About Horst the ChefConfession regarding the Skills+Plus concept:
This Chef Skills+Plus concept is the result of working actively and successfully in a la carte and function kitchens for 35 years! During the first ten years, I worked in a healthy mix of different venues: hotel kitchen, restaurant, patisserie and luxury resort. I grabbed the opportunity to start my own restaurant with just $20k of my own.
Over the next 20 years I developed, together with my wife, three restaurants with very different concepts – a la carte cafe, fine dining and solid functions venue. I left each of these places in a healthy and wealthy condition to colleagues I had been working with and had trained for the job.
I left Germany twelve years ago and one former apprentice is still in one of the businesses today while another one ran the function place for ten years after we left. I have raised two kids; both ended up with a uni degree and the family had one big holiday each year. I have been supporting my luck with hard work and continued improvement.
The next possibly ten years I am going to spend in chef education. I have intentionally chosen this path and will lead young chefs to the same conscious decision to search and find their individual starting point. I consider the existing chef training framework in Australia as valid and reliable, however, besides the existing high theoretical standards I wish to improve the practical skill set of young chefs.
And the only place to do this is in a functional, up-to-date a la carte kitchen!
I am determined to find, create and bring this kitchen to life!
However, I realise that help, support and the willingness of colleagues to spend their time and expertise is needed to drive this concept further.
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Employment History
2008 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
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Employment History
details of my entire employment history
Horst Berger 0412 166 822
Previous self- employment
Some places I worked for can be visited via internet
from to Employers name and Address work description/ classification documentation
till May 2011 CHEF Trainer Café Quisine (part of Quality Training and Hospitality College)
1/465 Pulteney Street Adelaide
Phone: 8232 8986 www.cafequisine.com.au
2009 CHEF Trainer Quality Training and Hospitality College
2008 2009 Festival Centre and casual chef lecturer casual chef lecturer yes
2008 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
2007 Patricias Restaurant head chef yes
Port Nourlunga 14 - 16 Gawler St
Port Noarlunga 5167 Tel (08) 8384 5685
2002-2006 Restaurant Post Office Adelaide chef owner full time yes
192 Chandlers Hill road Happy Valley
1999-2002 Restaurant VIZZ German Club Adelaide chef owner full time yes
Flinders Street Adelaide
1991-1998 Bergers Catering service and event VITAX chef owner full time yes
Germany, Peiner Strasse Sehnde
1986 -1991 Bergers Kitchen fine dining chef owner full time yes
Germany Borsigring Sehnde
previous employment
1984 –1986 Event gastronomy GOP Germany executive chef yes
Germany Opernstrasse Hanover
1983-1984 Restaurant Muellinger Tivoli Germany head chef yes
Germany Mullingerstrasse Sehnde
1981-1982 Alte Post Lehrte Germany Head chef yes
Germany Bahnhofstrasse Lehrte
1980-1981 Restaurant Kaminstube Germany sous chef yes
Germany Gross Burgwedel
1978-1980 Parkhotel Welfenhof, Hanover chef de partie yes
1977-1978 Kastens Hotel Luisenhof Germany chef de partie yes
1974-1977 Hotel Maritim Braunlage first commis than chef de partie yes
1972-1974 Hotel Hospiz Loccumer hof Hanover Germany Apprenticeship yes
1970-1972 School of Hospitality Kitchen&Service Apprenticeship yes
Further information concerning my training and experience
2008 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
Master chef diploma by chamber of commerce Hanover certificate in English yes
supporting the Hospitality section Chamber of Commerce Hanover as chef consultant / after the Berlin Wall came down
With flavorful greetings Horst Berger
