Gaining international experience
Learning is doing. Therefore, students are given the opportunity to work in real restaurant or hotel kitchens. Because of the education’s international focus, the Academy believes the two paid industry placements should take place in English speaking countries. Students have the chance to utilize their knowledge and skills and learn how to work in a team with culinary professionals. The academy offers a great number of placements at renowned restaurants and hotels in Europe as well as the United States. Due to the Academic vision and international focus of the program, the Academy strongly believes the second industry placement should take place in the United States. The academy has a special dedicated team at HRC International, that helps students prepare for their international experience.
Each industry placement is carefully structured and based upon students’ interests and knowledge. Their performance is closely monitored by professional staff, formal evaluations and other feedback. Industry placements frequently lead to job offers after completion of studies. That’s why together with our partner HRC International we say: “Creating successful careers”!
Some of the locations that provide industry placements during the first training period of our Culinary Arts program you can find below. During the 5-month placements students are trained in various kitchens of the properties.
Château St. Gerlach 
Château St. Gerlach is a unique 5-star style place to escape from the everyday life. It is a splendid hotel with 112 hotel rooms, suites and hotel apartments, but more it is a Michelin star à la carte Restaurant Château St. Gerlach. The comprehensive menu is oriented towards French cuisine and the culinary art of the chef Otto Nijenhuis.
Villa Ruimzicht 
Villa Ruimzicht is a monumental building just outside Doetinchem city centre, situated in an arboretum, a special city estate with monumental trees.
Regional restaurant and hotel entrepreneurs Kees Hensen and Dennis Kaal have reconstructed a former boarding-school for students into a luxury hotel where art is playing a central role. Fashionable, centrally situated and with historical overtones it has got a new destination as Art Hotel and Restaurants.
W Hotel Doha
W Hotel Doha, Qatar is part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with more than 725 properties in 80 countries and 120,000 employees at its owned and managed properties.
W Hotel Doha is the first hotel of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide chain in the Middle East.
Two unique culinary concepts in W Doha are presented by the three Michelin stars famed Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten:
· Market by Jean-Georges brings an unbearable lightness to dining with a groundbreaking international flair and light vibrant flavors.
· Spice Market is an unparalleled sensory fusion of fantasy and fun, inspired by the Southeast Asian street cuisine.
Some of the places where our students go for their second industry placement in USA are:
Hilton Atlanta
The Hilton Atlanta, a contemporary, business-oriented hotel offering a prime downtown location eight blocks from the Centennial Olympic Park and less than a mile from the Georgia World Congress Center, CNN and the acclaimed Georgia Aquarium. Students will crosstrain in the many different culinary outlets of the hotel.
Charleston Place by Orient-Express
The Charleston Place by Orient-Express, perennially ranked as one of the top hotels in North America by Conde Nast Traveler. Furthermore, the Charleston Place is home to several well-known restaurants, such as Cygnus and the 1913 Room which is Michigan's only AAA Five Diamond Award restaurant
Amway Grand Plaza
The Amway Grand Plaza, originally known as The Pantlind Hotel (founded in 1913), reopened in 1981 after extensive renovations including the addition of a 29 story glass tower. The hotel is home to several well-known restaurants in Grand Rapids, such as Cygnus and the 1913 Room, Michigan's only AAA Five Diamond Award restaurant.
Would you like to experience the opportunity to work with internationally renowned chefs in Bulgaria and around the world? Apply to the HRC Culinary Academy!