Four Days Inside the School of the Craft

    There is a difference between learning about excellence and experiencing it first-hand.

    For four days, participants step inside EHL Campus Lausanne: observing live classes, working in professional kitchens and service environments, learning alongside EHL faculty and experts, and experiencing hospitality from both the practitioner and guest perspective.

    They don't just hear how EHL develops practical excellence. They experience it and leave with standards, practices and inspiration they can bring back to their own environment.

    One EHL Experience. Different Learning Journeys.

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    Learners & Students

    Build confidence through practice.

    For learners developing their foundations in Culinary Arts or Food & Beverage, the immersion brings professional standards to life through practical workshops, observation and interaction with experts.

    They leave with:
    Hands-on experience • stronger professional habits • exposure to Swiss standards • greater confidence and professional readiness

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    Trainers & Faculty

    Experience excellence. Bring it back to your classroom.

    For trainers, faculty and professionals responsible for developing others, the immersion provides direct exposure to EHL's pedagogical and operational practices.

    They leave with:
    New teaching approaches • practical feedback methods • operational benchmarks • ideas they can adapt to their own programs

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    Where Learning Becomes Practice

    There is a moment when a learner stops copying gestures and starts owning them. We help you bring that moment closer: four days of doing, tasting, serving and practicing inside one of the world's best hospitality institutions. You learn service, cooking fundamentals, mixology and coffee by doing, corrected by experts in the field.

    What Student And Learners Take Home

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    Global Standards, First-Hand

    Learners gain direct exposure to Swiss hospitality excellence. Standards they can recognize, replicate, and bring back. 

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    Skills That Are Job-Ready

    Hands-on practice in a world-class environment builds real operational insight, not theory. Participants return equipped, not just informed.

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    Confidence That Carries

    Four days inside excellence build the kind of professional confidence and readiness that shows up long after the program ends.

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    Inspiration That Travels Home

    What's gained doesn't stay with the individual. It becomes knowledge transfer, new perspective, and lasting inspiration within the team.

    Program Schedule Sample - For Learners & Students

    Step inside EHL and experience hospitality in action.

    Each Learner Immersion Program is tailored to the selected track and the institution’s learning objectives. Over four intensive days, participants combine hands-on practice, expert interaction and exposure to professional standards, while experiencing the different learning and operational environments across EHL Campus Lausanne, from kitchens and service spaces to restaurants and other hospitality outlets.

    The schedules below illustrate how learners can experience, practise and reflect, building confidence, broadening their perspective and gaining first-hand exposure to EHL’s approach to Practical Arts and hospitality excellence.

    Day 1 — Discovering EHL & Service Excellence
    Experience the standards and culture behind Swiss hospitality.

    • Introduction to EHL and Savoir-Être
    • Introduction to the School of Practical Arts
    • Campus discovery
    • Service excellence through the EHL lens
    • Exposure to a luxury hospitality environment

    Day 2 — Service Skills in Practice
    Build confidence through hands-on F&B practice.

    • Service techniques and flambéing
    • Practical introduction to mixology
    • Demonstration, practice and expert feedback
    • Reflection on professional standards and techniques

    Day 3 — Experiencing High-End Hospitality
    Understand how excellence is designed across the guest experience.

    • Discover EHL’s Michelin-starred learning environment
    • Explore the service chain behind a luxury F&B experience
    • Introduction to oenology and beverage culture
    • Experience high-end service from the guest perspective

    Day 4 — From Service to Guest Experience
    Connect operational skills with communication and commercial awareness.

    • The art of briefing a team
    • Barista and latte art workshop
    • Reading the guest and identifying opportunities to upsell
    • Reflection and key takeaways
    • Certificate ceremony

    Day 1 — Discovering EHL & Hospitality Excellence

    Understand the culture and standards behind EHL’s approach to hospitality.

    • Introduction to EHL and Savoir-Être
    • Introduction to the School of Practical Arts
    • Campus discovery
    • Service excellence through the EHL lens
    • Exposure to a luxury hospitality environment

    Day 2 — Inside the Professional Kitchen

    Understand how standards, organization and technique come together.

    • Food safety and hygiene fundamentals
    • Discover EHL’s kitchen organization and workflows
    • Hands-on bistronomy workshop
    • Tasting, feedback and reflection

    Day 3 — From Operations to Culinary Excellence

    Explore the systems and standards behind a high-end culinary experience.

    • Discover EHL’s Michelin-starred learning environment
    • Explore the operational chain behind a high-end F&B experience
    • Introduction to cost control and menu engineering
    • Reflect on quality, consistency and guest expectations

    Day 4 — Culinary Innovation

    Explore how technique, science and innovation shape modern culinary practice.

