California Academy of Bartending and Mixology

Jon Ojinaga

UK

5

2 days ago

State of the art facility, amazing instructors, very thorough curriculum

Arai Buendia

UK

5

2 days ago

I was mesmerized at the level of detail that Shawn has put into the making of CABAM. I was one of his Mixology students a couple of years back and I kept receiving the newsletters with updates. As a student of the mixology courses, I liked Shawn's teaching style as he is well-rounded in the industry, he knew many details about the history of cocktails as well as how to prepare them using real ingredients, not the mixes college students easily find at BevMo. I signed up for the full bartending course at CABAM and I must comment on the facility, staff, and materials. The facility is brand new with state of the art bar setting as well as the integration of high tech to keep up with the surrounding tech industry of SF. The staff is prompt to reply to emails, friendly, approachable, and caring about your bartending learning and experience. They constantly ask you if you have any questions and are quick to provide help, even when I struggled with the right ratios of my drinks. The material is a lot of learn, but as with every great skill, practice makes better. If you are truly serious about becoming a bartender, CABAM is the place where you want to learn and practice. Just make sure to keep practicing; speed and style will come to you.

Kimberly Han

UK

5

2 days ago

Took classes here for 2 weeks while working full time. Great teachers, amazing setup!

Sally Maki

UK

5

2 days ago

The classes are super fun and a really good value for the price. Before I even finished the school I had a job at a new craft bar, and they liked me enough that I got a job at a second one within a couple of weeks. So I think that's a pretty good testimony to the quality of the school. I think it's a great school even if you just want to learn to make good cocktails with your friends. I actually wish I had a friend do it at the same time with me because it's pretty cool. The classes have lectures on drinks, spirits and history, job stuff, customer service, some sensual experiences like tasting citrus juices of different freshness and seeing how garnishes impact a drink. Most of the time you're actually practices making drinks using their high tech system with sensors on the bottles and fake customers making orders.