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Restaurant Cook

Start your vocational studies in English

Develop your skills and become a real culinary expert. At Perho Culinary, Tourism and Business College, you will learn the restaurant cook basic skills in a work-based studies or completing full-time day program.

Studies of a Restaurant Cook are available for persons, who live in Finland, have a sufficient level of English language skills and do not have a vocational qualification, degree or  study place or the applicant has a little work experience in the restaurant field.

Restaurant Cook,

Complete your degree by studying at school and at the workplace

Apply for a study place for full-time day studies: 1.3.–27.4.2025

The full-time studies starts on the 13th of August 2025. Before that students participates in an orientation day on the 2nd of June. The Restaurant Cook full-time studies are carried out in lessons at school, training in Restaurant Perho and in various restaurants in the capital region.

Study a degree by working

You can apply for the work-based Restaurant Cook studies throughout the year.

Studies takes place as an apprenticeship or a training agreement with your employer. The training starts with a flexible schedule.

Watch Chef Clarence’s real profession story

Clarence dreamed of becoming a chef for a long time and filled out an application at the beginning of many years but never sent it forward.

What finally made him apply for a place to study at Perho Culinary, Tourism & Business College? What does he get inspired by and build something new from a sudden idea to offer changing hotel’s guests?

Apply now to Restaurant Cook studies – Read more about the Application Eligibility

 

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Restaurant Waiter Studies

Study Vocational qualification in Restaurant and Catering Services, Customer Service, Waiter

Are you a person with a passion for hospitality? Do you have experience working in a restaurant? With us you can take your skills to the next level, we’re here to support your hospitality and culinary journey every step of the way.

You can submit your application at any time.

You can study a waiter degree by working

At Perho Culinary, Tourism and Business College’s studies you will learn the basic skills of a waiter quickly in working life.

English-taught education of Restaurant Waiter – Hospitality Expert is available as work-based studies. The length of the studies is 1–1,5 years on average.

Studies are started flexibly. Therefore, there is no one official start date for the Waiter studies. The start of your studies depends on among other things your previous knowledge and skills.

When applying for a study place

  • You can apply for the work-based Restaurant Waiter studies throughout the year.
  • You live in Finland and speak English well enough.
  • You have work experience in restaurants at least one year.
  • Studies takes place as an apprenticeship or a training agreement with your current employer. Please, make sure with your employer that this arrangement is acceptable to them.

Apply now to Restaurant Waiter Studies – Read more about the Application Eligibility