Food and Beverage Management
Education: In person & Online
Duration: 150 hours
Language: Greek
Job offer : Paid work offered at the end of the programme.
Start date: October 2026
For some, food is an art and a passion. For a hotel it is also – most importantly! – a profitable strategy. From cuisine to turnover, nothing should be left to chance. And the HotelBrain group knows this well. HotelBrain Academy ‘s specialized and hands-on Food & Beverage Management program is designed to teach you everything about every critical step – from food costing to menu planning – in order to learn how to lead a kitchen. Are you going to stick to just serving it?
Why choose it?
HotelBrain Group (110+ hotels) is your link to the real job market.
Certification of K.D.B.M. Hotelbrain Academy, respectively certified by the Ministry of Education & EOPPEP (K.D.B.M. (license no. 29755/K6/15.3.2023 – Government Gazette B 1792/2023).
- Professors with an active presence in the industry, bringing realistic experiences and practical knowledge.
- Real-time case studies and culinary demos in collaboration with Group hotels.
- Specialized modules that combine taste, organization, financial management & sales
- Free participation in HotelBrain’s Career Days for immediate absorption in the market.
To whom it is addressed:
- To you who wants to become an F&B Manager, Restaurant Manager or Bar Supervisor.
- Professionals already working in the industry and seeking a role & salary upgrade.
- To entrepreneurs or investors who want to relocate their business.
- To every food lover who wants to learn the business side of taste.
Through continuous practical applications (more than 60% compared to the theoretical courses), team projects and real-world simulations, you get the full picture of what it means to lead an F&B department that makes a difference – in quality, experience and profits.
- Food and Plant Hygiene
- HACCP (Consumer – Employee
Safety Offer ) - Restaurant management
- fine dining
- Customer Service Analysis
- Prevention – Troubleshooting
- OEnology and Tasting
- Wine – Food Pairing Rules
- Barista
- Bartending
- Create Menu & Wine & List
- Economic Analysis – Pricing
- Logistics – Inventory Management
- Organization of Events
- Create a Table Buffet
- Business Promotion
- Methods – Tactics to Increase Sales
- culinary demonstration
- A la carte – Buffets
Nikolaos Kondylakis
Nikolaos Kondylakis has studied Organization and Management of Tourism Businesses at the University of the Aegean and holds degrees from the School of Tourism Professions and Bar & Restaurant Management from the Le monde School. After an important professional career as an executive and manager in the restaurants and bars of the Caravel, Cape Sounio and Margi Hotel, he chooses the last 15 years and utilizes his valuable knowledge and experience in the organization of private events, social gatherings and complete menus of quality meals.
In 2016 he founded the company The Key People - VIP & Luxury Services with the aim of providing private meals in VIP holiday homes and yachts. At the same time, he has created - and is constantly developing - successful business partnerships focusing on the management of Cocktail Bars and Wine Bar Restaurants throughout Greece.
Having a special love for young people who invest their professional future in Tourism, he chooses to share the experience, knowledge, philosophy and culture he has cultivated during his personal journey over the years.
Kostas Antonopoulos
Kostas Antonopoulos was born and raised in Athens. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism and studies in advertising & marketing, while he is also a graduate of the School of Humanities of the Hellenic Open University. She has completed postgraduate studies in both Sales and Public Relations.
He has been working in the media since 1995. He has worked with newspapers ("Crash", "Vradini", "Chora"), radio stations ("Planet", "FLASH") and television networks (SKAI, ANT1). In 2000 he took over the Press Office of the Androlidakis Group and then the Communication Department of the Foundation of the Hellenic World. Since 2005 he worked at ANT1 Group, reaching the position of Commercial Agreement Manager (2007-2022). At the same time, he was a trainer at ANT1 Media Lab (2009-2022). From 2023, as a Media Communications Specialist, he works with companies in various industries and provides consulting services to media.
Today, he is Director of Communication & Marketing of Fischer Group, which has been active in the automotive industry for over 50 years.
Aris Hatziantoniou
Aris Hatziantoniou belongs to the category of bartenders who turn a simple drink into a work of art. With over 25 years of experience in the restaurant industry, he started his career in 1997 and since then he has left an indelible mark in the field of bartending. He has presented and trained bartenders in more than 35 countries worldwide, winning distinctions in national bartending competitions and honorary awards from universities for the application of scientific techniques in food service.
