What Hubertus & Berkhoff does

Hubertus & Berkhoff, branded 'De Culinaire Vakschool', is a Dutch vmbo (preparatory secondary vocational education) school located at Betuwestraat 29, Amsterdam, specializing in culinary arts, hospitality, and bakery education. It serves approximately 11-14 year-old students entering through Amsterdam's central lotting en matching enrollment system, with about six first-year classes annually and class-size caps of 18-20 for basis/kader tracks and up to 22 for TTO and gemengde leerweg tracks. The school is a member of the Voortgezet Onderwijs van Amsterdam (VOvA) scholengroep, a public Dutch educational entity, and operates as a non-profit, government-funded institution rather than a private company.

The school's core product is its HBR (Horeca, Bakkerij en Recreatie) vocational program portfolio, delivered across basis, kader, and gemengde leerweg tracks, with an optional bilingual TTO module yielding Anglia certification. Teaching is built around hands-on training in two public-facing venues — Restaurant Délicieux (four-course dinners at €18 on Tue-Thu evenings and three-course lunches at €12.50 Mon-Fri) and Grand Café Sud (daily café service with student-baked pastries and a traiteur counter) — which double as revenue-generating training facilities and demonstration channels. Additional offerings include an accelerated vmbo-to-mbo pathway (one year time savings) developed jointly with MBO College Centrum (ROC van Amsterdam) and Hogeschool Inholland, formalized in December 2024.

The business model is primarily government-funded: per-pupil allocations from the Dutch educational system cover core instruction, supplemented by modest restaurant receipts, vocational clothing package sales (via Schoolplaza), and ancillary items such as a published recipe book. Go-to-market is event-driven, targeting prospective Group 8 students and parents through open days, the annual Amsterdamse Taartopmaakwedstrijd (in its 8th edition), and an online magazine, with public restaurant operations serving as a bottom-of-funnel demonstration of teaching quality. Leadership is in transition: Jan van der Linden serves as director, with Jonker as interim until Marijke Stenger takes over on August 1, 2026.

Name

Hubertus & Berkhoff

Legal name

Hubertus & Berkhoff

Website

https://hubertusberkhoff.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hubertus & Berkhoff is a Dutch vmbo school in Amsterdam specializing in culinary, hospitality, and bakery vocational education. It serves Group 8 students enrolling through Amsterdam's central matching system and operates public training restaurants as part of its hands-on curriculum under the VOvA educational group.

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Product category

Vocational Secondary Education (Culinary & Hospitality)

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Institutional & Commercial Kitchen Training (Schools/Healthcare/Corporate) (EDAOAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Instructional Delivery & Pedagogy (School-Led) (EDAJAFAB), Contract Foodservice Management for Schools (EDAEAEAB)

Keywords

• Vmbo culinary education
• Hospitality vocational training
• Bakery pastry school
• Restaurant training facility
• Secondary vocational education

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: As a public vmbo school under Voortgezet Onderwijs van Amsterdam (VOvA), the school is primarily funded through Dutch government educational funding based on student enrollment.
2. Restaurant Operations Revenue: The school operates restaurant Délicieux and Grand Café Sud, serving external diners. Revenue is generated from paid lunches (€12.50 three-course) and dinners (€18 four-course) for public guests. Students prepare and serve these meals as part of their practical training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hubertus & Berkhoff is a Dutch vmbo school delivering secondary vocational education in Horeca (Hospitality), Brood & Banket (Bakery & Pastry), and Recreatie (Recreation) across basis, kader, and gemengde leerweg tracks. Instruction is hands-on, anchored by two student-operated public restaurants (Restaurant Délicieux and Grand Café Sud) where learners prepare and serve meals to external guests as practical training. The school also offers a bilingual TTO program, accelerated MBO pathways via partnerships with MBO College Centrum and Hogeschool Inholland, and prepares students for the Dutch vmbo diploma.

Product overview

Hubertus & Berkhoff is a vmbo vocational school offering a multi-product educational portfolio centered on culinary arts and hospitality. The core offering consists of HBR (Horeca, Bakkerij en Recreatie) vocational programs available in basis, kader, and gemengde leerweg tracks. Students gain hands-on experience through practical training in Restaurant Délicieux (four-course dining) and Grand Café Sud (café service with bakery products). The TTO (Tweetalig Onderwijs) add-on module provides bilingual English instruction. Additional offerings include accelerated MBO pathways, PTO/PTA examination programs, and specialized recipe training materials. The school integrates with the broader VOvA scholengroep for administrative systems including Magister.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Restaurant Délicieux: Training restaurant where students demonstrate their cooking and serving skills. Offers four-course dinners (€18) on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings, and three-course lunches (€12.50) Monday through Friday.
• Grand Café Sud

