Work in a holiday paradise

Looking for variety? During your training, you’ll get to know different areas of the hotel and discover where your strengths lie – whether that’s guest-facing or behind the scenes. If you’re organised, open-minded, and can keep calm under pressure, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

What you’ll be doing:

• Learning about and experiencing various roles at the hotel
• Accepting goods and managing stock
• Working in the kitchen, housekeeping, service, reception, and reservations departments
• Communicating with guests and managing complaints
• Housekeeping and F&B management duties
• Implementing strategies for operational channel management
• Assisting with sales promotion and marketing activities
• Organising, selling, and managing events
• Office organisation

Apprenticeship programme

• 1st year
  Housekeeping (10 weeks) | Restaurant LUMI (10 weeks) | Kitchen (6 weeks) | F&B (6 weeks) | Housekeeping admin (2 weeks)
• 2nd year
  Housekeeping admin (4 weeks) | Reception (17 weeks) | Reservations (13 weeks)
• 3rd year
  Reservations (4 weeks) | Sales (10 weeks) | Marketing (12 weeks) | Accounting (4 weeks)

Duration: 3 years
The duration of the apprenticeship may be reduced under certain conditions (e.g. if you have a high school diploma or achieve outstanding results in school and at work).

What can you do once you’ve completed your apprenticeship?
Our rising talents have excellent opportunities for career progression at Seezeitlodge. Moreover, trained hotel professionals can find positions around the world. Whether in front office, reservations, housekeeping, or sales – qualified professionals have great prospects in the hotel industry.
There are numerous further training and development opportunities, ranging from seminars to university studies, that open up additional exciting careers in hospitality, such as hotel management.

More is more! In addition to the regular academic and practical tasks, the additional qualification for hotel professionals includes further education in foreign languages and business studies at vocational school.

The following topics are covered:

Management in the hospitality industry

• Rhetoric and sales techniques
• Human resources, payroll, employee selection, and leadership
• Accounting, bookkeeping, payments, and key performance indicators
• Information technology and modern communication techniques

Legal

• Contract and commercial law, labour law

Work-related foreign languages

• Activating and deepening your foreign language skills, focusing on English, French, and Spanish

All this gives you extensive knowledge in hotel management, including insights into the accounting department

What can you do once you’ve completed your apprenticeship?
Want to get into hotel management? The additional qualification can significantly speed up the process. If you want to continue expanding your knowledge, you can take additional training to qualify in hotel management.

Do you love variety, teamwork, and interacting with guests? During this apprenticeship, you’ll learn how to serve food and drinks with style, provide support at events, and offer exceptional service – especially when things get busy. The world of gastronomy is yours to experience!

What you’ll be doing:

• Learning about and experiencing various roles at the hotel
• Accepting goods and managing stock
• Working in the kitchen, production, and catering
• Working in service and at the bar
• Leading sales conversations and preparing offers
• Setting up and maintaining guest areas
• Gaining knowledge of food and beverages
• Operating reservation and POS systems
• Planning and coordinating service processes
• Carrying out service tasks at the guest table (e.g. flambéing, filleting, carving)
• Designing, organising, and managing events, conferences, and banquets

The additional qualification “Bar and Wine” lets you expand your knowledge over the course of 8 weeks.

Example topics in the “Bar” module
– Recipes, glassware, and calculations for various long drinks, cocktails, or spirits
– General bar operations

Example topics in the “Wine” module
– Knowledge of wine-growing regions, grape varieties, production methods, glasses, wine service, and product categories

After completing your apprenticeship, you’ll already have sound knowledge in this area and be ready to start working in your dream specialisation.

Apprenticeship programme

• 1st year
  Restaurant LUMI (26 weeks) | Spa bistro (8 weeks)
• 2nd year
  Restaurant LUMI (10 weeks) | Bar NOX (10 weeks) | Kitchen (14 weeks)
• 3rd year
  Banquet (10 weeks) | Sales (10 weeks) | Restaurant LUMI (10 weeks)

Duration: 3 years
The duration of the apprenticeship may be reduced under certain conditions (e.g. if you have a high school diploma or achieve outstanding results in school and at work).

For the additional qualification “Bar & Wine”3rd year: Banquet (6 weeks) | Sales (10 weeks) | Restaurant LUMI (6 weeks) | Sommelier (4 weeks)

What can you do once you’ve completed your apprenticeship?
You’ll make your career in the restaurant. Hotel, trendy venue, or restaurant chain – there are exciting opportunities across the industry. After your apprenticeship, you’ll have many opportunities to progress – including here with us at Seezeitlodge.
Thanks to the reorganisation of the profession, you’ll also have the opportunity to work in event catering. From weddings and birthdays to conferences, all doors are open. Of course, you could also open your own restaurant, pursue further studies, or gain international experience. If you’re passionate about wine, further training to become a sommelier is a great option.

