INSPIRED Friends
Be INSPIRED - Innovative Supporters of Professional Industry Research, Education and Development
The INSPIRED Friends of Culinary Arts are Innovative Supporters of Professional Industry Research, Education and Development. These are a group of industry supporters who help sustain our school’s ethos to deliver world-class teaching and learning to help shape the future leaders in the food and drink sector while increasing the strong links that our school have built with industry over many years. Our school has a diverse range of programmes embracing gastronomy, culinary arts, bakery, restaurant and bar management, meat technology, entrepreneurship, new food product development & culinary science.
The quality of our graduates is of vital importance so that they develop the skills that industry needs. We adapt courses to respond to the changing needs of industry. The primary purpose of the INSPIRED Group is to ensure that the School continues to educate students that are valued by the industry.
The INSPIRED Group works with the School to ensure all food-related activities are maximised in our new state-of-the-art facilities at Grangegorman and supports the School’s continued sustainability as a Centre of Excellence for Food and Drink.
- Advise the School as to industry needs and give feedback on programme development
- Work closely with the School on the development of internships and training programmes
- Enhance students’ experience while studying at TU Dublin and help their career opportunity through networking to develop strong connections with industry
- Be advocates and supporters of the School’s strategic development and educational needs
- Assist by promoting the School in Ireland and internationally
- Capital Support
- Programme Support
- School Scholarship Awards and Give Back Scheme
- Research and Development
- Bespoke Programmes
Gold Supporter
Gifts of €10,000 or more per year for two years to a total of €20,000 by way of money, equipment or food/beverage products to the School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology will be acknowledged on the School's social platforms and the School's newsletter which is published quarterly on our website. Every Gold Supporter will also receive invitations to the many culinary demonstrations that take place in our School.
Silver Supporter
Gifts between of €5,000 and €9,999 per year for two years will be acknowledged on our website.
Bronze Supporter
For amounts between €2,500 and €4,999 we will acknowledge this gift by placing your name on a list of donors on the website for one year.
As an INSPIRED Friend of the School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, you are supporting TU Dublin's Transforming Tomorrow Campaign to create a Centre of Excellence for Food and Drink at our Grangegorman campus.
All Gifts gratefully accepted, will be proccessed through the TU Dublin Foundation. The TU Dublin Foundation is a registered charity (CHY14226) which supports TU Dublin in its mission as a comprehensive higher education university.
Capital Support
Our school strives to keep our academic facilities efficient and cutting-edge and our learning environment comfortable and safe. Your capital support will help achieve the vision for a Centre of Excellence in Food and Drink in the Central Quad at Grangegorman. The development of a Centre of Excellence for Culinary Arts and Food Product Development, Bakery and Pastry Arts and Gastronomic Research. To achieve this vision we require your support for the ongoing enhancement for our kitchens, restaurant, training bar, wine lab, Bakery and Pastry laboratories..
With your support this will enhance the culinary student experience and strengthen our students’ potential — this can only happen if we keep improving, expanding, and updating our knowledge base and facilities. Your participation in a capital project such as maintaining a kitchen, restaurant, bakery or our training bar will help us realise our vision to provide the best education possible.
Programme Support
Our students pursue higher certificate, undergraduate and graduate degrees in Professional cookery, Culinary Arts, Culinary Entrepreneurship, Bar Management and Entrepreneurship, Bakery and Pastry Arts, Culinary Innovation and Food Product Development and Gastronomy and Food Studies. our school has a diverse blend of practical and theoretical modules which is key to providing a unique student experience. This facilitates knowledge transferability and adaptability on our bar, bakery and culinary programmes that brings a focused path to employability and career success.
We continue to develop and maintain programmes that are in demand, innovative, informed by industry, academically challenging, and that are rich in experiential opportunities via the Schools learning environment and our global internship programmes.
The School embraces a learning environment that stimulates the students’ abilities and programmes that inspire them to achieve their goals. We invite alumni, friends, foundations, and corporations to support these important efforts. Programme support options include:
- New equipment for our kitchens, restaurants, bar or bakeries.
- Module Sponsorship
- Food and Beverage Product Sponsorship
- Programme chairs, teaching professorships, and other endowed academic opportunities
- Competition, industry visits, educational bursaries and other student activities.
Our student experience is career-focused, industry-relevant, and rich in hands-on learning opportunities. In order to continue this unique and empowering education experience, we need industry and society to be involved. Through efforts such as supporting teaching, student mentoring and hands–on-practice you have the ability to foster change in our students' personal and professional growth.
School Scholarship Awards
Our goal is to provide students with the highest quality career education and a full educational experience yet make it all as accessible as possible for everyone. Higher Culinary Education is a passport to both inclusion and opportunity, yet too many of our young people in Ireland today will not have that opportunity to access that passport and will be deprived of these opportunities because of financial constraints. The School Scholarship scheme offers opportunities for alumni, parents, and friends to help us put our students on the path to success. Your support towards this Scheme ensures equality and inclusion for all.
