Course Overview
"Sake Essentials: A Beginner's Guide to Exploring the World of Sake for Enthusiastic Sake Lovers"
If you're a lover of Japanese culture, a fan of tasting sake, and passionate about Japanese cuisine, then "Sake Essentials: A Beginner's Guide to Exploring the World of Sake for Enthusiastic Sake Lovers" is the course for you.
Tailored for Japanese restaurant owners, this half-day, in-person course is designed to equip your staff with the confidence and expertise needed to showcase, pair, and sell sake with flair.
Even if you're not in the restaurant industry, "Sake Essentials: A Beginner's Guide to Exploring the World of Sake for Enthusiastic Sake Lovers" offers a fantastic opportunity to deepen your appreciation and understanding of Japanese sake. Whether you're a casual enthusiast or someone eager to explore a new cultural experience, this course welcomes anyone with a love for sake and Japanese culture.
You'll embark on a journey of discovery, immersing yourself in the rich history and diverse flavors of sake. Through hands-on tasting sessions and practical exercises, you'll learn about sake production, explore different styles and flavors, and master the art of descriptive language and recommendation.
From understanding how sake is made to learning about food pairing and storage, you'll gain valuable insights that will enhance your enjoyment of sake in any setting. Plus, you'll have the opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and share your passion for sake.
Whether you're looking to expand your palate, deepen your knowledge, or simply enjoy a fun and educational experience, this course is perfect for anyone who loves sake and wants to learn more about this fascinating beverage.
- In- person 1 day course exclusively for Japanese restaurant owners to confidently equip their staff to showcase, food pair and sell their Sake list with confidence
For individuals new to the subject, this qualification offers a hands-on introduction to the world of Japanese Sake so that your wait staff are confidently qualified to showcase your Sake list to food pair - Unlike other courses that simply teach you the content, we’ll get stuck in and you’ll explore the main styles and types of Japanese Sake through sight, smell and taste to develop an understanding of the key factors affecting flavours and aromas through practical practice.
- Does your waitstaff freeze when asked about sake?
- Sake Industry: consumer's perceptions of sake: have yourself equipped with what is expected from your consumers, being aware gives you the confidence to meet your customer's needs
- Sake production: knowledge is power, it equips you as well makes you understand how an alcoholic drink is made from rice differs from other alcoholic beverages in the world. When customers do get curious you are able to leverage this knowledge to demonstrate your expertise to mesmerise them.
- like wine there are styles of sake understand how they differ from each other and how the theory of the production connects.
- Understanding how to taste sake through taste and aroma demonstrates the performance of the sake and allows you to learn and adapt a new skill which you can use in your daily life.
- Descriptive language and how to recommend sake to a customer (role-play exercise) - often, describing sake can be challenging for customers. This difficulty arises from our tendency to describe sake based on conventional standards rather than expressing how we truly feel about it. In this exercise, we aim to simplify this process.
- lunch break 30 mins
- sake storage and quality control in restaurants the correct storage system and care define quality and manageability. You will know to take care of your sake products but never waste them. You will be sufficient in manage the quality control and distribution on how much serve without wastage.
- know and understand principles to identify different styles through sight, smell and taste and how they should be served through this process you will take the new adapt skill to a new level and through blind tasting identify what makes the style sake true.
- temperature contrast how it affects the sake character through this process you will open up your mind to possibility, and understand that sake is not able to perform only one way.
- food and sake philosophy through this process you would already have adapted a capability to see food pairing formed unexpectedly as you taste and pair.
- cheese and charcuterie board food pairing experience through this process we reveal the magic of sake pairing
- quiz
- class photo
Cancellation & Reschedule: Students will be charged $100 to reschedule a different date.
Entry Requirements
There are no entry requirements for this qualification.
You must be of legal drinking age to participate in any alcohol tasting.
Certification
Upon successful completion of our Professional Sake Introductory Course, you will receive an official SSA Sake Sommelier Certificate and have access to the Certified Sake Sommelier Course.
**Enjoy and test your skill and gain confidence
Graduate students will be shortlisted to volunteer in sake tasting events in Perth & Sydney
