Hospitality Food and Beverage Services

Course code HOSP 2502

Credit 3.0

Length 45.0 hours

Course outline View

Gain skills to become an effective foodservice manager in a highly demanding environment. Throughout the course, students examine key aspects of developing a food and beverage services operation from initial concept to a real working operation. They will gain a clear and precise understanding of food services business plans, profiles, and operations including control and overall profitability.

Prerequisites

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What you will learn

  • 1. The food and beverage services industry
    2. Kinds and characteristics of food and beverage services and their owners
    3. Concept, location, and design of food and beverage services
    4. The menu and food purchasing
    5. Bar and beverages
    6. Technology in the food and beverage services industry
    7. Operations and budgeting
    8. Organization, recruiting, staffing, and employee training
    9. Sanitation, safety, and sustainability
    10. Basic cooking principles
    11. The recipe: its structure and its use
    12. Business and marketing plans
    13. Food production
    14. Leadership in the food and beverage services industry

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
40998 January 5, 2026
to April 17, 2026
Lecture VCC Downtown Campus See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.

CRN# Duration Delivery Location
41002 January 5, 2026
to April 17, 2026
Lecture VCC Downtown Campus See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.