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Mai Studies Original · Advanced Culinary & Pastry Sciences

Menu Design Engineering and Culinary Mathematics

Menu Design Engineering and Culinary Mathematics is an original Mai Studies programme in advanced culinary & pastry sciences. Over 4 weeks and roughly 24 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 24 guided hours Intermediate
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Included with Mai Studies membership at no extra cost. Fee waivers are available through scholarships and open access.

Menu Design Engineering and Culinary Mathematics course artwork

What you will achieve

  • Explain the core principles of menu design engineering and culinary mathematics 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 menu engineering, costing and culinary mathematics

Entry guidance

  • — Comfortable with beginner-level menu engineering, costing and culinary mathematics
  • — 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 Menu Design Engineering and Culinary Mathematics

Core concepts, vocabulary and working environment for menu design engineering and culinary mathematics.

02

Applied practice in Menu Design Engineering and Culinary Mathematics

Hands-on work that turns theory into a repeatable method for menu engineering, costing and culinary mathematics.

03

Portfolio project, assessment and next steps

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