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! Should I 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.
What bartending school did for me! 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.
Alcohol Certification Programs OnlineMany states now require all servers of alcohol to attend a responsible alcohol server training course and be licensed. This training is entirely separate from bartender training. It is 2 to 6 hours of alcohol laws, and learning how to serve alcohol responsibly. In states where the training is not required by law, many of the bar insurance companies require the establishments to have everyone certified. Having this certification makes the bartender or server more hirable when they are applying for the job. We have teamed up with the nation's largest online alcohol training school and offer the training and certification in the states with links below. Online Alcohol Certification Our online alcohol certification course provides you with all the necessary knowledge and techniques you need to be a responsible server of alcohol. Specifically, you will learn:| 1. | How to protect yourself and your establishment from liability.
| | 2. | How alcohol affects your customers.
| | 3. | How to recognize the effects of alcohol on your customers.
| | 4. | How to prevent customers from becoming intoxicated.
| | 5. | How to intervene when you need to cut someone off.
| | 6. | How to prevent and deal with disturbances.
| | 7. | How to accurately check IDs and recognize minors.
| | 8. | How to keep an incident log to protect yourself by having a written
| | | record of important events.
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 Food Safety Training Online
Many states require any handler of food to take a state-approved food handler training course. Typically there is a separate course for managers and employees. We now offer this certification online for many states on our food and alcohol certification websites.
Visit our Texas Food Safety Manager website,
Illinois Food Service Sanitation Manager Certification (FSSMC) website,
Florida Food Handler and Florida Food Manager website.
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