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Your talent. Your next kitchen.

Bring your passion and skills to professional kitchens in Italy. IVJ connects you with employers and supports your path into work.

Skills are the starting point.

Two complementary roles, a shared direction.

Training by MIHCA

Professional Culinary Arts · 9 months. Duration indicated in the MIHCA 2026 program.

Job placement support with IVJ

We enhance your profile and accompany the meeting with Italian companies.

A personal journey

Experiences, motivations and goals guide the next step.

Technique, method, team spirit.

The MIHCA path prepares you for work in a structured kitchen: culture of hospitality, food safety and hygiene, culinary techniques, basic butchery, basic bread-making, cooking methods and garde manger. Skills to be enhanced in restaurants, hotels, catering and tourist facilities.

Get to know MIHCA
Practical preparation in the kitchen at MIHCA

Where your skills could take you.

Explore possible professional roles in Italy.

Commis chef

Supports the brigade in basic preparations, organizing ingredients and taking care of the station.

Kitchen assistant

Assists the chef in daily work, following recipes, times and food hygiene standards.

Cook

He prepares the dishes taking care of cooking, presentation and quality, respecting the service times.

Food preparation worker

He takes care of washing, cutting and portioning food, preparing what the brigade needs.

Kitchen staff

Contributes to the activities of hotels, restaurants, catering and tourist facilities with order and team spirit.

From your profile to the next step.

The role of IVJ in job placement.

We listen to you

We start from your experiences, skills and goals.

We connect people and employers

We relate your profile to the needs of companies.

We support your journey

We coordinate the selection, documentation and insertion steps.

A conscious path.

The outlets indicated are indicative: inclusion depends on the profile, the needs of the companies and the applicable requirements. The MIHCA paths do not entail the automatic recognition of Italian qualifications nor do they guarantee employment.

From talent to work. Discover the route.

Profile, selection, documents and departure: discover the phases of the journey from the Philippines to Italy and the role of the subjects involved. IVJ accompanies you in job placement.

How it works
Food and beverage service professionals

Your next step starts with a conversation.

Tell us about your skills and where you want to go. IVJ helps you focus on the path to work in Italy.