Online Food R&D Courses
Prepare for the Future of the Food Industry
Our industry has changed dramatically over the past 60 years. Increased competition, global flavor profiles, concerns with health and wellness, food sustainability issues, and other factors have forever altered the foodservice landscape.
As a result, connections between chefs and food scientists will play an increasingly important role as the food industry evolves to satisfy the wants and needs of highly diverse, flavor savvy, and health-conscious consumers. Chefs’ awareness of consumer flavor preferences combined with scientists’ objective and methodical design of the R&D process can lead to successful new products and consumer insights.
You can create your own opportunities in this growing field by:
- Choosing a career in R&D.
- Enhancing your current R&D skills as your job grows more complex.
- Leading your company through the CIA’s “process collaboration” philosophy.
Our Online Food Courses in R&D Will Get You There
With so much at stake, today’s menus and restaurant operations must be engineered through a formal, ongoing process that includes all stakeholders. Working with foodservice industry leaders, the CIA has developed a rigorous standard for menu research and development process. The Menu R&D discipline—and resulting online food classes in R&D—brings together culinary arts, marketing, food science and technology, and operations management to help you develop profitable foodservice strategies.
In these specialized courses, our faculty will teach you the strategy and tactics of process collaboration among the many professionals who plan, market, buy, sell, create, execute, engineer, source, package, and deliver a foodservice brand.
Four Online Food R&D Classes That Fit Your Schedule
We know you’re busy. That’s why CIA Menu R&D online food courses are the perfect way to advance your knowledge and your career.
Courses are five to six weeks in duration, with a new lesson and assignments each week. Discussion boards are incorporated into the lesson assignments to give you the opportunity to ask questions and share insights with your instructor and classmates throughout the course.
Upcoming Menu R&D online food classes include:
