The Swiss Hotel School South Africa

SHS Institute of Hospitality Management

SHS Institute of Culinary Arts

The Swiss Hotel School South Africa is a unique Hospitality Business School / featuring:
SHS – Institute of Hospitality Management
SHS – Institute of Culinary Arts

offering world-renowned Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts education. Graduates of our Degree in Hospitality management and professional culinary programmes work in many different parts of the world and are much sought after by employers in Europe, South Africa, UAE, U.S.A and Australia to name a few countries. The Swiss Hotel School is DHET, QCTO, CHE, CATTHSETA AND SAQA accredited SHS started offering quality higher education at its first campus in 1995. Its extensive campus facilities in Ferndale, Gauteng offer students space to breathe and all the facilities needed to achieve.”

It’s programmes include:

SHS – Institute of Hospitality Management

• Bachelor of Hospitality Management – 3 year
• Higher Certificate in Hospitality Studies – 1 year
• Advanced Certificate in Kitchen Management – Part time

SHS Institute of Culinary Arts

• Professional Culinary Arts Programme – 3 years
• Higher Certificate in Professional Cookery – 1 year
• Higher Certificate in Pastry and Bakery – 1 year
• City and Guilds Qulifications
• Accredited Trade Test Centre QCTO

Stephen Hickmore

Stephen is a hospitality professional from Johannesburg South Africa. His career started with THF hotels in the UK and subsequently with the Southern Sun Hotel group in Johannesburg. Stephen’s first steps into entrepreneurship was Hickmore Recruitment / CareerMap,  a leading supplier of Senior and Exec recruitment services.  Stephen was a founder  of Pple Hospitality (formerly HSC) the largest Hospitality Industry full-service outsourced staffing company in South Africa. In March 2020 Stephen became a director and owner of the Swiss Hotel School South Africa, which is now his full time passion.

SHS – Institute of Hospitality Management

SHS – Institute of Culinary Arts

Stephen writes for a number of publications on food and hospitality industry matters, trends and opinions. He also hosts a Podcast on Spotify “Hospitality Insight with The SilverFox”