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Canada's Premier Bartending School

The school was founded in 1995 to help people with little or no experience, find great jobs in the hospitality industry.

At Metropolitan School of Bartending you'll find courses that deliver the knowledge and skills required for a constantly changing industry so you can land your first bartending job or elevate your skills and advance your career.

Even if you have no knowledge or experience with alcohol, or any restaurant experience, our top-notch team of instructors (Calgary's finest mixologists and bartenders) will show you how to go from zero to pro bartender in 20 hours of class time.

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Our mission

 Help you to build a solid foundation, for a lifetime of hospitality fun, and employment! 

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Our Values

High quality instruction, coupled with partnerships within the industry, allows our students to prosper and enjoy the best job they'll ever have! 

Our Team

Our faculty are industry professionals, employed in the hospitality industry. 

Bartending Courses

We offer weekly daytime and monthly evening classes that are perfect for your busy schedule. Plus, we offer several additional workshops to dive deeper into related topics including:

  • Wine Tasting
  • Martinis
  • Mixology
  • Setting Up a Home Bar
  • Flair Bartending
  • ... and more courses coming soon

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You'll make fast progress no matter what level of experience you're at right now. You can eliminate years of unnecessary effort spent climbing the ladder from busboy to server to bartender, and ultimately make more money faster.

We make it easy for you to take the steps to propel yourself into a bartending position by becoming a trained and CERTIFIED Bartender at Metropolitan School of Bartending.

Metropolitan School of Bartending has developed the most focused, modern bartending training offered in Canada.

You will leave our facility confident and ready for the workforce.

Get Trained

 

Get Certified

 

Get the Best Job!

 

OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM

"We strive to make our Bartending Class as close to the reality of pubs & restaurants as possible." I've held almost every position there is, in this ever-changing industry, and have pushed as much knowledge as possible into 20 hours of training.