The Antonio Carluccio Foundation Professional Training Year Bursary

The Antonio Carluccio Foundation are providing scholarships of £4,000 for students undertaking a Professional Training year in the hospitality industry.

About

The Antonio Carluccio Foundation aims to support a student in financial need who wish to pursue a career in a restaurant or the food and beverage industry.

The Foundation will provide £4,000 to an undergraduate student undertaking their Professional Training year in 2026/27.

Applicants do not need to have secured a placement to be able to apply for the bursary. The award will be confirmed in July 2026 only to the successful student who has secured an approved placement by that date.

Eligibility criteria

Core eligibility for the bursary are as follows:

Current undergraduate student about to undertake a Professional Training year in 2026/27
Has a desire to pursue a career in a restaurant, or within the food and beverage industry
Meet at least one of the criteria for widening participation as listed below:
- Students from Low Participation Neighbourhoods (LPNs, defined as POLAR4 Quintiles 1 and 2 by OfS*
- Students from an area of high deprivation (Index of Multiple Deprivation, IMD) Quintiles 1 and 2**
- Students from a low-income family (eligible for Free School Meals in last six years)
- Care leavers and students in local authority care
- From families where parents/carers are in non-professional households (NS-SEC groups 4-8)
- From families with no parental history of HE participation
- Students classified as having a disability
- Young carers
- Mature learners
- Refugees and asylum seekers
- Students estranged from their families
- Students who have a parent/carer who has served in the armed forces or reserves
- Students from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic backgrounds
- Students from Gypsy, Roma or Irish Traveller (GRT) communities
- Students who identify as a New Traveller, Boater, Bargee or Showperson.

*You can check if a student lives in an LPN (POLAR4 Quintile 1 or 2 by using the OfS online Postcode Lookup Tool. Search by postcode - Office for Students.