The world opens up to exciting, life changing opportunities with an education from SAIT.
Learn from award-winning educators in world-class facilities, get real experience, and make industry connections. Find out more about our programs—and what makes us the number one culinary school in Canada.
Learn from industry leaders
With current, relevant curricula, small class sizes, and hands-on training, you’ll get the expertise employers want. The school’s John Ware building is undergoing major renovations, featuring new study spaces, classrooms, and teaching kitchens.
Your instructors are award-winning professionals who have worked at top restaurants and hotels around the world.
Practical knowledge and real-world experience
Personalized attention, world-class facilities, and interactive learning environments will give you the advantages you need—and the skills employers want.
Tastemarket
Hone your sauce skills, prepare wood-fired pizza, pickle vegetables, bake fresh bread, and make traditional poutine at Tastemarket—a celebration of Canadian cuisine.
The Highwood Kitchen + Bar
Immerse yourself in fine dining. The Highwood Kitchen + Bar is where you’ll prepare every part of guests’ meals, sharpen service and beverage skills, and even learn the business side of running a restaurant.
Currently located on the third floor of John Ware as a pop-up location, the newly renovated Highwood Kitchen + Bar will open Fall 2026.
The Butchery by SAIT
The first of its kind in Canada, the Butchery by SAIT is a student-run retail market selling flavourful smoked and cured meats along with an assortment of gourmet stuffed and seasoned proteins. For a new take on a classic trade, be sure to visit your neighbourhood SAIT butcher.
Culinary Campus International Market
The Culinary Campus International Market is your go-to for breakfast and lunch, as well as sweet treats, baked goods, and butchery products, all produced by students.
Destinations Travel by SAIT
The only student-run travel centre in North America, Destinations Travel by SAIT uses the latest industry software to research flights, hotels, car rentals, cruises, tours, packages, and rail bookings for all clients.
Study in one of Canada's top tourist destinations
Thanks to a $30 million gift from the Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundations, SAIT and YWCA Banff will offer student housing and hands-on learning in a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of one of the country's premier tourism hubs.
Access to a global network
Career fairs, networking events, global competitions and an impressive alumni network open doors and give you a competitive advantage.
We’ve reached out to SAIT’s hospitality team for different seasons when we needed extra staff, taking on students for four to five weekends. We put them into real-life situations, working events, and earning a wage. It really gave them good boots-on-the-ground experience.
Sharon Garnett
Director Food and Beverage, Calgary Stampede
Why choose SAIT?
To be the best, you have to train with the best. We’re the number one hospitality management school and culinary school in Canada, celebrating 75 years of excellence in Hospitality and Tourism education.
SAIT is ranked one of the best hospitality schools in the world by
CEOWORLD Magazine and QS World University Rankings.
Choose the path that fits your passion
SAIT’s School of Hospitality and Tourism has certifications and specializations for every interest and goal. Find the one that aligns with yours.
Hospitality & Tourism
The path to a rewarding career that can take you anywhere in the world.
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.