- European Bartender School
About a year ago, a bartender friend of mine told me about the European Bartender School, also known as EBS, a group of bartending schools around the world. A few days later it was announced that Marian Beke, at the time bar manager at Nightjar in London, had joined EBS’ education board. That got me thinking and, when my plans to go to New York for a publishing course fell through, I decided to sign up for EBS 4-week international bartender course. After contemplating several destinations, including New York, Sydney and Phuket (I really think EBS should reconsider their name),
Last December, I took the opportunity of a weekend away in Barcelona with my friends to attend the 2-day mixology course at the European Bartender School there. The school The course was held at EBS actual headquarters right in the heart of Barcelona, a few minutes walk from the Plaza de Catalunya in the Barrio Gotico. I was impressed with the school: it is brand new and really well thought out. The flair room is huge so people have a lot of room to practice. There are numerous bar stations as well and the whole school is very luminous, a