STUDYING CULINARY SPECIALIST IN GERMANY

CULINARY SPECIALIST (FOOD PREPARATION)

What is your job in this profession?

Culinary expert

• Prepare different dishes
• Organize work processes in the kitchen
• Set up menu
• Purchase raw materials and store them properly.

What do you learn during your training?

While the customers in a restaurant, cafeteria or canteen are waiting to be served, you stand behind the scenes in the kitchen and make sure that all the customers are well fed and satisfied. During your training, you will learn all the necessary skills and proper handling of all types of food, so that you can cook delicious food and quickly. Large kitchens are not like the famous cooking shows on TV. You need to have the team spirit, the ability to handle pressure and the concentration needed to make the final dish perfect.

In addition, during the vocational college training process, you are also provided with knowledge about the rights and obligations of vocational training, the organization of training enterprises and environmental protection.

Where will you work?

Vocational training enterprises:

Culinary specialist working at:

• In the kitchens of restaurants, hotels, canteens, hospitals, nursing homes and catering companies
• In the food industry for finished product and frozen food manufacturers
• At shipping companies.

Place of study and work:

Culinary Arts Professionals first studied and worked at:

• In the training enterprise, usually restaurant and hotel facilities, as well as kitchens, warehouses, canteens, dining rooms, offices
• At vocational colleges.

How long is your vocational training?

Vocational training lasts 36 months, usually starting on 01.09. of the school year. If started earlier the training period can be extended.

What qualifications do you need to meet?

You must …

• At least 19 years old, but not older than 25 years old,
• Be in good health and well-trained,
• Highly independent,
• Willing to live and work abroad for many years.

You must have …

• Graduated from high school with good results,
• Complete a multi-week internship with positive results in the profession to be trained.

Necessary conditions …

For a successful vocational training course, basic knowledge from high school in the basic subjects for this profession is required. During the apprenticeship, this knowledge will continue to be studied in depth and advanced.

• Mathematics:

You must have a good grasp of basic math as well as decimals, fractions, percentages and cross ratios to be able to calculate and convert ratios in recipes.

• Chemistry:

A budding chef must have a good understanding of food composition and how it changes during production, storage and preparation. Knowledge of chemistry, especially biochemistry and food hygiene is helpful.

How are you paid during your apprenticeship?

Contact SHB (formerly SHD Academy) for details on monthly allowances. Ensure that you have enough expenses, if you spend economically, you can still save a large amount of money during 3-3.5 years of vocational training.

What are your prospects after graduating from vocational training?

After a culinary college course you can work in the catering, hotel, health care or social sector.

The corresponding advanced training helps you to consolidate your professional knowledge, update and adapt to new technical developments (e.g. in the fields of cooking, gastronomy, dietetics, kitchen hygiene, food law).

How can you continue to learn and improve your skills?

If you continue your studies, you can become a unit leader or even complete the exam to become a culinary specialist. You can also continue your studies at University with your university entrance rights. Examples of majors could be: nutritional science, ecology.

What is your starting salary when you graduate?

The total annual salary including payroll tax can be up to 28,296 euros. Since 2018, you can be sure to be paid a minimum of 8.84 euros per hour. But if you have a lot of professional experience and have the required qualifications, you will be paid more during your work. After a few years of professional experience, you can continue your studies to become a head chef. In addition, if you choose to study further to graduate as a business assistant, you can increase your average salary to approximately 35,000 euros a year. With positivity and hard work, you have the opportunity to develop, increasing your average income. Basically, money is not everything, but above all, work gives you satisfaction and helps you orient your future.

What is brutto and net?

Your apprenticeship has started and you are eagerly awaiting your first paycheck. But don’t be surprised if the amount you receive is different from the amount stated in your contract. Because, as an employee, you are responsible for transferring a portion of your salary to the State in taxes. In addition, you have to pay various amounts into the social insurance system.

Payments to the social insurance system include compulsory pension insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance and old-age insurance. The amount of your salary after payroll tax is deducted is your net salary.

In short, the gross salary minus taxes and social security contributions leaves you with the net salary. This is the amount that is actually paid into your account.

In addition, your business must also pay an amount identical to yours into your social insurance fund.

These contributions to the social insurance fund are beneficial to you because they are paid into insurance funds and various funds for you. That means: every time you are sick, you do not have to pay for your own doctor's fees and treatment costs. In addition, later in life, you will receive a certain amount of pension.

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Article reposted from duhocducshb.com, the official website of SHB Education Organization. September 13, 2024, SHB brand officially converted into SHD ecosystem towards comprehensive development Accordingly, the website https://shdacademy.vn/ will be the official website of SHD specializing in the field of Vocational Study in Germany.