Products and services

• Restaurant Délicieux
• Grand Café Sud
• HBR (Horeca, Bakkerij en Recreatie) vmbo program
• Gemengde Leerweg (GL)
• Versnelde Doorstroom MBO (Accelerated MBO Pathway)

Quantifiable outcome

• One year time savings possible through accelerated mbo pathways with MBO College Centrum
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Hotel Okura Amsterdam / Restaurant Ciel BleuminorOthers · 7 June 2025School's cooking teachers Moinat and Bayens supported Michelin-starred chefs at the 24h Chefs charity event at Restaurant Ciel Bleu in Hotel Okura. Students prepared amuses for 600 guests. Event raised €315,000 for Prinses Máxima Centrum and War Child.
• MBO College Centrum (ROC van Amsterdam)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 December 2024Hubertus & Berkhoff, MBO College Centrum (ROC van Amsterdam), and Hogeschool Inholland formed a strategic educational partnership to create seamless progression pathways from vmbo to mbo to hbo in hospitality. Starting August 2025, vmbo-basis students can follow accelerated routes to mbo level 2 programs in Koken (Cooking), Bakken (Baking), and Gastheerschap (Hospitality), potentially saving one year of study time. The partnership eliminates curriculum duplication and aims to reduce dropout rates.
• Hogeschool InhollandminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 December 2024Partnership with Hogeschool Inholland extends the educational pathway partnership to include hbo-level hospitality programs, complementing the vmbo-mbo pathways with MBO College Centrum.
• Voortgezet Onderwijs van Amsterdam (VOvA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 December 2024Hubertus & Berkhoff is part of the VOvA scholengroep (educational group) which operates 7 school locations in Amsterdam, ranging from practical education through vwo+. VOvA provides centralized administration, HR, and governance for member schools.
• Onderwijsgroep AmstellandminorOthersThe incoming new school director Marijke Stenger currently serves as director at Karel Eykmanschool and De Cirkel in Amstelveen, both part of Onderwijsgroep Amstelland.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Cas Spijkers Academie: Private culinary academy in Rosmalen founded by Michelin-star chef Cas Spijkers, focused on professional culinary training. Comparable as a niche Dutch culinary training provider, though operating in a private commercial model rather than public vocational education.

Regional players

• Vista College: Dutch regional mbo in Limburg offering hospitality and culinary programs. Comparable as a Dutch vocational institution with culinary training, though serving a different geographic catchment than Amsterdam.
• Ter Groene Poorte: Belgian secondary and vocational school in Bruges focused on culinary arts and hospitality with restaurant training facilities. Comparable as a culinary-focused vocational institution, though operating under the Flemish education system in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• Koning Willem I College: Large regional mbo in the Den Bosch area offering culinary, hospitality, and food programs. Comparable as a Dutch vocational institution with culinary specialization operating under public funding.
• Yuverta: Large Dutch vocational mbo school offering culinary, hospitality, and food programs across multiple campuses. Comparable as a multi-location Dutch vocational institution with culinary tracks operating under a similar government-funded model.
• ROC van Amsterdam (MBO College Centrum): Largest regional mbo provider in the Amsterdam region, including MBO College Centrum which delivers culinary/hospitality mbo programs and is a direct educational partner of Hubertus & Berkhoff for accelerated vmbo→mbo pathways.
• Hogeschool Inholland: Dutch university of applied sciences offering hbo hospitality programs. Direct partner in the vmbo→mbo→hbo pathway partnership and comparable as a higher-tier hospitality education provider in the same Dutch educational ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Hotelschool The Hague: Premier Dutch hospitality management hbo with a four-year program and operational training hotel. Comparable as a hospitality-focused Dutch educational institution combining classroom instruction with practical training facilities.
• De Rooi Pannen: Dutch vocational school focused on culinary arts, hospitality, and bakery across multiple campuses (Tilburg, Breda) that operates training restaurants. Closest comparable to Hubertus & Berkhoff in model, curriculum, and public-facing training-restaurant approach.
• Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) — Hotel & Hospitality: Amsterdam-based hbo hospitality management program located in the same city as Hubertus & Berkhoff. Comparable as an Amsterdam-based hospitality higher education provider competing for the same talent pool and feeder families.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/deculinairevakschool
• Instagraminstagram.com/hubertus_berkhoff_official
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hubertus-&-berkhoff

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Profiles5 records

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