Beginners can learn either fancy style or English style, and the basic skills are the same.
Fancy bartending belongs to American bartending, which originated from "Friday" in the United States. It became popular in European and American countries in the 1980s. The biggest feature is that some music, dance, acrobatics and other fantastic stunts are added to the traditional bartending process.
For example, ordinary barbecue is the same as Japanese Teppanyaki, British bartending is like ordinary barbecue, and fancy bartending is like Japanese Teppanyaki. In barbecue, there are There are many cooking performances that are very fancy and the chef’s knives and forks are flying up and down, which is very beautiful
Well, since they are all bartending, British bartending is also very skillful like American bartending. of. However, British bartending is traditional, and British bartenders are more gentlemanly. The process of making wine is elegant and standardized. The bartenders usually wear British vests, and the mixing process is accompanied by classical music. American bartending plays more dynamic soundtracks such as jazz or dance music.
Fancy bartending does not include British bartending. They belong to two styles, and there are certain differences in techniques. However, the basic skills are still similar, but the expression techniques are slightly different.
Also: The difference between fancy and British bartending
Fancy bartending is a very popular way of bartending today. Fancy bartenders add their own touch to the bartending process. personality. Use wine bottles, cocktail jugs, wine glasses and other bartending supplies to perform pleasing bartending movements. In order to attract and delight guests, increase the bartender's personal attractiveness and better communicate with guests. Promotion of drinks and other purposes. At the same time, it also makes the entire bartending process easy and casual. Very ornamental.
Fantasy bartenders are famous for their fancy bartending skills and performance abilities. The various skills learned also have various characteristics. Here are some differences from British bartending.
1. Bartending utensils: Fancy bartending has its own unique bartending utensils. Like a wine mouth. American bartending flasks, juice buckets and other utensils are not only used for bartending performances, but also enable fancy bartenders to improve their work efficiency and feel relaxed at work.
British bartending: traditional utensils, and the utensils used are generally not easily changed.
2. Bartending skills: Fancy bartenders not only need to master a variety of bartending techniques, but also need to be guided by the teacher in the learning process how to use the wine spout to control the standard amount of wine (called free style pouring) and how to make as many drinks as possible in the shortest amount of time.
British bartending: Generally, three mixing methods are used, and the bartending is carried out in the manner specified by the button, and must be meticulous.
British bartending service method: quite satisfactory, elegant and suitable for hotels and bars.
3. Innovative spirit: good bartenders will continue to explore and innovate to create high-quality services. Drinks and novel tricks. Therefore, we also guide the bartenders on how to use their imagination to continuously innovate products during the practice process.
British bartending: Cocktail making requires respecting the wine list and following the prescribed principles.
Precautions
1. Use the cocktail shaker correctly and all equipment to win the trust of guests with accurate, graceful and swift gestures.
2. Master the order of adding ingredients. The ice cubes should be put in first, then the base wine, and finally the ingredients. Be careful not to put sparkling drinks into the shaker to avoid accidents.
3. Use fresh accessories and decorations.
4. The prepared cocktail should be filtered into the wine glass immediately.
5. Try to avoid touching the wine, ice cubes, glass rims or decorations with your hands during operation.