Diploma · Professional development
Küchenmeister IHK (m/w)
Master Cook (IHK) - Bachelor Professional Cookery and Kitchen Management (CCI)
Eckert Schulen (Akademie) · Eckert Schulen - Campus Regenstauf, Regenstauf · Germany
- Official award
- Küchenmeister IHK (Bachelor Professional Cookery and Kitchen Management (CCI))
- Duration
- Dauer 4,5 Monate
- Delivery
- On campus · Full-time
- Tuition
- EUR 4,900see costs below
Award and recognition
Preparation for the IHK Küchenmeister exam: business-related qualifications, action-specific qualifications (staff leadership, process planning, procurement, food technology, guest advice) and practical examination.
- Qualification category
- Diploma
- Award status
- Vocational qualificationA vocational qualification listed in a national system or issued by a national awarding body.
- Awarding body
- Industrie- und Handelskammer (IHK)Course preparing for the nationwide uniform IHK examination; the school is the training provider, the chamber conducts the exam.
- Issued by the school
- No: awarded by another body
- On completion
- After passing the nationwide IHK exam: Küchenmeister IHK, titled Bachelor Professional Cookery and Kitchen Management (CCI).
- Purpose
- Professional development
- Subject
- Professional cookery, Culinary management
- Entry level
- For working professionals
No recognition record is attached to this program. See the school’s recognition section.
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- Dauer 4,5 Monate
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- German
- Published teaching hours
- 570 hours
- Note on hours
- Approx. 570 teaching units for the full-time variant.
Source quote partly matched; being reviewed.
Admissions
- Prior education
- Completed 3-year recognised apprenticeship plus at least one year of practice, or 2-year apprenticeship plus two years, or at least four years of practice (for the economics exam part).
- Intakes
- Beginn 26.10.2026 Ende 16.03.2027
- Beginn 03.05.2027 Ende 12.10.2027
- Beginn 18.10.2027 Ende 14.03.2028
- Official application
- Application and instructions
Source quote partly matched; being reviewed.
Costs
Original currency is authoritative. Tuition, mandatory extras and accommodation are shown separately and never converted or added together for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Participation fee, full-time (monthly instalments)Tuition · mandatory | EUR 4,900for the whole program, Intakes 2026-2027 | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| IHK examination fee (example for Regenstauf, status 01/2026)Mandatory extra · mandatory | EUR 1,035one-time, Status 01/2026 | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Learning materials (full-time variant)Mandatory extra · mandatory | EUR 240.23one-time | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
Funding
Aufstiegs-BAföG Grant
Competitive · Page example: total Aufstiegs-BAföG funding of 75 percent of 5,935 EUR course plus exam fees
Statutory further-training funding (grant and loan components); in Bavaria an additional Meisterbonus is mentioned.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: internship arrangement.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. How verification works.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)