Apply now for 2025

Do you love working with food and cooking creatively? During your apprenticeship, you’ll learn all about food preparation, kitchen organisation, and service. A passion for flavour, teamwork, and creativity is key to creating unforgettable taste experiences!

By the way: Seezeitlodge is the winner of the CHEFS TROPHY AUSBILDUNG 2021, the coveted industry award from “chefs!” magazine for demonstrably outstanding training for chefs. The award-winning companies have socially competent trainers, offer modern, well-equipped workplaces, and ensure fair working hours.

What you’ll be doing:

• Accepting goods and managing stock
• Applying basic cooking techniques in the kitchen
• Preparatory and follow-up work
• Working in service and catering
• Preparing simple egg dishes and finger food
• Preparing plant-based foods and mushrooms
• Making soups, stews, and sauces
• Processing and preparing meat and fish
• Preparing doughs and batters
• Creating desserts and sweet dishes
• Following hygiene regulations
• Assembling and labelling dishes
• Managing stock and calculating costs
• Interacting with guests, providing advice, and selling products
• Handling kitchen administrative tasks

The additional qualification “Advanced Vegetarian and Vegan Cuisine” lets you expand your knowledge in the following areas over the course of 8 weeks:

• Working with vegetarian and vegan products
• Using alternative ingredients
• Understanding nutritional content and learning about certification and quality labels

After completing your apprenticeship, you’ll already have sound knowledge in this area and be ready to start working in your dream specialisation.

Apprenticeship programme

• 1st year
  Breakfast (12 weeks) | Canteen (7 weeks) | Service (8 weeks) | Starters (7 weeks)
• 2nd year
  Starters (10 weeks) | Patisserie (15 weeks) | Side dishes and vegetables (9 weeks)
• 3rd year
  Side dishes and vegetables (10 weeks) | Sauces, meat, and fish (15 weeks) | Kitchen administration (5 weeks)

Duration: 3 years
The duration of the apprenticeship may be reduced under certain conditions (e.g. if you have a high school diploma or achieve outstanding results in school and at work).

What can you do once you’ve completed your apprenticeship?
You’ll have a variety of career options, whether it’s here with us at Seezeitlodge, elsewhere in Germany, or internationally. To further develop your skills, you can explore a career in fine dining or haute cuisine.
With some time, you could even become a head chef or open your own restaurant. Prefer to pursue a qualification as a master chef? No matter what you choose, your apprenticeship will provide a solid foundation, giving you the flexibility and confidence to work independently in the future.

Apply now for 2025

Sweet craftsmanship! Cakes, pastries, chocolates, ice cream, and baked goods – sweets are your professional passion. In addition to skilfully preparing them, presentation and decoration of the products are also your speciality. Show off your sense of aesthetics and finesse.

What you’ll be doing:

• Storing and inspecting food and packaging materials
• Preparing and working with doughs and batters
• Producing fine baked goods from various doughs
• Creating fillings and creams
• Decorating patisserie products
• Preparing savoury, cheese, and party biscuits
• Designing cakes and patisserie products
• Creating speciality and long-lasting baked goods
• Making marzipan, chocolate, and nougat products
• Designing and making confectionary products
• Making chocolates
• Producing ice cream and ice-cream products
• Creating sweet dishes
• Preparing small dishes using fresh ingredients
• Customer service and sales

Apprenticeship programme

• 1st year
  Knowledge of goods/confectionery (10 weeks) | Bakery (8 weeks) | Stewarding (12 weeks) | Restaurant LUMI (8 weeks)
• 2nd year
  Patisserie (16 weeks) | Breakfast (4 weeks) | Bakery (4 weeks) | Confectionery (10 weeks)
• 3rd year
  Confectionery (30 weeks)

Duration: 3 years
The duration of the apprenticeship may be reduced under certain conditions (e.g. if you have a high school diploma or achieve outstanding results in school and at work).

What can you do once you’ve completed your apprenticeship?
You can choose to develop as a member of the kitchen team in a hotel or a patisserie. Perhaps you’ll enjoy working at Seezeitlodge so much that you want to take advantage of our advancement opportunities.
If chocolate artistry is your greatest passion, you can specialise and become a chocolatier. As a pastry chef, you can work as an employee or, once you qualify as a master, open your own patisserie.

Apply now for 2025

The Seezeitlodge has a partnership with the IST Hochschule für Management / University of Applied Sciences. If you not only want to study, but also gain valuable practical experience at the same time, a dual study program with the IST Hochschule für Management is just right for you. This is also possible via the IBA Campus Heidelberg.

Click here for the degree program at IST

Click here for the study program at the IBA