Hotel School Ostrava-Hrabůvka

School Alumni

  • Hotel School is the state-funded institution, founded in 1956.
  • Our school prepares young people for the following practical professions:
  • a cook, a waiter, and a confectioner. The three-year study is finished by receiving a Certificate of Apprenticeship.
  • The best apprentices can continue their study in a two-year training course Business and receive secondary education which is finished by Maturita exam.
  • There are also four-year educational branches: Hotel and Restaurant Operation and Tourism Services which are completed by Maturita exam as well.
  • Apart from the everyday education, our school offers distance studies:
    •  Three-year educational branches (Cook, Waiter) are finished by a Certificate of Apprenticeship.
    •  Three-year educational branch (Business) is completed by Maturita exam.

Classes are divided into theoretical and practical lessons.

Theoretical lessons

Theoretical lessons take place in modern, special well-equipped classrooms such as language and computer labs, kitchen lab, confectioner lab, serving lab, wine room lab, kitchen studio, multimedia hall and Gastrocentre with special equipped classrooms (kitchen studio, serving lab, coffee-making lab and classroom for bartenders). PE lessons can take place in modern gym, fitness centre or in outside sport playgrounds.

Practical training

Practical lessons take place in various establishments such as highly quality restaurants, hotels, confectioners and travel agencies.

Catering for students is offered in the school canteen or buffet.

School facilities and services

  • Our students can join several courses during the school year (carving, bartending, sommelier, barista).
  • For students living outside Ostrava, our school offers the accommodation with the possibility of catering. Both dormitory and canteen are situated in the school building.
  • Our school organizes several events and competitions in cooking, serving and tour-guiding (Chocolate Wooden Spoon, Waiter Heptathlon, Young Tour
  • Guide). Our students participate in many other competitions all over the Czech Republic (Gastro Junior, HorecaCup Makro).
  • Hotel School is a part of the Inclusion project which helps students with special needs to be regular members of society.