By Livio Lauro
The move toward greater professionalism in bartending is everywhere today — it’s discussed on numerous blogs, written about in several new books and industry publications like this, and supported by countless training programs. Bartending skills are even judged and celebrated on reality TV shows. But what makes a bartender a professional?
Professionalism is derived from training, education and skills development, married with a commitment to excellence in execution and the ongoing expansion of knowledge among those involved in the discipline.
What really establishes a profession, however, is the creation of standards and implementation of testing to assure that individuals meet the standards. Without such standards and testing, the self-proclaimed bar-related titles commonly used today have little meaning, and bartenders will not achieve parity with their culinary counterparts in the eyes of the guest and the hospitality industry.
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