HIT Scotland Scholarships

HIT Scholarships open doors and change futures

Our renowned HIT Scholarships are designed to give early-career and mid-level professionals a springboard to grow their experience and develop new skills. Whether through hands-on experience, learning from industry leaders or exploring best practice from around the world, each scholarship is a life-changing opportunity to step-up, stand out and give-back. Open to anyone working in the sector, our Scholarships help to unlock potential, grow confidence and fuel ambition – because when individuals succeed, everyone in our industry thrives.

Inspiring Scotland’s vibrant hospitality talent to rise, our HIT Scholarships give rising stars the opportunity to learn from the best. Amongst our huge range of programmes, we also run The Andrew Fairlie Scholarship, designed to give Scotland’s finest up-and-coming chefs the chance to grow their career by winning one-of-a-kind educational opportunities.

Each HIT Scholarship is about sparking ambition, building confidence, and broadening horizons.

You can find out more about all of these scholarships below.

 
 

Thanks to the following trusts for their continuing support of our scholarship programme

 

HIT Scotland Scholarships OPEN

HIT Scotland Scholarships

2026 Applications Closes 09/11/25

 

Andrew Fairlie Scholarship - Closed

Andrew Fairlie Scholarship

 

CLOSED for 2025- Chef Scholarships

The Legacy Scholarship

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Scholarship for Culinary Excellence

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Previous Scholarships

Mental Health and Wellbeing Courses (2022)

Tourism and Hospitality Talent Development Programme (2021 and 2022)

 
 

 Scholar Stories

Some of our previous scholars tell us about their scholarship and what they learned

Mental Health and Resilience Courses

Customer
Experience
Scholarship

Chef Craft Skills
Scholarships

People Management
Scholarships

Sales
Scholarship

Drinks
Scholarships

Lausanne
Leadership
Scholarship

Bespoke

Scholarship

 

"My HIT scholarship helped me get a promotion. The management skills I learned have been hugely useful in dealing with my team."

Scott Lyle, Management 1st Scholar

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