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UK’s First Ever Artisan Food Production Degree

The last few places remaining for the UK’s first ever artisan food production degree are on offer for students who have an interest in becoming a skilled artisan food producer.

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Every year, 16,000 food and drink brands emerge into the UK market but 90 percent don’t make it past their first year of trading. This new degree will marry together the practical food skills with the business acumen needed to be one of the 10 percent who survive with invaluable business planning, finance and marketing from experienced practitioners tailored to the food industry sector.

With the UK bakery market worth £3.6 billion in retail sales, according to the Federation of Bakers, and a rising demand for more unique, artisan, locally produced food and drink that has good provenance and use high-quality ingredients, there has never been a better time to set up a micro food business.

This exciting new course will be delivered by professional artisan food specialists The School of Artisan Food in partnership with Nottingham Trent University, with regular Open Days at the School on the Welbeck Estate including 26 July and 2 September.

Students will learn all aspects of artisan baking, cheesemaking, butchery, charcuterie and patisserie creation as well as being given the tools needed to launch their own artisan food business upon graduation.

The School of Artisan Food can also demonstrate a high level of employment success amongst its Advanced Diploma of Artisan Baking graduates with business springing up regionally in Sheffield, Nottingham, Leicester, Peak District and Rutland as well as further afield in Cambridge, Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Newcastle and Bristol, as well in other countries including Northern Ireland, Scotland and Belgium (view case studies here).

The brand new Foundation degree in artisan food production kicks off in September 2019 with teaching taking place at NTU’s Brackenhurst campus as well as the School of Artisan Food. With the course being accredited by a university, student finance is available.

Entry qualifications are 64 UCAS points; or three A Levels at DDE; BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma MPP as well as passes at GCSE English and Maths.

The Foundation degree – which can be studied either two years full time, or three years with a placement – will help to meet increasing demand for skilled producers of high-quality artisan food that is sustainably produced.

Julie Byrne, managing director of The School of Artisan Food, said: “We are really looking forward to working with Nottingham Trent University to inspire the next generation of artisan food producers. This new course will give students the toolbox they need to be successful in the world of artisan food.”

Teaching will be split between the university’s Brackenhurst Campus, home to the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, and The School of Artisan Food, based in North Nottinghamshire on the Welbeck Estate.

Students will learn all the skills needed to work in the artisan food industry – developing practical expertise, producing a range of quality food products and understanding what is needed to establish an artisan food business.

The course includes an opportunity to work in a placement in artisan food production, to help students prepare for a career in the sector.

Students will have access to The School of Artisan Food’s purpose-built training rooms and a demonstration theatre, as well as all of the facilities at the Brackenhurst Campus, including the food processing laboratory and the expertise of the employability team.
Modules include

Year One

Artisan Bread Production

Patisserie and Viennoiserie

Artisan Dairy Production

Food Chemistry

Artisan Business Entrepreneurship and Marketing

 

Final Year

Consumer Nutrition and Health

Advanced Artisan Bread Production

Artisan Business Operations and Finance

Artisan Business Planning

Food Industry Employability

Artisan Butchery and Charcuterie

Advanced Viennoiserie and Chocolate Patisserie

To book an Open Day visit, go to https://www.schoolofartisanfood.org/product/open-day-fdsc-artisan-food-production-2

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Notes to Editors:

The School of Artisan Food

A not-for-profit organisation and registered charity dedicated to teaching skills in all aspects of sustainable and artisan food production.

The School offers a unique environment for people of all skill levels to expand their knowledge through a wide range of short courses in baking and patisserie, cheesemaking, butchery and charcuterie, ice cream and chocolate making, preserves, charcuterie and brewing.  It also offers an accredited 6-month Advanced Diploma in Artisan Baking and professional business courses for new food start-ups and existing enterprises.

As a charity, the School works with voluntary organisations, schools and colleges, and community groups to provide opportunities to inspire and teach artisan food production skills.

The School of Artisan Food is delighted to have been honoured with the Clarissa Dickson Wright Award at the Countryside Alliance ‘Rural Oscars’ for its outstanding contribution to food and education.

To learn more visit www.schoolofartisanfood.org or call 01909 532171.

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) was named University of the Year 2017 at the Times Higher Education Awards, and Modern University of the Year in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018. These awards recognise NTU for its high levels of student satisfaction, its quality of teaching, its engagement with employers, and its overall student experience.

NTU has been rated Gold in the Government’s Teaching Excellence Framework – the highest ranking available. NTU is one of the largest UK universities. With 30,000 students and more than 4,000 staff located across four campuses, the University contributes £900m to the UK economy every year. It is one of the UK’s most environmentally friendly universities, containing some of the sector’s most inspiring and efficient award-winning buildings. 96% of its graduates go on to employment or further education within six months of leaving.

Our student satisfaction is high: NTU achieved an 88% satisfaction score in the 2018 National Student Satisfaction Survey.

The University is passionate about creating opportunities and its extensive outreach programme is designed to enable Nottingham Trent to be a vehicle for social mobility. NTU is among the UK’s top five recruiters of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.