With the growth of the Indian alcohol market, the country’s bartending community has received a boost. With more recognition and opportunities onboard, Indian bartenders are confident about their growth prospects in the field.
While talented and skilled bartenders are busy participating in a number of prestigious competitions to give their career a push forward, a few former winners are building platforms to encourage new talent in the industry.
One of these extremely talented and successful bartenders is the bar manager of Thirsty City 127 – Santosh Kukreti. Santosh has paved his way through being a fresher with no formal training in hospitality and bartending to gaining experience of over 8 years in the industry. He has worked at Ellipsis, Hakkasan, Ek Bar, Masque and Ritz Carlton Macau in the past and has won competitions like Monkey Shoulder Whiskey Cocktail Competition and Belvedere Cocktail Competition in 2015. Moreover, he reached the Top 6 in the Diageo Reserve World Class in 2016.
These are just some of his achievements. Santosh Kukreti has now founded b-Art-tenders which offers India’s first advanced bartending course to encourage new talent in the country.
B-Art-tenders is a medium through which a team of professional bartenders will teach, guide and encourage an interested talent pool into acquiring the skills and knowledge a bartender needs to possess to make the best career choices. The well-travelled and experienced bartenders will provide guidance from the basics of understanding the hospitality business to acing the skills required in pursuing the field at an international platform.
The advanced bartending course is divided into two parts – Basic Bartending and Advanced Bartending.
The basic bartending course includes classes on
- bar tools
- types of glasses
- beverages and garnish
- homemade syrups
- serving styles
- bar backing
- bar inventory
- Communication
The advanced bartending course includes classes on
- fermentation and modern molecular techniques
- beverage clarification
- hand-carving ice skills
- cocktail batching
- science of smoke
- sustainability
- social media and its importance
- phone photography
- naming cocktail and building its story
With such a well-curated course covering all the nooks and corners of bartending, Unsobered wishes Santosh Kukreti all the luck with his new venture and hopes to see new talent make a mark in the global bartending community in the near future.
B-Art-tenders will offer small-batch weekend courses and 15-day intense courses at its establishment in Virar, Mumbai. You can contact on 9082297858 / 9768878239 for enrollment and enquiries.
