Three Month Professional Course in Bartending

One Month Refresher Course in Bartending

Weekend Course in Bartending

Three Month Professional Course

The course for a future bartender.
The course focuses on beverage knowledge from beer and wines to spirit and liqueurs, an exposure to a bar environment, etc. It also takes students through the practical mechanics of bartending such as Bar Preparation and up keep, Mixology and drink preparation, Garnishes and Presentation, Free-pouring Techniques and Accuracy. An insight into the “Art of Flair Bartending” the basic moves to advanced flair. Customer Relationship building skills, Salesmanship and marketing the Bar and drinks.

Course Requirements: 10+ 2 with Basic English is a must.

Course Weight: 50% Theory/50% Practical

Examinations: Theory/Practical

Certification: Certificate of Bartending

Placements: 100% placement assistance

Course Fees: Rs 20,000/- in 2 installments : Rs 10,000/- registration, Rs 10,000/- on completion of 1st month.

Course Outline :

Module 1: (18 hours)

BAR ENVIRONMENT - 1: SPIRIT OF A BAR; This includes certain necessary elements required to become a bartender from beverage knowledge to personal character to interactive skills.

BAR ENVIRONMENT - 2: FUNCTIONAL BAR IN PRACTICE; This is based on a real bar operations and its basic requirements like, bar equipments, glassware, beverages in a bar, bar set-up, etc

THE MECHANICS OF BARTENDING; This program includes certain skills and art which needs to be combined with creativity and intelligence in order to be a great bartender.

Module 2: (18 hours)

THE CUSTOMER; My customer: My promoter: My employer
This course is focused mainly on Customer satisfaction and the key role to be played by a bartender in attaining customer satisfaction and experience.

THE PRODUCTS AND SALES; This is based on salesmanship skills required by a professional bartender. The main focus is laid on suggestive selling and marketing your cocktails and spirits.

BEYOND BARTENDING: FLAIR; This focuses on flair training and bar acrobatics like, bar tricks and excitement blended with fine polishing and presentation of the bartender to make him a complete professional.

Module 3: (36 hours)

PRACTICAL TRAINING IN COCKTAIL MAKING AND PROFESSIONAL BARTENDING; This training includes making about 200 classic cocktails and also learning about the different ways of creating a new drink. After every day spent in the bar school students are put to work in our operational bar and get an exposure to a complete bar experience.

At the end of this module we conduct a test which is based on theory and practical and overall performance in three months.

One Month Refresher Course

Course Overview: a course for the developing bartender and the enthusiastic mixologist; this course explores the practicalities of drinks development and cocktail design, with huge focus on the mixological elements of bartending and flair bartending.

Course Requirements: Basic English, some amount of food and beverage background will be an added advantage. (Hotel Management Graduates)

Course Weight: 40% Theory / 60% Practical

Examinations: Theory/Practical

Certification: Certificate on amateur bartending

Course Fees: Rs 8000/-



Course Details: The course is spread over four weeks and is as follows:

1st week
Theory of beverages: Fermented, Distilled and Brewed.
Theory on Cocktails: Types, preparations, classics and contemporary. Drinks of the world: Trends, Styles, Culture.
Bar Equipment and Glassware: Essentials of the bar and their usage. The right shake. Drinks presentation in the right glassware: its importance and results.

2nd week
Introduction to Mixed Drinks: The techniques of mixing, right ingredients flavour profiling, etc
Practical training on Cocktails: Learn how to make over 200 cocktails from the commercial classics to the contemporaries, innovative cocktails and spur of the moment cocktails.

3rd week
Practical training on cocktails and flair bartending. The session includes basic flair to advanced steps taught by one of the countries leading flair bartenders.
Speed: How to enhance the working speed during busy hours. Organization and set up. The right steps to a perfect and quick drink.

4th week
Beverage Controls: Spillage and pilferage in a bar.
Beverage Marketing: Marketing your drinks through suggestive and smart selling.
Art of Bartending: Develop the art through the right character in the bar.