Culinary Arts Academy – 10 Year Financial Model

Culinary Arts Academy – 10 Year Financial Model Description

Culinary Arts Academy 10-Year Financial Model – A comprehensive, customizable financial planning tool for culinary schools, covering revenue, expenses, valuation, and key performance metrics.

Culinary arts is a broad term that refers to the preparation, cooking, plating, presentation, and service of food. It applies to meals and their components – like appetizers, side dishes, and main courses. Culinary arts covers a wide spectrum of disciplines. These include food science and nutrition, the quality of the ingredients, seasonality, flavors and textures, styling and color on the plate, and more. Under this vast umbrella, there are many specialties, niches, and job titles (chefs, cooks, etc.).

This Financial Model presents a business scenario of a startup or operating Culinary Arts Academy offering Diplomas, Seminars, Courses and Workshops for a variety of Culinary Arts. The model includes calculations and assumptions for Property Ownership (Acquisition or lease), Revenue from Tuition and other related fees for several Programs (Cuisine, Pastry, Boulangerie, Gastronomy, Wine & Beverages, Restaurant & Hotel Management, etc.), Ancillary Revenue sources (Culinary Events, Restaurants & Cafeterias), Cost of Sales & Operating Expenses, Fixed Assets & Depreciation, Financing through Debt & Equity and Exit Valuation assumptions in case of a potential sale of the business.

Model Structure

The structure of the template follows Financial Modeling Best Practices principles and is fully customizable.

Detailed instructions for the functionality of the model are included in the Excel file.

Model Inputs and Setup Reports:

• General Setup Assumptions, incl. Starting Expenses, Center Ownership method (Acquisition or Lease), Sources of Revenue & Cost of Sales Assumptions, and Financing (Debt & Equity)
• A variety of Academy Diplomas, Seminars & Workshops (user has the option to choose which of the programs to include in the model)
• Payroll, OpEx, and Annual Capex, incl. Depreciation Schedule
• Forecast Scenarios

10-Year Forecast Output Reports:

• Annual Financial Statements (3 Statement model)
• Annual Direct Cash Flow
• Break-Even Analysis
• KPIs & Financial Ratios, including several Profitability, Efficiency, Liquidity, and Leverage (Solvency) Ratios
• Performance Dashboard
• Business Valuation, including DCF Model, Return Metrics (NPV, EV, IRR, MOIC, ROI, etc.), and Sensitivity Analysis
• Investors Distribution Waterfall Model
• Dynamic Executive Summary including several key figures and charts (report is created based on the Exit Year selection)

Help & Support

Committed to high quality and customer satisfaction, all our templates follow best-practice financial modeling principles and are thoughtfully and carefully designed, keeping the user’s needs and comfort in mind.

Whether you have no experience or are well-versed in finance, accounting, and the use of Microsoft Excel, our professional financial models are the right tools to boost your business operations!

If you experience any difficulty while using this template and cannot find the appropriate guidance in the provided instructions, please feel free to contact us for assistance.

If you need a template customized for your business requirements, please e-mail us and provide a brief explanation of your specific needs.