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Traditional training as front of house staff, restaurant hosts or as chefs – or perhaps combined vocational training with a university degree? Career paths at Althoff Hotels are as varied as the needs and wishes of our staff.
If you want to experience the hotel industry as a school student or gain practical experience as part of your university studies, an internship or traineeship at Althoff Hotels is ideal for you.
Vocational training and university study, optimally combined
University or vocational training? You can do both! Althoff Hotels offers combined vocational and academic studies in partnership with various universities.
Theory and practice, optimally combined
University or vocational training? You can do both! Althoff Hotels works together with the IU Internationale Hochschule
to offer combined vocational front of house training and a bachelor of arts in tourism management. It will open up a wide range of opportunities for you in your further career development.
The degree programme combines business skills with the know-how acquired during your vocational training, develops your personal skills and management qualifications and optimally prepares you for pursuing a professional career.
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Are you a keen traveller and enjoy planning holidays for others? The dual vocational and study programme in tourism management would then be perfect for you. The degree programme combines business skills with the know-how acquired during your vocational training, develops your personal skills and management qualifications and optimally prepares you for pursuing a professional career.
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Are you passionate about cooking and want to turn your hobby into a profession? Althoff Hotel Collection has the best gourmet chefs and is the restaurant market leader with a total of 8 Michelin stars.
The dual vocational/bachelor training in the culinary management programme teaches you the essentials for pursuing a career in the hotel and catering sector. In addition to the craft of cooking, questions such as ‘What makes a good gastronomy concept?’ or ‘What role do business management issues have here?’ are addressed.
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Combining theory and practice to achieve success
Althoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg and the university of applied sciences (FHDW) in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany cooperate in the business administration bachelor (B.A.) in tourism and event management. Theory and practice alternate in 3-month periods.
The degree programme combines business skills with the know-how acquired during your vocational training, develops your personal skills and management qualifications and optimally prepares you for pursuing a professional career.
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Theory and practice optimally combined
We cooperate with the DHBW in the business administration bachelor degree (B.A.) in tourism, hospitality and gastronomy / hotel and gastronomy management. Theory and practice alternate in 6-month periods.
The degree programme combines business skills with the know-how acquired during your vocational training, develops your personal skills and management qualifications and optimally prepares you for pursuing a professional career.
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Hardly any other sector provides the kind of all-round training you will receive as a front of house trainee or trainee hospitality administrator. Front of house staff work directly with guests, e.g., at reception or in service, while hospitality administrators ensure the smooth running of administrative departments such as accounting, HR and purchasing.
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…Then you are perfect for training as front of house staff.
*Training as front of house staff and hospitality administrators takes 3 years. The time can be shortened to 2.5 years if you hold an Abitur and perform well in your vocational and practical training.
Do you like having direct contact with people? Restaurant hosts serve and assist guests, work in the restaurant or hotel at the buffet and in the bar. Althoff Hotel Collection has the best gourmet chefs and sommeliers and is a restaurant market leader with a total of 8 Michelin stars. As a trained restaurant host, you mainly specialise in the restaurant sector and are constantly in direct contact with guests.
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…Then you are perfect for training as restaurant host.
*Training as restaurant host takes 3 years. The time can be shortened to 2.5 years if you hold an Abitur and perform well in your vocational and practical training.
Are you passionate about cooking and want to turn your hobby into a profession? Althoff Hotel Collection has the best gourmet chefs and is the restaurant market leader with a total of 8 Michelin stars. As a chef, you are not only responsible for preparing meals, but also for calculating and organising menus and courses.
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…Then you are perfect for training as chef.
*Training as chef takes 3 years. The time can be shortened to 2.5 years if you hold an Abitur and perform well in your vocational and practical training.
Is confectionery the world you feel comfortable in and do you love to indulge your creative urge when baking? Confectioners work in hotel pâtisseries and in pastry shops, making delicious cakes, tarts and chocolates as well as all kinds of desserts as well as bread and rolls.
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…Then you are perfect for training as confectioner.
*Training as confectioner takes 3 years. The time can be shortened to 2.5 years if you hold an Abitur and perform well in your vocational and practical training.
Do you like baking and would like to learn one of the oldest and most traditional crafts? Bakers are responsible for producing delicious baked products. This includes breads, rolls and desserts such as Danish pastries, as well as cakes, pies and desserts.
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…Then you are perfect for training as baker.
*Training as baker takes 3 years. The time can be shortened to 2.5 years if you hold an Abitur and perform well in your vocational and practical training.
As an event administrator, you are responsible for the organisation and smooth running of events in the hotel. Events include everything from minor meetings and product presentations through to weddings with several hundred guests.
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…Then you are perfect for training as event administrator.
*Training as event administrator takes 3 years. The time can be shortened to 2.5 years if you hold an Abitur and perform well in your vocational and practical training.
Is the world of sports, fitness and wellness your thing? Sports and fitness specialists work, for example, in the spa, sauna and fitness area of a hotel where they are responsible for overall organisation, creating and implementing fitness plans, as well as supervising and monitoring hygiene at the pool.
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…Then you are perfect for training as sports and fitness specialist.
*Training as sports and fitness specialist takes 3 years. The time can be shortened to 2.5 years if you hold an Abitur and perform well in your vocational and practical training.
Do you easily connect with people and find administrative tasks come easy to you? As an HR administrator, you support staff from initial contact during the application process through to drafting contracts and final departure from the Company. You prepare job advertisements and write references, organise training courses and always have an open ear for the hotel staff.
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…Then you are perfect for training as HR administrator.
*Training as HR administrator takes 3 years. The time can be shortened to 2.5 years if you hold an Abitur and perform well in your vocational and practical training.
Several of our 5* hotels work with the FHG e.V. (an association of Germany’s leading hospitality educational institutions) to provide opportunities in gaining higher qualifications after completing vocational training. Front of house staff can obtain an additional qualification in hotel management after successfully passing the vocational examination, while chefs and restaurant hosts can obtain an additional qualification in kitchen and service management. Theory is taught at the Paul-Kerschensteiner-Schule, a state vocational school for the hotel and catering industry in Bad Überkingen, Germany.
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The training content is broader than in the standard vocational training and goes into greater depth.
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Tips and information on general questions can be found in our FAQs.
*If you would like to apply by e-mail to karriere(at)althoffhotels.com, please note that your documents must not exceed a total size of 8 MB and select the file format PDF, otherwise your application will unfortunately not reach us, thank you.
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