§1 The RESTO Competition is an annual national skills competition for hospitality management students in Finland. The competition is held each spring and hosted on a rotating basis by different universities of applied sciences offering hospitality management education.
The RESTO 2027 Competition will be hosted by Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Pasila, Helsinki, on 16–18 March 2027.
The RESTO 2027 Competition will be conducted and hosted primarily in English. However, each competing team may choose whether to present their competition tasks in English or Finnish.
Participating students must be 18 years old or older.
§2 A maximum of two (2) four-person teams may participate from each university of applied sciences. There are no gender requirements for the teams. Participants must be Finnish or international hospitality management students studying at the university of applied sciences they represent. Eligible participants include students pursuing a Bachelor of Hospitality Management degree as well as students enrolled in an open university of applied sciences pathway with the aim of obtaining a degree study right.
All team members must be enrolled at the university of applied sciences they represent at the time of the competition. A student may participate in the RESTO Competition only once during their studies.
The university of applied sciences hosting the competition may not enter a team in the competition.
The university registers its teams and team members using an electronic registration form published on the competition website (resto.fi). The registration period is 9 November 2026–29 January 2027. Each team must have a name and a song that identifies the team.
If a registered team member becomes seriously ill or is unable to participate due to another unforeseen circumstance beyond their control, a substitute member may be appointed to the team with 48 hours’ notice. Dietary changes cannot be guaranteed.
§3 Colleagues must be registered using the electronic registration form published on the competition website (resto.fi). Colleagues must be teachers or staff members of the university of applied sciences they represent. During the competition, colleagues act as supporters and encouragers for the students, but they may not provide advice or assistance while the competition tasks are being completed.
If a registered colleague becomes seriously ill or is unable to participate due to another unforeseen circumstance beyond their control, a substitute colleague may be appointed with 48 hours’ notice. Dietary changes cannot be guaranteed.
The student project manager of the university of applied sciences hosting the following year’s competition may also participate in the colleague programme.
§4 The RESTO 2027 Competition Steering Group appoints the head judge and the judging panel for the competition tasks.
§5 All teams compete in the same category. The competition consists of one preliminary task and three tasks completed during the competition days. All tasks are mandatory for every team. Competition tasks may include mandatory sections in either of Finland’s two national languages or in English. Teams will receive clear instructions with each task regarding which equipment and materials may be used to complete the task. Each task has a specified maximum duration, which may not be exceeded.
The order in which teams present their competition tasks will be drawn in a way that ensures the order is as fair as possible across all participating teams throughout the different tasks.
The assessment criteria will be provided together with the task instructions and will also be visible to the audience. Each team’s competition performance will be supervised throughout the competition by a team-specific guide.
§6 The three highest-ranking teams will be awarded prizes. The rankings and scores of the three highest-ranking teams will be announced at the RESTO 2027 Gala Dinner. The winning team will receive the travelling RESTO Competition Trophy. The winning team’s university of applied sciences is responsible for engraving a nameplate for the team on the trophy. In addition, the winning teams will receive prizes according to their final ranking.
The travelling trophy must be delivered to the university of applied sciences hosting the next competition by the beginning of the first competition day.
Every person participating in the competition will receive a certificate of participation.The organising university of applied sciences will also provide individual feedback to all teams.
§7 Requests for correction concerning the results or assessment of the competition tasks may be submitted in writing to the head judge within one week of the exact competition results and scores being sent to the teams. A €50 fee will be charged for processing a request for correction.
§8 In the event that the competition needs to be postponed or cancelled due to an unforeseen circumstance beyond the control of the parties, the decision will be made at a meeting of the MARATA network, based on a proposal from the organising university of applied sciences.
§9 We follow the Haaga-Helia’s principles of a safer space in the competition.