Job profile! Chef & Gastronomy: Talent is an advantage in training

Working as a chef is a dream job for many, but in reality it is hard bread. How does she Vocational Training in a hotel business?

Chef - dream job or hard bread?

The Job cook has clear has gained popularity in recent years through various TV programs cooks and cooks, especially the upscale culinary arts Audience have made known.

But cooking is not always the glamorous dream job that he always seems to be on TV, but often enough it is simply a backbreaking job - but one that nonetheless Fun can do, as you can see from this example from the Travel Charme Ostseehotel Kuehlungsborn.

What do cooks and cooks do?

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Cooks do all the work involved in preparing food. Once they have a meal plan, they buy food and ingredients, prepare them, or store them if necessary. She to organize the work processes in the kitchen and ensure that the dishes are prepared on time and in the correct order.

In smaller kitchens, chefs cook, roast, bake and garnish all dishes themselves. In large kitchens, they usually specialize in the preparation of certain dishes, such as side dishes, salads or fish and meat dishes. To their Tasks also includes calculating prices and advising guests.

How is the training going?

The training as a chef / cook usually takes 3 years and is a recognized apprenticeship in the hospitality industry (industry and trade).

Thereby theory and practice alternate: As a rule, the trainee visits the vocational school one or two days per week or completes it in block lessons. The rest of the time he / she is in the hotel.

During the training period, the offspring will be supported by a Employees - the so-called training supervisor - who accompanies him in all school and company Ask stands to the side.

Career thanks to further education

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Chefs begin theirs Career as Commis de Cuisine and can be promoted to kitchen director or business director (FundB manager). A chef can work in a variety of ways, be it in the kitchen of a restaurant, hotel or spa, in a canteen or even on a cruise ship. Through their training, chefs acquire the ideal prerequisites for self-employment Guide a restaurant business.

Further training possibilities include a master course to the kitchen master, the specialist in the catering trade (IHK), the Hotelfachschule (state-certified restaurateur or Betriebswirt) as well as special training, eg to the diet cook.

What does the practical training look like?

In addition to the charming landscape and the opportunity to visit various houses of the Company the Travel Charme Ostseehotel Kühlungsborn, for example, also offers its employees other advantages: inexpensive apartments, regular training and further education, pay above the collective agreement and performance-related bonus schemes.

Parking spaces, staff restaurant, work clothing with cleaning service are free of charge, and staff can also take advantage of reduced-price massage and cosmetic treatments in the spa.

What requirements should trainees have?

In order to begin a corresponding training, the following prerequisites should be met: secondary school leaving certificate, better secondary school leaving certificate, organizational skills, Teamwork e.g. when coordinating work processes in the kitchen, when dividing and instructing staff, diligence and a sense of responsibility (e.g. when working hygienically in the kitchen, when complying with food law regulations), dexterity and a good physical constitution (e.g. when cutting and filleting meat or fish, e.g. when working standing up) as well as creativity eg when assembling and serving dishes.

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