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Mai Studies Original · Sociology of the Kitchen & Dining

Food and Class Structure: Haute Cuisine vs. Peasant Food

Food and Class Structure: Haute Cuisine vs. Peasant Food is an original Mai Studies programme in sociology of the kitchen & dining. Over 4 weeks and roughly 20 guided hours you work through recorded classes, written notes, practical activities, knowledge checks and assessed tasks marked against a published rubric with an 80% pass mark. All material is written in-house. Mai Studies is independent: no official examination content, question bank, recording or branding from any certification body is reproduced, and completion leads to a Mai Studies completion certificate rather than a regulated or accredited qualification.

4 weeks 20 guided hours Intermediate

Included with Mai Studies membership at no extra cost. Fee waivers are available through scholarships and open access.

Food and Class Structure: Haute Cuisine vs. Peasant Food course artwork

What you will achieve

  • Explain the core principles of food and class structure: haute cuisine vs. peasant food in plain language
  • Apply the methods safely and correctly to realistic scenarios
  • Produce a documented portfolio piece assessed against a published rubric
  • Plan your next steps in food, class and the haute cuisine divide

Entry guidance

  • Comfortable with beginner-level food, class and the haute cuisine divide
  • Willingness to complete weekly practical work

Original Mai Studies learning material. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification or university accreditation.

Programme syllabus

3 applied modules

01

Foundations of Food and Class Structure: Haute Cuisine vs. Peasant Food

Core concepts, vocabulary and working environment for food and class structure: haute cuisine vs. peasant food.

02

Applied practice in Food and Class Structure: Haute Cuisine vs. Peasant Food

Hands-on work that turns theory into a repeatable method for food, class and the haute cuisine divide.

03

Portfolio project, assessment and next steps

Produce assessed evidence of your capability and plan the study that follows this programme.