Diploma · Professional development
Fachschule für Gastronomie - Staatlich geprüfter Gastronom (with optional Küchenmeister IHK)
Technical College for Gastronomy - State-certified Gastronom (optional Master Cook exam)
Hotelfachschule Heidelberg (Fritz-Gabler-Schule) · Hotelfachschule Heidelberg, Heidelberg · Germany
- Official award
- Staatlich geprüfter Gastronom / Staatlich geprüfte Gastronomin
- Duration
- einjährige Fachschule für Gastronomie
- Delivery
- On campus · Full-time
- Tuition
- EUR 2,025see costs below
Award and recognition
One-year business and operational leadership further training for hospitality, designed to cover the theoretical part of the master examination, with intensive specialist theory and practice.
- Qualification category
- Diploma
- Award status
- Vocational qualificationA vocational qualification listed in a national system or issued by a national awarding body.
- Awarding body
- Fachschule für Gastronomie, Hotelfachschule Heidelberg (Stadt Heidelberg)Optional Meisterprüfung (Küchenmeister, Restaurantmeister or Hotelmeister) under the responsibility of IHK Rhein-Neckar; the practical exam is held in the school premises.
- Issued by the school
- No: awarded by another body
- On completion
- Staatlich geprüfter Gastronom; the Gastronom final exam is recognised by the IHK as the theoretical part of the master exam, and the practical Küchenmeister exam can be taken in connection.
- Purpose
- Professional development
- Subject
- Culinary management, Professional cookery
- Entry level
- For working professionals
Stated by the schoolIHK Rhein-NeckarQualification listing
Scope: Recognition of the Gastronom final exam as theoretical part of the master exam, as stated by the school
Stated by the schoolKultusministerium Baden-WürttembergLicence to operate or award
Scope: Legal basis of the programme as stated by the school
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- einjährige Fachschule für Gastronomie
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- German
- Published teaching hours
- 1,200 hours
- Note on hours
- More than 1200 hours of classroom teaching (stated as "mehr als 1200 Stunden").
Source quote partly matched; being reviewed.
Admissions
- Prior education
- Hauptschulabschluss with foreign language or higher; completed 3-year training in the hotel/restaurant trade.
- Experience
- At least three years of relevant professional work after training (four years for two-year-apprenticeship applicants after a talk).
- Language requirements
- Applicants whose native language is not German must prove sufficient German.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| School fee per school year (paid to the City of Heidelberg)Tuition · mandatory | EUR 2,025per year, Current at time of fetch | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| IHK Rhein-Neckar practical master exam fee (only if the Meisterprüfung is taken)Optional extra · optional | EUR 700one-time | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
No mandatory extras (uniform, knife kit, ingredients, equipment, examination fees) are published for this program. Ask the school what is not included in the tuition.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: internship arrangement, funding.
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)