Your Path to Becoming a Restaurant & Bar Professional
Certified by DEHOGA as a TOP training organisation, we offer a challenging and varied apprenticeship programme within a fantastic, dedicated team. Once you’ve completed your apprenticeship, you’ll have excellent opportunities to continue supporting our business.
To strengthen our team at our hotel restaurant, we are looking for a traineespecialist in restaurants & event catering (m/f/d) to start on 1 August 2027 and 1 February 2028, subject to agreement
We offer you:
In addition to a high-quality apprenticeship, we offer you:
- A fair, performance-related training allowance starting at €1,150
- Payment of SFN allowances following the probationary period
- Flexible rota planning with a working time account
- Electronic time recording – an app for duty rosters and payslips
- Team spirit and a friendly, family-like atmosphere
- A personal mentor from the department
- Internal communication app
- Support for taking part in vocational competitions
- Opportunity to take part in an international exchange programme (approx. 3 weeks = ERASMUS) for high-performing trainees
- Digitates report booklet via azubi:web, learning tools and challenges
- Open-door policy and flat hierarchies
- Holiday pay and Christmas bonus
- 24 days’ annual leave, plus one extra day for each subsequent year
- Numerous training and professional development opportunities
- Many staff benefits and discounts through the BWH Hotel Group
- Special rates at Best Western hotels worldwide
- Cover of the cost of a travel pass – currently the Deutschlandticket – or a travel allowance
- Provision and cleaning of workwear
- 25% discount at the Alsterkrug restaurant and Bistro Braband
- Birthday gift & long-service bonus
- Increased contribution to the company pension scheme, as well as start-up funding
- Free staff meals
- Trial stay for all new staff
- Support with finding accommodation
Dehoga Association quality seal = Top training hotel
Here’s what we’re looking for:
- at least a good secondary school leaving certificate
- Being of legal age is an advantage
- Initial practical experience gained through a work placement in the hotel and catering industry is an advantage
- Flexibility and organisational skills
- Willingness to work hard, initiative and commitment
- Sense of responsibility
- Guest-oriented approach and good manners
- Good knowledge of MS Office programmes
- Very good command of German and English; knowledge of other languages would be an advantage
- A positive, engaging manner with a sense of humour; able to approach people
Your responsibilities:
Excerpt from the training programme:
- Welcoming, advising and looking after guests
- Preparing and checking guest areas
- Serving food and drinks, wine service
- Knowledge of service, food and drinks
- Decorating rooms and tables
- Working behind the bar – mixing cocktails and mixed drinks
- Various types of service – e.g. carving, filleting, working at the guest’s table
- Conducting sales discussions and preparing quotations
- Arranging events, preparing costings and creating menus
- Working with a hotel booking system and managing the hotel till
- Planning, organising and running events on site
- Planning staff rota and managing stock
- Coordinating service procedures and managing a service station
So let’s head to one of Germany’s most beautiful cities – Hamburg!
Have we sparked your interest? Then use our online application form straight away or send us your application documents by email.
