Basic Bartending

This intensive five session (20 Hour) course will focus on teaching you the basic mechanics behind the bar, effective customer service, and dealing with industry pressures. You will be drilled on proper glassware identification, pouring techniques, bar tools and bar equipment. The drink recipes you will learn and pour consist of the forty most common drink recipes that will constitute ninety percent of the drinks you will ever make! Our expert instructors will teach you proper ways of: measuring, pouring, mixing multiple liquors, blending, garnishing, and industry tricks of the trade!

We also provide an intensive overview of liquor and liqueur categories as well as wines, beers, cordials, cognacs, and specialty brands. Students will be exposed to the pressures of customer service, even under extreme conditions, as well as various bar atmospheres. Time consolidation methods and order of drinks are also part of the curriculum. Upon completion of this course students will be ready for immediate job placement as a bartender.

Following the completion of your Basic Bartending training, you will take the Illinois Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Servers Education and Training (B.A.S.S.E.T.) Program. This is a separate certification, but is included in your tuition price. Class sizes are limited to ten students.