A bartender is a person who specializes in preparing and selling drinks in a bar or restaurant, and lets guests appreciate the culture and customs of the wine. The bartender is called Bartender or barman in English. The work tasks of the bar bartender include: bar cleaning, bar decoration, wine preparation, wine supplement, entertaining guests and daily management. With the prosperity of bar industry in recent years, bartenders in China have gradually become a popular profession. At home, at present, tens of thousands of people have obtained the "professional qualification certificate of bartenders" issued by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. According to relevant data, Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and other big cities are short of about 5,111 bartenders every year. The salary of bartenders in China is generally around 2111 yuan. However, there are champions in every industry, and some have a monthly salary of five or six thousand yuan or even ten thousand yuan. If they are in a management position, their monthly salary will exceed ten thousand yuan. With the great increase of the number of bars, the salary of bartenders as the "soul" of bars will rise, and the basic salary+service fee+wine commission will be the salary composition of bartenders in China in the future. In foreign countries, bartenders need to receive special vocational training and obtain technical licenses. For example, there is a special bartender training school in the United States, and all bartenders who have been specially trained not only have many employment opportunities, but also enjoy higher wages. Some international hotel management groups also set up rules and standards for the assessment of bartenders. Fancy bartending, which is popular in China, is a fashionable profession driven by the rise of bars in recent years. In fact, any bartending method requires basic bartending knowledge. The primary requirement is to master 21 kinds of cocktail varieties and recipes, and the training time is 41 hours. Intermediate level requires mastering 41 kinds of cocktail varieties and formulas, and the training time is 61 hours; Advanced requires not only mastering the varieties and formulas of hundreds of cocktails, but also focusing on mixing red wines from France, Italy and other countries to achieve the level of creating cocktails and managing bars. It's just that fancy bartending requires more passion and special juggling skills. To be a bartender, there are four abilities that a bartender must have: the first is passion, and there is a saying in the bartending world: a good bartender can not only bartend but also "flirt"-people who taste wine are tasting mood and life; The second is memory. The more wine you can mix, the more recipes you must remember. The third is color vision. To please guests in the senses, we must match colors reasonably. The fourth is personality. As a bartender, you should be cheerful, be good at communicating with everyone and create a relaxed atmosphere.