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Master's Degree in Restaurant Management

For entrepreneurs, chefs and restaurant managers who want to have the executive, strategic and operational vision for any type of restaurant business in the 21st century.

Students of the Culinary Institute of Barcelona in a class of the Master's Degree in Restaurant Management

Master's in Restaurant Management Presentation

Curiosity is the starting point of every great journey

Gain a global perspective to manage, launch, or lead 21st-century restaurants

In the coming years, the restaurant industry will continue to undergo a profound and constant transformation, where only those capable of anticipating and adapting will succeed. Most ventures in the sector are born from passion, but often from a non-professionalised vision. The market is evolving rapidly towards new economic, social, and conceptual paradigms that are reshaping business models and demanding greater business expertise and sharper strategic insight for each restaurant.

Today calls for leaders who can interpret the environment and its new dynamics. Only those who embark on business ventures with this forward-looking mindset will have a real chance of success. That success will belong to those who understand this evolution and are able to integrate strategy, management, and gastronomic proposition into a solid, flexible model built for growth.

The Master's in Restaurant Management (MDR) focuses precisely on these changes, preparing you to anticipate, measure, and respond to future challenges. You will learn to identify what truly matters, react ahead of time, stay one step ahead of others, and strengthen your competitive advantages. You will develop the ability to identify opportunities, optimise resources, and act with a strategic and executive mindset.

The Master's in Restaurant Management (MDR) is a comprehensive programme composed of three core areas: the Kitchen Leadership Diploma (KLD), the Executive Chef Diploma (ECD), and Restaurant Business Design and Creation (DCS). Together, they will enable you to lead every aspect of any restaurant business worldwide

This programme is designed to support you at any stage of your professional journey: whether you aim to step into management, strengthen your leadership, launch your own venture, or develop new business lines,or if you're looking to take your restaurant to the next level with a solid strategic foundation. The combination of business vision, international mindset, and practical preparation will equip you to successfully face the current and future challenges of the restaurant industry.
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Learning objectives

Get ready today for what may happen tomorrow

How you will learn

1260 hours designed to transform

every day of your learning into a show

More than just knowledge.

We train the managers, professionals and entrepreneurs of the restaurant trade of the 21st century.

Content

Methodology

International internships where
you can continue learning with the CIB

Over the course of three months, you will put your learning into practice while gaining professional experience in companies and organisations that represent different business models within the gastronomic and professional restaurant sector, with which CIB has established collaboration agreements based on educational quality standards. In addition, we closely monitor your progress throughout your professional journey.

Memorable experiences to complement
your professional chef's training

We are constantly creating dozens of unique experiences for each call.

Who

For who?

THE PROFILE

Who will you share with?

The CIB is for you if…

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT

  • Restaurant management training is outdated

  • Barcelona is a leading city in international gastronomic innovation

  • Education should allow for both a family life and a professional life

  • Education in general is distant from the realities of the 21st century

  • Education is an investment in my future

  • Education should be international

IF YOUR GOAL IS

  • To undertake and/or validate your business idea

  • To take your restaurant to the next level

  • To give a boost to your career

  • To stand out from the crowd

  • To gain the best education

IF YOU

  • Are an entrepreneur

  • Are passionate

  • Are creative

  • Are a non-conformist

  • Challenge the status quo

  • A leader

To change your profession

The CIBers, our students, talk

Upcoming calls and prices

The moment is yours

Next call for applications

January 2027

€ 28,648

Upcoming calls for applications

May 2027

€ 28,648

September 2027

€ 28,648

What the price includes

Absolutely everything

Benefits of being a CIBer

The CIB is just the beginning

Cibers, students of the Culinary Institute of Barcelona cooking.

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CIBers

Being a CIBer means being ready for tomorrow. They are united by this forward-thinking attitude and their goal of impacting the future by enhancing their surroundings.

  • Job opportunities

    CIB alumni have access to our job bank called "I want a CIBer". The CIB is a guarantee of talent for restaurants, hotels and food companies.

  • Entrepreneurship

    We nurture the talent that comes from our classrooms. We are surrounded by great professionals who will know how to accompany you in the initial stages of your projects.

  • Events

    The CIB organizes and hosts many events, and you, as a student or alumnus, will always be more than welcome.

  • Networking

    When you finish your course, besides the knowledge you will have acquired, you’ll also have gained countless contacts of talented students from across the world, as well as your teachers. It will be up to you to make the most of them.

  • The next generation of teachers

    We keep an eye out for talent and nurture that which emerges from our classrooms. Sometimes we have the honor of incorporating this talent into our team.

  • Your continuous education

    CIBers will always have privileged access to our continuous education programs under the best conditions, including our postgraduate programs.

  • Use of the facilities

    The CIB will be available for you to accelerate your ideas, give your presentations or propose an activity whenever you need it.

Career opportunities

For whatever your future will be

Here we teach you how to stand out

Careers:

  • Restaurant Manager

  • Executive Chef Leadership, overseeing culinary management and the development of the gastronomic offering

  • Co-founder of a restaurant business

  • Leading projects and spin-offs

  • Restaurant Growth Manager

  • Expert consultant in restaurant creation

  • Catering business management

  • Executive positions in companies and catering groups

  • Financial controller for catering and restaurant businesses and chains

  • Business and new project analyst

  • Business growth and expansion developer

  • Commercial Leadership, driving positioning strategies and business development

  • Mass consumption product manager

  • Purchasing Manager

  • Operations Leadership, ensuring the coordination and optimisation of operational processes

Your competitive edge:

  • You will have learned about business models and real cases that will allow you to anticipate unforeseen scenarios.

  • You will have developed cognitive and leadership skills allowing you to lead an excellent culinary team.

  • You will know how to set up different business models.

  • You will be able to create and innovate by validating your business ideas to fulfil objectives before others.

  • You will have the preparation to successfully join any multidisciplinary and international culinary team.

  • You will have a high capacity for business situation analysis and decision-making methodology.

  • You will have developed the necessary criteria for supervising digital marketing campaigns.

  • If your situation is within the framework of a family business, you will be able to take the next steps to handle the takeover from one generation to the next.

How do I submit my application to the CIB?

Our admissions team will walk you through each of these simple steps

  • Step 1

    Fill in the form

    The first step is as simple as filling out the contact form for one of our advisors to contact you.

  • Step 2

    Hear from one of our Advisors

    We will assign you a personal advisor who will call you as soon as possible and will guide and support you throughout the process to answer all your questions.

  • Step 3

    Submit your admission form

    It is time to complete the admission form. This step is crucial to successfully reaching the next stage of the application process.

  • Step 4

    Pass the evaluation interview

    If your admission form impressed us, you will move on to the interview phase with the Admissions Committee. This online interview will be set at a specific time depending on availability.

  • Step 5

    Get accepted into the CIB

    If you pass our evaluation interview, our Admissions Committee will send you an email with the exciting news that you have been accepted into the Culinary Institute of Barcelona.

  • Step 6

    Complete your enrollment

    You will have to reserve your place the same week you receive the acceptance email, and pay the rest of the registration fee within 15 days (30% of the total amount of the course you have chosen).