Restaurant Management Techniques

You are passionate about the restaurant business and you enjoy challenging yourself? Then this program is designed for you! Develop your management skills, engage your teams with confidence, and help build an innovative, sustainable, and environmentally conscious restaurant culture. 

Overview

This program is designed to train responsible, creative, and committed restaurant managers who are able to adapt to changing market realities and to provide a unique customer experience, regardless of the type of environment in which they may choose to work.  

Program key elements

• Practical training focussed on management agility, customer experience, communication, community outreach and sustainable development 
• Program covering all areas of the restaurant and food service industry 
• Three internship placements totaling nearly 1 000 hours of practical experience 
• Professional development courses and networking activities for integration into the job market  
• Various educational outings and volunteer activities with community organizations 

Committed to an agile, contemporary, and community-driven restaurant services industry!

What you will learn
Adaptability, openness and sustainable leadership

• Basic kitchen techniques
• Operations and customer experience management
• Menu planning, cost control and procurement management
• Operation of the most commonly used digital tools in the sector
• Restaurant trends and marketing strategies
• Coordination and supervision of kitchen and dining room staff
• Corporate social responsibility and eco-responsible practices

Program structure and courses

Duration and schedule

• Program starting in the fall  
• Spread over 3 years on a full-time basis (6 course sessions and 2 summer internships)  
• Includes a total of 3 490 hours, including 2 520 hours of coursework and 970 hours of compulsory internships   
• Daytime classes 
• Educational outings and practical applications taking place according to variable schedules (day or evening)  

Hand-on experience

Compulsory internships

• Year 1: 3-month (350 h) paid summer internship in the kitchen  
• Year 2: 3-month (350 h) paid summer internship in front-of-house service
• Year 3: unpaid end-of-studies internship in restaurant supervision. Lasting 15 weeks (270 h), this internship takes place during the last course session, 2.5 days a week. 

Practical applications 

• Throughout the training course: practical applications in cooking, service, sommellerie, bar service, etc. 
• These applications will take place in a variety of environments, including ITHQ teaching restaurants, cafeterias, food services and community organizations. 

Diploma

• Diploma of Collegial Studies (DCS) in Gestion de d’un établissement de restauration from the Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur
• ITHQ Signature certificate in Gestion d’un établissement de restauration

Certifications

• Hygiene and food safety for food handler and manager (MAPAQ) 
• Food allergy management (Allergies Québec) 
• Service in Action (Éduc’alcool) 
• Service-Complice (Kéroul) 
• First aid 

Articulation agreement

If you have a DCS from the ITHQ, you can access the Applied Bachelor in Hospitality and Hotel Management or the Baccalauréat en gestion du tourisme et de l’hôtellerie ITHQ-ESG UQAM and get your university degree in 2 years instead of 3

To benefit from this agreement, you must have a minimum R-score cut-off of 26 and meet all program admission requirements.

Educational partnersAlso offered in other CEGEPS

Collège Montmorency

Cégep de Jonquière

Centre d'études collégiales en Charlevoix

Admission

Admission application periods

Admission requirements

To be eligible for this program, you must:

• Have a Secondary School Diploma (DES) or equivalent education, OR
• Have a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS) and successfully completed the Secondary 5 language of instruction courses, the Secondary 5 second language and Secondary 4 mathematics courses (Culture, société et technique CST 4^e – 063404 or equivalent).
• Demonstrate proficiency in oral and written French.

Selection criteria

The selection of applications also takes into account the following criteria:  

• Academic file 
• Related training 
• Relevant professional experience, validated by compliant work certificates

To maximize your chances of selection, we strongly encourage you to attach all supporting documents to your application. 

Required documents

Here is the list of documents you must include with your application depending on your status:

Admission application procedure

• Applicants must ensure that they meet the program’s admission requirements before submitting their application.      
• Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted.       
• For your admission file to be considered complete, it must contain a copy of all the official documents required by the ITHQ in accordance with your status, as listed above.
• These documents must be legible and saved in PDF format. Documents in a language other than French or English must also be accompanied by a certified translation into French or English.            
• Some documents required by the ITHQ may not be requested automatically on the admission platform. It is therefore your responsibility to ensure that all the documents on the list in accordance with your status have been uploaded to your file before submitting your application.         

Admission application procedure

• Applicants must ensure that they meet the program’s admission requirements before submitting their application.      
• Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted.       
• For your admission file to be considered complete, it must contain a copy of all the official documents required by the ITHQ in accordance with your status, as listed above.
• These documents must be legible and saved in PDF format. Documents in a language other than French or English must also be accompanied by a certified translation into French or English.            
• Some documents required by the ITHQ may not be requested automatically on the admission platform. It is therefore your responsibility to ensure that all the documents on the list in accordance with your status have been uploaded to your file before submitting your application.         

Costs and financial aid

Program fees

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Financial aid and scholarships

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Future prospects

For a career that aligns with your interests and values

This program will prepare you for supervisory positions in all sectors of the food service industry (commercial, community, institutional, etc.). Whether you want to work in an independent restaurant or in the cafeteria of a retirement home, you will have all the tools you need to implement restaurant services based on values of ethics, inclusion and sustainability. A meaningful journey towards a more responsible future!