Unleash Your Business Potential

Food Business Start-up has been created by WhitePepper’s Academy to guide and develop potential business owners, over 5 days, who are serious about starting an enterprise and who have intelligently identified the value of receiving sound practical business advise prior to fully establishing a business plan and the launch of their exciting business.

In collaboration with our experienced business tutor our programme provides an essential insight and covers the following key chapters:

• Challenges & risks of starting a new business
• How to measure success
• Understanding market research methods
• Branding
• Forming a business plan
• Marketing & selling strategies
• Competitor analysis
• Business models & legal requirements
• Finance & tax
• Dealing with terminology

The added value available during the course is in comparing these principles against your own business idea(s) but also to the real-life case studies provided and to the active businesses of the guest speakers.

During the course the group will help to flush out potential mistakes and crystallise your business idea. After the course graduates are added to a closed group for alumni to enable a similar function.

Certification upon Success

• Food Business Start-up Certificate – WhitePepper Chef Academy

Course Syllabus

DAY 1 – Risks

• Understand why vision and values are important to a new food business
• Understand the potential opportunities and risks in a new food business
• Professional analysis and case studies of successful food businesses

DAY 2 – Planning

• Understand the factors to be considered when planning to start a food business
• Understand the layout and purpose of a business plan
• Understand how to get information, help and advice when planning a food business
• Interview with prominent food business

DAY 3 – Finance

• Understand ways of financing a new food business
• Understand how finance is managed in a food business context
• Understand how cash flow is managed in a food business
• Food business case study

DAY 4 – Marketing & Selling

• Understand how to identify and meet customer needs in a new food business
• Understand how to market products or services in a new food business
• Understand how to prepare for selling products or services
• Professional discussion of a successful food business

DAY 5 – Inspiration

• Guest lectures from successful business owners
• Behind the scenes view of a food business
• Advice and support direct from the ‘horses mouth’

What’s Included

• 5 days tuition (930am-430pm)
• Course folder and programme crib sheets
• Certificate upon completion
• Automatic entry to our private platform for culinary and business graduates

FAQs

Please submit your queries here or read our general frequently asked questions.

How to Apply

This qualification runs throughout the year but class sizes are deliberately kept small, so please be vigilant to secure your place well in advance of the course start date. Courses are advertised up to 12 months in advance.