Le Cordon Bleu Paris, in partnership with Dauphine Executive Education (Université Paris Dauphine-PSL), offers an MBA in management and leadership tailored for the international hospitality and culinary professionals.
A master's-level degree ("Bac+5" in France), the Hospitality & Culinary Management MBA gives its participants a deep dive into the heart of French gastronomy and hotel trade, in order for them to develop their expertise of the sector and their leadership and management skills at once.
Program overview

A very unique international environment
Both the world capital of tourism, with more than 1.500 hotels, and of fine dining, with 16 of the 100 top chefs worldwide, Paris is the most ideal place to study hotel and restaurant management. The MBA students will appreciate this unique international setting, perfcect for developing leadership skills in hospitality and culinary sectors.
The 5 key assets of the MBA
- An alliance between Le Cordon Bleu, institution of the French gastronomy, and Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, French reference of trainings for managers
- A cross-cultural environment made of an international audience
- A full-time executive training, in English, with 5 months in the classroom and 5 months on the field, leading to a diploma
- A strong international dimension through a study trip (e.g. in Dubaï and/or Mauritius)
- A faculty made of high-level experts

Goals of the MBA
The training program delivers the ultimate elements to master the French and international excellence in strategic management applied to the luxury hotel and restaurant industries.
Thus, the MBA aims to develop professionals' skill set to:
- Acquire and master the knowledge required in business management and strategy
- Plan, manage, and mobilize teams in activities that require efficiency
- Motivate, develop, and win their staff's loyalty, in a stressful environment
- Manage and lead an international staff of different ages and levels
- Establish their leadership
- Manage in an international environment
The MBA in Hospitality & Culinary Management is tailored for experienced professionals seeking to shape their carreers in international hotel and restaurant trade management, as well as to experienced managers from other sectors who want to change career and have a professional project in the restaurant or hotel industry.
- Kitchen professionals: Chefs, Head chefs, Consultant chefs, Food concept designers...
- Managers and operational professionnals in the hospitality, culinary, or event-planning sectors: : Banqueting / Food & beverage managers, Customer relations managers, Accomodation managers, Event planners, Catering advisors...
- Restaurant and hotel establishments managers
- Entrepreneurs and investors
- Managers in support functions : finance, marketing, digital, HR...
- Professionals making a career change, with at least 3 years' experience in management
In focus
Scholarship
On April 28 2021
5 scholarships for the MBA in Hospitality & Culinary Management
5 applicants to the MBA having applied by May 16th, 2021 will each be awarded a €3,000 scholarship
Expert Perspective
On May 15 2020
Impact of covid-19 on the hotel trade
Interview with Jean-François Gagne, partner at Aldema Partners, a consulting and management firm specializing in the tourism-leisure, luxury,…