Restaurant Cook – Culinary Expert

Vocational Qualification of Restaurant and Catering Services, competence area: Food Services 180 competence points

Perho graduated Restaurant Cooks are qualified to work at various tasks in the hospitality field like hotels and lounges, cruise ships, restaurants with different concepts, cafés and catering, tourism service companies or various institutions.

A Restaurant Cook knows how to prepare tasty, nutritious food comprehensively, taking special diets into account. They also know how to serve food for individual customers or a larger group of customers.

Two options to become Culinary Expert

1 / THE FULL-TIME DAY STUDY PROGRAM

Applying period for the full-time day studies 1.3.–27.4.2025

You can apply if you live in Finland, you have completed upper secondary level education and you do not have a vocational qualification, degree, or a study place. You must have sufficient level of English language skills.

In the full-time day study program you can start from the scratch and become a culinary expert. There is no tuition fee. Studies lasts 1,5–2 years on average.

The study program includes practical lessons in both training kitchens and service classrooms.
The studies include training periods in Perho Culinary, Tourism & Business College’s teaching restaurant Perho and in various restaurants in Helsinki metropolitan area or abroad.
Campus: Töölö, Perhonkatu 11, FI-00100 Helsinki
Studies are starting on the Orientation Day 2nd of June 2025 and full-time schedule 13th of August 2025.

Apply for a Restaurant Cook full-time day study place at this link

Interview of applicants

We will invite selected applicants for an interview based on their application and supporting documents, including educational certificates and a motivation letter. In the interview, we pay attention to your career plan, motivation, and preconditions in studying the vocational qualification in Restaurant and Catering Services. Interviews will already be held during the application period.

2 / THE WORK-BASED STUDY PROGRAM

In the work-based study program you will learn by working and become a culinary expert. You come to school monthly for two days and study also online. There is no tuition fee. Studies lasts 1–2 years on average.

Studies takes place as an apprenticeship or a training agreement with your employer.
On average, two monthly school days at Töölö Campus, Perhonkatu 11, FI-00100 Helsinki.

Applying for the work-based studies

You can apply if

you live in Finland.
you have have previous work experience in restaurants at least one year.
you have sufficient level of English language skills.
your current employer is willing to sign an apprenticeship or a training agreement.

We will contact you by email within two weeks of receiving your application.

Interview of applicants

We will invite selected applicants for an interview based on their application and supporting documents, including educational certificates, a motivation letter and employer’s contact information. In the interview, we pay attention to your career plan, motivation, and preconditions in studying the vocational qualification in Restaurant and Catering Services.

Application form: Restaurant Cook-Culinary Expert, Work-based studies