    • Cooking science and precision techniques
    • Practical demonstration or workshop
    • Tasting and expert debrief
    • Introduction to applied food and nutrition research
    • Certificate ceremony
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    Where Expertise Keeps Evolving

    Trainers give feedback all year. They rarely receive any. EHL is where the people who develop everyone else get developed themselves: back in the learner's seat, inside a school that has taught the craft for over a century.

    What Trainers And Professionals Gain

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    New Answers to Old Questions

    How do you explain a gesture you do without thinking? How do you correct without discouraging? They'll watch EHL faculty do it, live.

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    The Learner's Seat

    Being taught again changes how you teach. Simple, and it works. Your trainers return sharper, and so does everyone they train.

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    A Standard to Calibrate Against

    Four days inside excellence, not a description of it, so they know exactly what to aim for when they're back. 

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    Practical Takeaways

    Feedback methods, workshop formats and ways to structure a training. Ready to be taken home, usable straight away. 

    Program Schedule Sample - For Trainers and Faculty

    Experience EHL from both sides of the classroom.

    Each Trainer Immersion Program is tailored to the selected track and the institution’s development objectives. Over four intensive days, participants observe EHL teaching in action, step into the learner’s shoes, exchange with faculty and experts, and experience the different learning and operational environments across EHL Campus Lausanne, including kitchens, restaurants, service spaces and other hospitality outlets.

    The schedules below illustrate a journey designed to help trainers observe, experience, analyse and transfer. They gain practical insights into EHL’s pedagogical and operational model and identify approaches they can adapt to strengthen learning within their own organization.

    Day 1 — Benchmarking Excellence

    Experience EHL’s standards before exploring how they are taught.

    • Introduction to EHL, Savoir-Être and the School of Practical Arts
    • EHL’s approach to service excellence
    • Campus and operational environment discovery
    • Exposure to Swiss luxury hospitality standards
    • Reflection: what defines excellence in practice?

    Day 2 — Observe How Practical Skills Are Taught

    Step inside the learning environment and observe pedagogy in action.

    • Introduction to EHL’s Practical Arts learning model
    • Shadow a live student workshop
    • Participate in a hands-on F&B workshop
    • Exchange with the lecturer
    • Debrief the teaching methods, sequencing and learner engagement

    This preserves the current shadowing → hands-on → lecturer Q&A structure, which is one of the strongest aspects of the trainer schedule.

    Day 3 — Leading Learners Towards Excellence

    Explore how standards are reinforced through feedback and experience.

    • Experience EHL’s Michelin-starred learning environment
    • Explore the service chain behind a luxury experience
    • Effective and structured feedback techniques
    • Exchange with learners on their experience
    • Reflection on coaching performance towards excellence

    Day 4 — From Experience to Teaching Practice

    Translate what you have observed into your own training environment.

    • Step into the learner’s role through a practical workshop
    • Beverage pairing or selected F&B practical experience
    • Debrief from both learner and trainer perspectives
    • Impactful teaching methods
    • Identify practices to transfer back to your own organization
    • Certificate ceremony

    Day 1 — Benchmarking Excellence

    Same shared opening day:

    • Introduction to EHL and Savoir-Être
    • EHL Practical Arts philosophy
    • Campus and operational environment discovery
    • Service excellence through the EHL lens
    • Exposure to Swiss hospitality standards

    Day 2 — Observe Culinary Teaching in Action

    See how technical expertise becomes structured learning.

    • Introduction to EHL’s Practical Arts pedagogical approach
    • Shadow a live kitchen or pastry workshop
    • Participate in a kitchen or pastry workshop
    • Exchange directly with the lecturer
    • Debrief teaching methods, sequencing and feedback

    Day 3 — Coaching Towards Culinary Excellence

    Explore how learners are guided from technique to mastery.

    • Discover EHL’s Michelin-starred learning environment
    • Explore the operational chain behind high-end culinary delivery
    • Effective and structured feedback techniques
    • Exchange with EHL learners
    • Reflect on how standards are communicated and reinforced

    Day 4 — Innovation, Reflection & Transfer

    Connect culinary innovation with practical teaching.

    • Explore cooking science and precision techniques
    • Observe applied learning or R&D in action
    • Debrief the learning approach
    • Identify ideas applicable to your own curriculum or training environment
    • Certificate ceremony

    Day 1 — Experience EHL’s Learning Philosophy

    Understand the principles behind EHL’s approach to practical education.

    • Introduction to EHL and Savoir-Être
    • EHL’s Practical Arts pedagogical approach
    • Campus and learning environment discovery
    • Introduction to experiential and competency-based learning
    • Observe how standards are embedded into the learner experience

    Day 2 — Observe Teaching in Practice

    See how practical learning is designed, facilitated and debriefed.

