Collaboration
Join the masters on their journey as a partner
Companies working with Pastry Saimaa benefit from our product development platform and equipment investments, while national organizations like SkillsFinland and the Finnish National Culinary Team contribute invaluable experience and broad insights into competition activities.
Each partner enriches Pastry Saimaa’s activities with their unique expertise – whether they’re ingredient suppliers, event venues, or international educational institutions. Our goal is to create an environment where knowledge, skills, and ideas flow naturally among participants, making it easy to discover new study and career opportunities. On this page, you’ll find the logos and contact details of all our partners – take a look and join our network!
Frequently asked questions
Read more about our partnership program below and feel free to get in touch.
What kind of companies is the collaboration program designed for?
What does Pastry Saimaa collaboration include?
- Professional continuing education for those working in the field
- Collaboration to address company recruitment challenges, for example by organizing short training periods in the workplace
- Collaborative projects tailored to company needs, including product development processes
- Demonstrations by students and experts, for example at companies, trade fairs, and themed events
- Support for the company’s marketing activities
- Competition coaching in the pastry industry
What options are available for industry collaboration?
- Product development projects carried out in collaboration with industry representatives, including testing of ingredients in different production processes
- Organizing training days for partners and stakeholders in the field
- Organizing specialized courses
- Well-being at work days in the field of education for companies
What does industry collaboration offer for a company?
- Visibility in the digital environment, including the Pastry Saimaa website and social media
- Visibility in industry competition activities
- Visibility in the various communication channels of Saimaa Vocational College Sampo
- Visibility in the communication channels of Pastry Saimaa’s partner companies and network
What partnership opportunities does competition activity offer for companies?
Partnership opportunities can largely be tailored to the partner’s needs. Examples of ways to participate in competition activities include:
- Expert training and participation in the company’s professional network and various training events
- Membership in a competition team
- Financial support for a competitor
- Providing ingredients and equipment for a competitor
Skills -confectionery competition coaching
Skills confectionery competition coaching offers a wide range of collaboration opportunities.
Competitors participating in international competitions train in connection with Pastry Saimaa’s courses and training programs alongside industry professionals. This gives competitors the opportunity to network with top experts in the field both in Finland and internationally. Each competitor receives a personal coaching plan, which also incorporates Pastry Saimaa’s training programs.
Through Pastry Saimaa, the coaching has developed into a unique model where the key figures of the confectionery competition field work under the same roof: Head of the discipline Markku Vengasaho, EuroSkills Chief Expert Outi Suopanki, and product development specialist Eija Kuningas. Outi’s strong experience in international competitions dating back to the WorldSkills 2017 competition, and her current role as EuroSkills Chief Expert since 2023, provide competitors with strong support directly from the core of the international competition environment.
Learn more about the activities of Skills Finland at
https://www.skillsfinland.fi/
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