The school offers a specialized training program in cooking and gastronomy, which allow students enter the professional world by studying food and raw materials, its science and technology, meanwhile learning conservation techniques, handling, and preparation of the same, without forgetting nutritional aspects, quality control, and food safety, all with the knowledge of world cuisines and other complementary gastronomic products. But also, the student will learn aspects related to the management of catering companies and with research and innovation for the development of new culinary products. All this with the aim of integrally training future chefs and pastry chefs. The theoretical-practical training at the School is complemented by internships in national and international catering companies, which will facilitate access to the professional world of cooking with guarantees of success.
The school offers this innovative course of specialized training in restaurant services which will allow the student to know the reality of the catering sector in a theoretical-practical environment, easing their access to the working world with guarantees of success. This course contemplates a practical program based on the “Know How”, with more than 700 hours of curricular practical training in the school and 3 months of internships in national and international hospitality companies. The subjects imparted are focused on the study of vital matter for the appropriate restaurant service: customer service, sale, wines service, food and wine pairing, cocktail, banqueting, as well as the knowledge of food and raw materials, and their nutritional aspects, food security and the understanding of the most innovative service techniques.
Traditional confectionery, chocolate, ice cream, new preparation techniques, decoration, presentations, and the care for taste and aesthetics are the foundations of the training of a pastry chef. In addition to elaborating and presenting pastries of all kinds, the student will learn how to manage the production and composition operations and to integrate in the patisserie area in the bakery or restaurant.
ESHS maintains a close cooperative relationship with University Pablo Olavide, one of the pioneers among the Spanish universities in the fields of investigation and technological development, with the common goal of bettering the professional qualification of the university students and professionals of the hospitality sector. That is why from ESHS and UPO we carry out the execution of postgraduate programs (Master and University extension) in management and direction of hospitality companies as well as programs of specialized training in collective management. These studies promote the investigation and innovation of the tourism and hospitality sector, especially in those areas of interest for the sector such as expansion and strategic development, nutrition, cuisine, or new gastronomic trends. This program will allow the students to develop skills already acquired in other fields, complement them with new abilities and lead them to their practical application in the touristic fields everywhere in the world. It will also promote their business designing skills which will allow them to innovate, investigate, solve problems, and develop new products and services. These internships with partner companies will allow the students to strengthen their skills easing their introduction to the working world.