The Professional Bar and Restaurant School

I did a two week bar course with this school in order to learn about bartending and coffee making. The barista part of the course is very limited and really quite poor, just a basic run through of how to use the machine, which took no more than 15 minutes. However, the bartending and cocktail making side of the course was excellent. You are taught all about the main base ingredients used in cocktails and what these are essentially made from. Then you get into more hands on learning as you go through a large number of popular cocktails that all bartenders should know how to make. At the end of the course, after you have learnt a number of essential skills and cocktail recipes, you are tested on both your knowledge of the theory and practical skills under pressure as you are required to make a few drinks for the teacher to inspect and taste. The course is the perfect balance of theory and practice, and I think having this experience and training behind me helped me to get a job overseas.