Welcome to our Bartending Website
Our
parent company, Professional Bartending Schools of America, operates
state-licensed bartending schools nationwide.
This website is a great resource for bartending information, bartending
supplies, cocktail recipes, alcohol certification, bartending jobs and flair
bartending.
Take the time and find out more about this exciting career and see if it is
for you!
My Friends say I Don't Need to go to Bartending School!
Saying
you don't HAVE to go to bartending school is like saying you don't HAVE to go to
college to get a professional career in the business world.
While this may be technically true, most any person who has a college degree
will tell you they are glad they took the time and effort to get an education.
The hospitality industry is no different. Training is knowledge and knowledge is
power! Sharp managers try to hire the most qualified staff and a bartending
school graduate has proven that they are interested enough in their career to
get professional training.
Anyone who laughs at a person's education is simply showing their own ignorance!
I attended bartending school at the age of 35 after a successful 17 year career
in the bar and restaurant industry.
What Bartending School Did For Me!
I was a territory manager supervising 29 restaurants in 3 states at the time
with a company that I had made the decision to leave after 13 years of service.
I had applied for a position with Applebees as an Area Manager. When they
offered the job to me, it was everything I wanted, except that it was about
$10,000.00 a year less in salary than I had asked for. Their reason was that I
would be supervising more bar managers than I was accustomed to in my last job.
I did not accept the job at that time.
I made the decision to attend a bartending school and get a certificate to prove
to them I had the knowledge and ability to command the full salary that I
wanted.
I did a little research and signed up for a two-week, forty hour bartending
course. I sat through the classes with a police woman, 2 ESPN camera men, a Taco
Bell manager, a construction worker, a secretary and a couple others who I never
learned their occupation. I was amazed at what I learned and how much I didn't
know about my own industry.
Once I graduated from bartending school, I sent my certificate to the Applebees
Human Resource department and they responded within two weeks with the same job
offer only with a $10,000.00 yearly salary increase. That's what I got for my
$550 bartending course!
I never accepted the job with Applebees. I bought a bartending school in 1991,
won the best flair bartender in Ohio contest in 1993, '94, '95 and '98 and am
now the President of Professional Bartending School of America.
Online Bartending School
If you live in an area where no bartending school is available, taking an online
bartending course is an option for those who are quick learners or have some
experience in another position in a bar.
The bartend.net course allows you to experience the basics, the methods, the
rules and the various recipes of successful bartending. View the high definition
video clips and complete the interactive quizzes. Six fun chapters help give you
a basic understanding of how to make cocktails for fun or profit!