    • Shadow a live Practical Arts workshop
    • Participate in a workshop from the learner’s perspective
    • Observe instruction, demonstration and practice
    • Exchange with the lecturer
    • Analyse learner engagement and feedback techniques

    Day 3 — Feedback, Assessment & Learner Development

    Explore how EHL moves learners from practice towards mastery.

    • Observe learning in a high-standard operational environment
    • Effective and structured feedback
    • Practical assessment approaches and rubrics
    • Coaching and learner development
    • Exchange with EHL students and faculty

    The product description specifically identifies competency-based learning, assessment design, rubrics, inclusive teaching, classroom management and soft-skill instruction as the Pedagogy track themes.

    Day 4 — Translate Pedagogy Into Practice

    Turn observation into approaches you can use at home.

    • The role of the trainer as coach and facilitator
    • Skills of an effective Practical Arts trainer
    • Impactful teaching methods
    • Designing engaging practice-based learning
    • Personal reflection and transfer plan
    • Certificate ceremony
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    At a glance

    4 days
    Immersive learning at EHL Campus Lausanne

    20–25 hours
    Structured learning and practical activities

    Up to 10 participants per group
    Larger cohorts accommodated through multiple groups

    English / French
    B2 language level recommended

    On-campus experience
    Practical workshops, observation, expert exchange and exposure to EHL's learning environments

    A Unique Experience

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    Swiss Excellence

    First-hand exposure to Swiss hospitality excellence on the EHL Lausanne campus
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    Industry Experts

    Direct interaction with EHL faculty and industry experts
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    Hands-on

    A hands-on learning experience combining observation, practice and feedback

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    Industry Leader

    Inspiration from the operational and pedagogical model of one of the world’s leading hospitality schools

    What Sets an EHL Immersion Week Apart?

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    Top Practical Experts

    • Michelin-star culinary professionals

    • Award-winning hospitality experts 

    • Internationally recognized specialists in practical arts

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    Top Academic Experts

    • PhDs in food science, management and consumer behavior
    • Research in culinary innovation and hospitality operations
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    Top Training Facilities

    • Michelin-level expertise

    • World-class gastronomy and service education

    • Practice restaurants and real operational environments

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    Whether you have a fully formed project, an operation that needs fixing, or simply a question you haven't found the answer to yet.

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    Good Questions. Honest Answers.

    The questions we hear most, answered as clearly as we can.

     Programs are designed as intensive four-day experiences, typically representing 20–25 contact hours. We can adjust them to your needs upon request.

     Immersion Programs are delivered face-to-face at EHL Campus Lausanne in Switzerland. 
     Programs are available for hospitality learners, trainers and faculty. The selected track and learning experience are adapted to the participant profile. 
     Current tracks focus on Culinary Arts, Food & Beverage, and Pedagogy in Practical Arts. 
     Yes. The final program is developed around the institution's objectives, selected track and participant profile. Workshops, observations and selected industry experiences may therefore vary. 
     Participants who complete the full program receive a Certificate of attendance from EHL School of Practical Arts. There is no formal assessment. 
    Programs are primarily delivered in English, with French available upon request. To fully participate in workshops, discussions and interactions with EHL faculty and experts, participants should have a recommended minimum overall English level of B2 (CEFR) when attending an English-language program.
     Depending on the track, participants may combine practical workshops, live class observations, demonstrations, exchanges with EHL faculty and experts, group reflections and selected hospitality visits. 
     No. The immersion is designed around experiential learning. Participants observe real classes and operations, take part in hands-on activities and engage directly with EHL experts rather than only attending lectures. 
     Yes. Direct interaction with EHL faculty, Practical Arts instructors and industry professionals is a core part of the experience. 
     Yes. Practical workshops and demonstrations form part of the experience, with activities adapted to the selected Culinary, F&B or Pedagogy track. 
     For learners, enrolment in a hospitality-related program is recommended. For trainers and faculty previous teaching and practical hospitality experience is recommended. 
    The earlier, the better. As the facilities of EHL are limited and in high demand. Also, recurring visits are prioritized. Not later than 3 months.
    No. Travel, visa and personal expenses are additional. EHL will support participants with visa documentation

    Immersion Programs are designed for groups of 6 up to 10 participants, allowing for meaningful interaction, hands-on practice and close guidance from EHL experts.

    Larger cohorts can be accommodated by creating additional groups. As practical workshops and selected activities need to be delivered separately for each group, program pricing is adjusted accordingly for cohorts sizes.

    Yes. The EHL Immersion Program is designed first and foremost as an educational experience, with the four program days dedicated to structured learning and activities on and around EHL Campus Lausanne.

    Groups wishing to discover more of Switzerland or organize additional visits are welcome to plan these activities before or after the academic program. EHL can provide general advice and recommendations to support their planning.