He is currently a Global Ambassador Bartender for Metaxa, while he also holds the position of Bar Manager at the Dipnosofistirion Group. As a Leading Bartenders Society Ambassador for the Karoulias company, he plays an important role in promoting the profession, while he is a columnist in F.L.A.G. magazine and a judge in bartending competitions in Greece and abroad. Creator of MoMix Cocktails and co-creator of MoMix Bars, offering innovative mixology experiences, as well as the creator of Mr. Goodmix.
Nikos Ntanos
Nikos Danos is a chef, a graduate of the State Culinary School in Thessaloniki.
He has extensive professional experience in Greece and abroad (Italy, France).
He has worked as a chef in numerous restaurants and large European organizations, and has undertaken the preparation and execution of menus in embassies and homes (private chef).
He has been an instructor of adults in private IEK since 2008.
He organized the first Grill Academy (weber) in Greece.
He is a consultant for publications in the field of cooking and corporate chef for food companies as well as companies specializing in kitchen facilities.
Theofilos Lorakis
Theofilos Lorakis is a computer engineer with a master's degree in applied information systems. The love he developed for bars and coffee, from the first day he worked in this industry, made him change his professional path and deal with tourism and the catering industry. He is a member of the Leading Bartender Society, Bar Academy certified in bar and SCA certified in coffee.
He has extensive experience in the field of tourism, having worked for 15 years as a Barista, Bartender and Bar Manager in restaurants and hotels throughout Greece, such as Hitchcocktails Bar, MoMix Bar in Athens and Santorini, the Istioploikos group in Piraeus, the Athens Riviera, Ikos Dassia in Corfu and in the Coffee Berry chain of stores.Having developed many skills such as methodical, organizational, quick decision-making under pressure, good interpersonal relationships and a customer-centric philosophy, he has managed to deliver dynamically in the catering industry and tourism.
He has been the owner of a place that focused on brewing coffee, and recently he took on a new challenge for him, having created his own chain of coffee take away shops.
Fotis Tsikas
Versatile Bar Manager, with extensive experience in the field of catering (2004) and in all areas related to it.
He has worked in different institutions and businesses such as Hotels (Zaffron by Radisson Blu, 9 Musses, Mylos), Clubs (Nitro), Cocktail Bars (Julep, Nakal, MylosBeach) Restaurants (Delta**Michelin, Huaca Nikkei) to unique molecular mixing bars (MoMix), while at the same time he had his own business in the industry.
He collaborates with large beverage houses (Remy Cointreau, Metaxa) making presentations together with Aris Hatjiantoniou, as well as the largest Catering groups (Deipnosofistrioun) organizing and undertaking large events and Private Parties.
In recent years he has also been involved in consulting in various venues, creating cocktail lists, organizing the venues and training the staff.
The degree from the Technical University of Patras (EPDO) has helped him in administration, management and marketing throughout his career. The degrees from the Bartending Academies (LBS, Bar Academy, IEK Delta) contributed to the development of knowledge, professional development and quality thinking.
The experience he has gained in tourism and catering has prompted him over the last six years to pass on his knowledge in various areas with theoretical and practical seminars.
He is capable of turning underperforming businesses into successful and profitable ones. He is a motivated team builder and analytical problem solver.
Dimitris Grumbos
Dimitris Groumpos is a graduate of Le monde, a wine consultant in 5 wineries throughout Greece, he is also active in wine sales in Greece and is the organizer of the Wine And Art Festival. From February 2019 until 2021 he was a professor of oenology at the IEK DELTA. He works as a Sommelier in the restaurants Karpos & Fish - Market. He has 22 years of professional experience in the food industry and has attended seminars from major implementers. Since then he has been involved in tastings and food & wine pairing techniques, an indispensable skill for a proper oenologist.
Fani Kolaki and Dimitris Groumpos are two wine makers, co-founders of AD VINUM.
AD VINUM is the effort of two people to promote and sell in Greece and abroad a group of small producers from all over Greece. These boutique producers emphasize the indigenous varieties of Greece, sustainable farming and gentle winemaking, with respect to the environment and the land. At the same time, Fani and Dimitris, through their love for wine and education, have been delivering wine tasting and food & wine pairing seminars since 2017.
Students at the end of the program will be certified with a Certificate of Attendance from the Lifelong Learning Center (LLL) HotelBrain Academy.
HotelBrain Academy is a certified by the Ministry of Education and the EOPPEP Lifelong Learning Center (K.D.V.M. (license no. 29755/K6/15.3.2023 - Gazette B 1792/2023).
With your participation in the program you are entitled to free participation in the"Career Days" that HotelBrain Group implements every year, where you will meet and talk to the Managers of all 110 hotels of the Group.
