Today’s employers are looking for trained team members who bring passion, commitment, a rock-solid work ethic and razor-sharp adaptability. To make it in the restaurant business individuals have to love to work with a smile on their face, engage with visitors and enjoy a theatre-like atmosphere. Restaurant employees have to be cheerful and positive while being productive when dealing with both staff and the public – it’s not an easy feat, but LaSalle College Vancouver shows students how to thrive in an exciting industry with high-level, hands-on training.

Whether the career goal is owning or managing a restaurant, or looking to work with catering companies, hotels, and cafes, the program prepares students with in-demand capabilities that will ensure they shine. The Hospitality and Restaurant Business Management Diploma program is designed to teach students every aspect of creating an exceptional overall experience. Restaurants offer so much more than just food on a plate. Restaurants build reputations by providing a dining event. It’s the balance between the front-of-house and the kitchen that creates the magic diners seek.

Graduates Learn • Marketing, financial and kitchen management. • Concepts and theories of culinary techniques and food and beverage management. • Hospitality and human resources management, leadership and organizational development. • Demonstrate an awareness of the cross-cultural, moral, ethical and environmental issues in the hospitality industry. • Explore and critically analyze the principles and practices impacting contemporary issues affecting the global hospitality industry. • Differentiate between the many roles and responsibilities of a manager within a range of hospitality environments. • Implement operational sales and marketing concepts in hospitality organizations. • Prepare, maintain, analyze, and utilize financial documents and data related to hospitality organizations. • Create a business plan for a food service outlet or hospitality company.

Alumni own or manage catering companies, luxury hotels and cafes, including at Cactus Club, Fairmont Pacific Rim, Nightingale Restaurant and JW Marriott Parq Vancouver, among many others. Graduates are prepared to enter the restaurant business in higher-level positions of management. Many were employed in the service industry and took the Diploma program as a way to challenge themselves, improve their artistry and boost their employment options.

NOTE: This program is not Post Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) eligible.