Campus · Kitchens · Accommodation
Built like the kitchens you'll run
Seven professional-grade kitchens, two campuses in the heart of Lucerne, a home, three daily meals — everything on one invoice, so students live focused.
Facilities
Seven professional kitchens
7 professional-grade kitchens across three Lucerne locations cover every stage of a chef's craft.
Production kitchens
Full-scale brigade kitchens — including the City Campus kitchen that cooks daily for the whole student body. Real volume, real service pressure.
Application kitchens
An individual workstation for every student, with instructor demos relayed to overhead screens. You don't watch cooking; you cook.
The Grand Hall
A fine-dining restaurant inside the historic Union Hotel at the Lakeside Campus, where students plate and serve real guests.
- 270–335 kitchen hours per practical year — logged, assessed, and on your CV.
- Knife set and uniforms included — and the school launders your whites free of charge.
Location
Two campuses in the heart of Lucerne
Lucerne is a working hospitality capital — and both BHMS campuses sit in the centre of it, minutes on foot from the old town and the main station.
- City Campus — Gütschstrasse 2–6. Classrooms, a production kitchen, the student restaurant serving three meals a day, and student residences with balcony and kitchenette in every room.
- Lakeside Campus — Löwenstrasse 16. Inside the historic Union Hotel, an early-20th-century grand hotel reborn as a culinary campus: professional kitchens, auditorium, upscale student housing, and the Grand Hall fine-dining restaurant — minutes from the lake and the station.
Zurich Airport is around 40 minutes away — BHMS collects every new student on first arrival, included in the fee.
Accommodation
Live like a professional
Your home is part of the fee — parents pay one invoice, students live focused.
- Shared campus apartment (2–4 students) included in fees.
- City Campus rooms come with balcony and kitchenette.
- Linens and towels provided and laundered weekly.
- Upgrades to private studios available — from CHF 6'600/year.
- Accommodation stays free during term breaks.
Meals
Three meals a day, on the house
On weekdays, the City Campus Restaurant serves three meals a day. On weekends and holidays, brunch and dinner move to the Lakeside Campus.
Dietary needs — covered at no extra cost. And a budget guide for families: plan roughly CHF 500 a month in pocket money for laundry, phone and local travel.
One fee
Everything included
BHMS is genuinely all-inclusive. One invoice covers your studies and your Swiss life:
- Tuition and shared accommodation
- Three daily meals on weekdays, weekend brunch and dinner
- Swiss health & accident insurance — cover up to CHF 1'000'000 per illness
- Visa and B-permit administration, local taxes
- Wi-Fi everywhere on campus
- Excursions and first airport pickup
- Uniforms and knife set — whites laundered free
Student life
After service, the city is yours
Campus life runs well past the last pass: the student-run Lakeside Bar, lounges on both campuses, cooking competitions and world-cuisine nights, ski and city excursions, and an inter-university sports tournament.
And when the semester ends, the next one starts with a salary — every programme year includes a guaranteed paid internship.
How internships work
Three intakes a year. One decision that pays you back.
Next intakes: 17 August 2026 · 16 November 2026 · February 2027 · Lucerne, Switzerland
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