Food & Beverage Hospitality Management
Location: Trani (BAT)
Academic Biennium: 2025–2027
National Figure: 9.1.4 Higher Technician for the management of guest support services
Program Overview
The highly specialized program in Food & Beverage Hospitality Management aims to train a professional figure focused on enhancing the region’s gastronomy and creating a food & wine offer aligned with emerging trends.
Context
The Food & Beverage Hospitality Management sector plays a central role in positioning Puglia as a leading food and wine destination. With 35 Slow Food Presidia, 26 Geographical Indications for food products, and 36 for wines (DOCG and DOC), 299 Traditional Food Products, and over 20,000 active catering businesses, the region offers extraordinary potential. Trends now emphasize sustainability, authenticity, and more inclusive dining models, along with the growth of tourism linked to events like weddings. This context calls for professionals who can elevate the territory, meet evolving expectations, and lead innovation in food & wine hospitality.
Professional Profile
The student graduating in Food & Beverage Hospitality Management will be a highly specialized professional working in hospitality, catering, and event services. They manage resources, optimize operations, and ensure guest satisfaction. This technician is able to personalize services based on customer behavior, enhance food and wine heritage through storytelling and augmented reality, and implement digital marketing and communication strategies.
What You Will Learn
Through the Food & Beverage Hospitality Management course, you will develop the skills to innovate hospitality services and lead digital transformation in the food and wine sector. Specifically, you will learn how to:
- Use AI tools to analyze market trends
- Apply food & beverage cost management techniques
- Implement revenue management models
What You Will Study
By attending the Food & Beverage Hospitality Management course, you will gain knowledge and tools to design, organize, and promote food service experiences with a focus on quality and territory. In particular, you will study:
- Defining the food service offer
- Planning workflows and dining service activities
- Food preparation and plate presentation
- Planning, managing, and developing procurement and equipment maintenance processes
- Enhancing local food and wine excellence and promoting the food and wine sector
- Economic management of food service activities
The Food & Beverage Hospitality Management course prepares you to work across multiple sectors that value gastronomic culture and innovation in hospitality, such as:
- Restaurants, wine bars, and other food service formats
- Food service businesses, as well as agritourism farms, masserie, and other types of accommodations
- Corporate canteens, catering companies, banqueting and event agencies
- Communication companies and agencies promoting food and wine tourism
- Companies involved in food processing and the food and wine industry
The course lasts 1800 hours in total, distributed over two years and divided as follows:
– 1080 hours dedicated to classroom laboratory teaching, case studies in the laboratory and/or in work contexts, seminar activities, educational and study visits, project work;
– 720 hours of internship activities in work contexts.
The daily timetable will be determined on the basis of the operational program and may vary from 5 to 8 hours.
Attendance is mandatory for at least 80% of the training activities, under penalty of exclusion from the final exam which will be held in accordance with the methods established by the Ministry of Education and Merit.
Upon successful completion of the course and passing the final assessments, students will obtain the Higher Technical Specialization Diploma (EQF Level 5) in applied technologies. The diploma is issued by the Ministry of Education and Merit together with the Europass Diploma Supplement, valid throughout Italy and recognized for public competitions.
Depending on the course specialization and eligibility, students may also earn the following certifications:
- Certifications for the use of industry-specific software
- English and second foreign language certifications according to the CEFR
- Workplace safety certifications
- HACCP Certification
- Advanced EIPASS (upon passing the exam; ITS acts as certifying body)
The ITS Pathway is also valid for ITP teaching competitions starting in 2025 and for employment in Public Administration.
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