This is based on experience of a family member goi...

This is based on experience of a family member going through LCB and is intended as a heads up to anyone to think really hard before signing up or even considering a cooking career.....
I cannot be sure - but I doubt this establishment has improved in its attitudes since the Marylebone Lane days.
If you are of the slightest anxious disposition then the draconian intolerance of this establishment of anyone being the slightest late (regardless of what transport problems may be affecting everyone in London that day) - will put you into panic.
Expect the reasonable possibility of class schedules leaving you hanging about on the streets of London from midday to evening to be able to attend an evening session - possibly 10 hour days for . - The daily schedules are organised to suit
maximisation of student through-put (i.e. revenue for LBC) and definitely not for the decent consideration of the students.
The teaching staff are total professionals, fantastic and passionate people but the management and administration is totally intolerant of any human frailties.
It's a good place to learn how it feels to be mis-treated, in an industry which - at least in London - will really mis-treat you once you graduate. Upon graduation you can expect to be required to sign-up for a non-minimum wage contract and if you want into a well reputed lunch and dinner restaurant, then expect to be occupied with the job for over 12 hours a day and be paid for about 8 hours. The simulation of that sort of life and treatment will be felt in the way this college runs. So it's certainly good preparation for what's to come.