• Quality Assurance Manager
• Pastry Chef
• Chocolatier
• Baker and Confectioner

Acadamic qualification equivalents

• Completion of all India or state Board HSE(XII) :60%of higher in relevant subjects 

English language requirments

TOEFL : 90, No less than 20 in each section

IELTS : 5.5

PTE : 60, With at least 59 for each item