Food Business
Menu planning, costing, revenue planning, management, branding and marketing.
A 15–18 week live online program combining culinary skills, food business management, operations, costing, food safety, marketing and industry-focused learning.
Starting a food business requires more than a good recipe. It requires an understanding of the business behind the food.
FBC is designed for people who are seriously considering their own café, restaurant, food stall, cloud kitchen, catering business or home-based food brand.
Menu planning, costing, revenue planning, management, branding and marketing.
Food safety, hygiene, handling, packaging, storage and production.
Live chef-led demonstrations across multiple vegetarian food categories.
A structured curriculum covering the commercial, operational and culinary foundations required to understand a food business.
Understand how the business side of food comes together.
Build a foundation around hygiene, quality and safe food handling.
Learn through live chef-led demonstrations and detailed sessions.
Explore products that translate into modern café and food-business menus.
Explore week-wise culinary learning across the FBC program — from sushi and South Indian cuisine to street food, fast food, salads, falafel and beverages.
From Indian and Asian cuisine to café-style products, beverages, bakery and desserts, build a broad vegetarian culinary foundation.
FBC introduces you to the key areas that sit between having a food idea and operating it as a business.
Understand your food-business idea, concept and customer proposition.
Learn how menu selection and planning connect to your food business.
Understand the importance of costs, budgeting and revenue planning.
Explore kitchen management, production, food handling and operational practices.
Learn the fundamentals of social media branding and food-business marketing.
Bring culinary knowledge, operations and business understanding together.
FBC combines live online learning with culinary demonstrations, supporting resources and structured doubt-solving.
Structured theory learning on Zoom.
Chef-led practical culinary sessions.
Dedicated opportunities to clarify concepts.
Pre-recorded videos and recipe PDFs.
Assess your understanding of the program.
AHLEI + Swad certification.
For people planning to build their own café and understand the business behind it.
Build a stronger foundation before entering the food-service business.
Understand culinary, operational and business considerations for your concept.
Develop a broader understanding of production, menu planning, costing and food operations.
Real student video reviews from the FBC learning experience. Tap any video to watch the full review.
This program is intended for people who are seriously considering investing time, money and effort into building a food business.
Successful completion of the program includes certification from AHLEI and Swad.
American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute certification as part of the program.
A Swad certificate recognising successful completion of the Food Business Startup Course.
A 15–18 week live online program covering culinary learning, business management, food safety, operations, costing, branding and more.
A few important details about the program.
FBC includes substantial culinary learning, but it is designed as a broader food-business program covering business management, operations, food safety, costing, marketing and culinary skills.
It is designed for people seriously considering a café, restaurant, food stall, cloud kitchen, catering business or home-based food brand.
The program runs for approximately 15–18 weeks and is delivered live online.
Yes. The program includes live theory and culinary demonstration sessions on Zoom, supported by pre-recorded content.
The program includes pre-recorded videos with lifetime access and lifetime recipe PDF access, as described in the course offer.
The program includes an AHLEI certificate and a Swad certificate upon successful completion, subject to the program's completion requirements.
Learn the culinary side. Understand the business side. Prepare yourself for the realities of running a food venture.
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