Restaurant and catering service training in English

Interested in the restaurant and catering industry? Seize the opportunity! 

Restaurant workers are craftspeople in a creative field. In addition to cooking, experiments require an artistic eye, cleaning and hygiene skills, as well as skills in prefabricating, designing and innovating raw materials. Restaurant worker needs also diverse knowledge. For example, by selecting raw materials, reducing waste and sorting waste, restaurant workers can influence climate-responsible kitchen operations.

The training focuses on:

• various food stuffs
• machinery and utensils for professional kitchens
• cooking methods
• customer service
• kitchen hygiene.

The key objective of this training is the student’s employment, which is why building a professional network through on-the-job learning plays an important role in the training. In addition to professional competence, the training also aims to develop the students’ abilities for independent work as well as working life skills.

Persons with a vocational qualification unit in restaurant and catering services can work for example in kitchen and customer service positions in restaurants and catering companies. After completing a vocational qualification unit it is possible to later continue the studies to complete the entire qualification in restaurant and catering.

For whom? 

This training is targeted at unemployed jobseekers and persons who are under risk of being unemployed and are customers of regional employment services and meet the following requirements:

• Strong motivation for professional kitchen work
• Interest in working in service industry
• Suitable health for professional kitchen work
• Good written and oral English
• Basic Finnish language skills (must be at least level A2.2): Your understanding of familiar subjects is reasonably good. You can write in simple language.