Food and Beverage Management Concentration

Your Recipe for a Career You’ll Love!
You know your way around a kitchen. You can pair a wine, tell a story through a dish, and you’ve probably redesigned a menu in your head more than once. Now it’s time to make it your career. The Food & Beverage Management Concentration at MSU Denver’s School of Hospitality gives you the culinary chops, business savvy, and real-world experience to lead any food and beverage operation — from farm-fresh kitchens and craft taprooms to five-star hotel dining and beyond. This isn’t just a degree. It’s your recipe for a career you’ll actually love.

🤌 Hands-On, Real-World Learning
Go beyond studying to make, taste, manage, and master food and beverage concepts. Learn in real kitchens and beverage labs alongside active industry partners.

📖 Comprehensive Curriculum
With a leadership & business foundation you will build core skills in marketing, cost control, finance, law, and strategic management.

⚓️ In-Depth Craft Specialization
Dive deep into foodservice operations, baking and pastry, sustainable sourcing, and beverage education.

🧑‍🍳 Workforce Ready
Step into the industry with confidence thanks to a built-in internship and 600 hours of required industry work experience.

🥞 Stackable Credentials
Earn additional resume-boosting certificates directly alongside your degree without extending your graduation timeline:

• Culinary Arts Certificate
• Culinary Nutrition Certificate
• Beverage Scholar Certificate
• Bar, Tap & Tasting Room Manager Certificate

MSU Denver’s School of Hospitality is home to some of the most impressive teaching facilities in the country — all available to Food & Beverage students.

Professional Culinary Labs
Commercial-grade kitchens built for real production. Bake it, plate it, run it like a pro.

Sensory Analysis Lab & Wine Cellar Laboratory
Train your palate alongside professionals. Wine, beer, spirits — taste the difference.

Culinary Demonstration Theater
A professional teaching kitchen for live demos, guest chefs, and high-production learning you won’t find in a textbook.

The degree programs in the School of Hospitality at MSU Denver are accredited through the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).