Hospitality Careers
Hospitality is the largest industry in the world; a qualification in this area is your passport to live and work across New Zealand or practically anywhere else on the globe.
Is a career in hospitality for me?
You're on the right track if your interests include: Food Technology or Nutrition, Maths, Te reo Maori, Languages, Economics or Business Studies your skills include communication, creativity and you like meeting people, travel and non-traditional working hours.
Our Qualifications
Otago Polytechnic offers a full range of programmes in cookery, front of house service and management. We have certificate and diploma-level programmes and have just introduced a world-leading degree in culinary arts. You can study hospitality programmes in Dunedin or Central Otago.
Where to next?
Could you be a future Hotel Manager, Chef, Business Manager, Food and Beverage Manager, Restaurant Owner, Human Resources Manager, Tour Guide....?
Visit our School of Hospitality
Keen on training as a chef in the stunning region of Central Otago? We offer cookery programmes from our campus in Cromwell, and have a number of study options that may suit you!
Visit our Central Otago Campus
Keen on a career in the hospitality industry, but unsure if you're ready to enter a programme in cookery, culinary arts or front of house services? We can help you develop the academic and English language skills you'll need to study sucessfully.
Visit our School of Foundation Learning
Need more help making your decision? Our careers advisory service can help you plan the programme of study and support you'll need to get going.
Contact our Careers Service
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