Diploma in Nutrition and Food Service Management is a diploma in Hospitality Management programme offered by Fanshawe College in London, Canada. The programme runs for 60 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 38,041 per total (CAD 9,648 per total for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Hospitality Management
Duration: 60 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 9,648 / total
International tuition: CAD 38,041 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
1. plan menus to accommodate the nutritional, dietary and medical needs, cultural and religious requirements, and personal preferences of clients.2. manage handling, preparation and service of food to ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policies, procedures, and industry best practices for health, safety, sanitation, quality assurance and client satisfaction.3. manage nutritional needs of diverse clients in health care and other food service settings in collaboration with or under the direction of health care professionals.4. support others to work professionally and ethically in accordance with industry, organization and legal standards.5. monitor relevant local, national and global trends, emerging technologies, changes to legislation and best practices to enhance work performance and inform the management and delivery of food and nutrition services.6. deliver customer service that anticipates, meets and/or exceeds individual expectations and is consistent with organization standards and objectives.7. contribute to the hiring, coaching, training, scheduling, supervision and performance management of department staff in accordance with human resources, labour relations, workplace health and safety, and industry best practices.8. apply industry best practices, financial constraints, and principles of social responsibility and environmental sustainability to inventory management and procurement of goods and services.9. contribute to the analysis of food and nutrition services and operations, and the implementation and evaluation of changes, to support continuous improvement.10. contribute to the planning and administration of budgets consistent with organization objectives and legal requirements for nutrition and food service departments.11. select and use information and industry-specific technologies to enhance individual work performance and the management and delivery of food and nutrition services.12. promote food and nutrition services and healthy living to support marketing plans and the general well-being of clients.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to the Nutrition and Food Service Management diploma requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-applicant standing, including Grade 12 English at any level and Grade 11 Mathematics at any level; applicants missing these can pursue academic upgrading for a conditional offer on proof of enrolment, and advanced standing is available through prior academic achievement or Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR). Applicants whose first language is not English must meet Fanshawe's proficiency standard: IELTS Academic overall 6.0 with no band under 5.5, TOEFL iBT overall 4.5 with no band under 4 (79 on the pre-2026 TOEFL scale), PTE Academic 53 with no band under 45, or Duolingo 105 with no section under 95 (CAEL and Cambridge English equivalents also accepted). Admitted students complete a mandatory placement assessment for the program's WRIT course, and where the program is oversubscribed Fanshawe gives priority to Ontario permanent residents and to applications received by February 1st.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for Fall 2027 entry, applications open in early October 2026 and the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, after which later applications are assessed on a first-come basis until seats fill; non-competitive programs begin receiving offers from 1 November 2026, competitive-program offers go out by 30 March 2027, and 1 May 2027 is the usual deadline to accept an offer. International applicants apply directly to Fanshawe (CAD 100 fee) and face fixed document deadlines rather than a single closing date: for the current intakes, study-permit and conditions-met documents are due 10/15 August 2026 (Fall), 9/15 December 2026 (Winter) and 5/15 April 2027 (Summer); missing a deadline can mean deferral to the next intake. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
