Culinary and hospitality teaching as a research-based profession

Abstract

This is not just an academic paper, it is a resource. It addresses the topic of how hospitality and tourism education is likely to change in 5, 10 and 15 years’ time. The principal function of a hospitality academy is to design, plan, prepare and deliver a programme of learning in ways that foster and support student learning. It is also an important point of entry for enquiry into the nature of hospitality professionalism, including public acknowledgement that what is taught and learnt is professional within a recognised “profession”. What then are the implications for the future of hospitality education and training, for industry, and for the community, of the development of a hospitality education research base?

Keywords: research; vocationalism; professionalism; scholarship; collaboration