Trainee Specialists for Restaurants and Event Catering (m/f/d)

Job Description

Are you looking for an apprenticeship in the hotel industry or fine dining? Then you’ve come to the right place!

Located in the heart of City West, between Ku’damm, KaDeWe, and the Gedächtniskirche, this privately run business hotel offers all the comforts you would expect from a “Leading Hotel of the World.”

The Hotel Palace Berlin features 238 modern rooms and 40 luxurious suites, an exclusive Club Lounge, a special bar concept in the House of Gin, the sous-vide restaurant beef 45, a cozy lobby lounge, and the 800 m² Palace Spa & Fitness Berlin with a fitness area, pool, and sauna.

The 2,600 square meter event space offers 18 rooms with a capacity of up to 1,000 people. Our catering team offers extensive experience, professionalism, and excellent quality for off-site events for up to 1,500 people.

Individual and personal service, unique quality standards, national and international guest clientele, passion for the job – work with us to make your new job a special experience.

What you can look forward to:

Varied training: Since we are not part of a hotel chain and organize and manage everything in-house, we have more departments than chain hotels. This gives you the opportunity to get to know and work in up to 20 departments , including reception, accounting, reservations, spa, floristry, banqueting, the House of Gin Bar, and much more.

• Above-tariff pay: We pay all our trainees a voluntary allowance and the remuneration is above the tariff
• Subsidy for BVG tickets
• Membership at discounted rates at the fitness center chain Superfit
• Discount on hotel services from Hotel Palace Berlin for friends & family
• Member of PersoNights for discounted overnight stays in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands
• Discounts in selected shops in the Europa-Center
• Excellent staff catering in our staff restaurant “Backstage” as well as free drinks
• 3 years of training – shortened to 2 or 2.5 years possible
• Block school lessons – 1 week per month
• Provision of uniforms for hotel specialists and
• Restaurant specialist and free cleaning of work clothes/uniform for all
• Numerous training courses and individual support from our internal Training & Quality Manager (e.g. English courses)
• External stays abroad/educational leave through the vocational school
• Talent competitions, exciting training courses and activities
• Mentors and sponsors in every department who are always there for you
• “Boss matter” campaign: our trainees take on the tasks of the various department heads for one day
• Guaranteed feedback sessions
• Employee newspaper “ik-up’” as a digital “bulletin board” for simple, fast and transparent employee communication
• Digital personnel file with, for example, quick access to pay slips and social security reports
• Roster app
• Free tutoring when needed
• You can take the additional qualification “Bar & Wine” with the final examination. We offer targeted preparation for this during the training for those interested.

We want to discover who you are and where you want to go. We guarantee you professional, sustainable training that is both theoretical and practical, and where you will receive individual support.

We provide you with the tools you need for a career in the hotel industry: we work with you to identify your talents and develop them in a targeted manner.

If you are a good fit for us and would like to stay, we would be happy to hire you after your final exam.

What we expect from you:

What we expect from you:

• at least a good secondary school leaving certificate, but also an Abitur or an equivalent qualification
• the “host gene”: You are passionate and committed – both in dealing with guests and in the team
• good knowledge of English and very good knowledge of German (at least C1/C2)

Our trainee program “Motiva(c)tion” for your training years includes:

Our trainee program “Motiva(c)tion” for your training years includes:

1st year of training

• Introductory days with trial overnight stay in the hotel
• Trainee days
• Probationary period assessment
• Competence training (tea training, champagne training)
• professional training in the kitchen and restaurant

2nd year of training

• Young Professional Training, e.g. Emotional Intelligence
• Preparation for the first part of the final exam
• Training for the additional qualification
• Excursions and tastings
• English lessons
• talent competitions

3rd year of training

• Young Professional Training, e.g. small talk skills
• Final exam preparation, final exam simulation, shopping cart cooking
• Excursions and tastings
• Trainee projects such as organizing an internal event
• Individual adaptation of the training plan if you already know which department you would like to work in after your training

Contact:

For advance information, please call us; we’ll be happy to answer your questions. You can reach us at 2502-1151 or 2502-1153. Applications to: palace@hr.dps-bs.de

Hotel Palace Berlin
Budapester Straße 45
10787 Berlin