„We take pride in offering our apprentices a professional, high-quality and varied apprenticeship. It’s important to us to promote new talent, which is why we view our collaboration with creative young individuals as a rewarding, challenging and motivating endeavour.“
Tomas Prenosil, CEO of Confiserie Sprüngli
Junior Weeks
As part of the Junior Weeks, apprentices from all departments work hand in hand and independently run our store at Zurich’s Enge train station over a period of two weeks. Be it creating their own product, putting together product displays or gaining experience in sales and bookkeeping, our apprentices embrace the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned during their apprenticeships at Confiserie Sprüngli.
Creative Challenge
We launched our Creative Challenge in partnership with GaultMillau. As part of the challenge, three of our talented apprentice confectioners craft their own pâtisserie creation. Our winner is selected by Elif Oskan, celebrated chef and co-owner of ‘Gül’. Find out more about the challenge and check out the highlights.
Mousse au Chocolat Challenge
Among the many Sprüngli apprentices who answered our call to take part in the ‘Mousse au Chocolat Challenge’, three young chocolatiers won out. Andreas Caminada was faced with the task of selecting the winning recipe from our three finalists’ creations. Find out more about the challenge and check out the highlights.
Decorissima
The Decorissima vocational confectionery competition gives our baker/confectioner and retail apprentices the chance to show off their skills and creativity by single-handedly putting together intricate creations and creative product displays. More information can be found at: https://www.decorissima.ch/
Swiss Skills
‘Swiss Skills’, the Swiss championships for the baking and confectionery industry, took place in Lucerne in 2023. Confiserie Sprüngli’s two talented young apprentices took on tasks relating to the theme of the ‘universe’. We’d like to congratulate Janella Gagnidze and Fabienne Leoni Mohn for getting involved and creating such superb pieces. More information can be found at: https://swiss-skills.ch/de
Michelin Mentor Chef Award
At Sprüngli, inspiring and promoting new talent involves offering support from professional mentors. As a training company, it’s important to us that we intentionally promote new talent. We are dedicated to recognising exceptional role models who, thanks to their commitment, foster young talent and inspire outstanding culinary craftsmanship. This is why Sprüngli is joining forces with the Michelin Guide to award the ‘Michelin Switzerland Mentor Chef Award’, having honoured the Michelin-starred chef, innovator and promoter of new talent Peter Knogl in 2022.