What motivates somebody to open a beer bar? We talked to our former scholar Simon Dankwa, who after learning resort administration on the EHL Swiss Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality in Passugg (EHL SSTH) and after numerous stops in between, was first managing director at LägereBräu AG and immediately lives his ardour for beer as a accomplice of the “Gleis Bier” beer bar in Aarau.
How I got here to brewing beer
After his research as Dipl. Hôtelier-Restaurateur HF (immediately underneath the brand new curriculum Dipl. Hotelier-Gastronom HF) on the EHL SSTH, Simon Dankwa bought a administration traineeship within the Pre- and Opening Group of the Arabella Sheraton Grand Lodge in Cape City to realize first worldwide work expertise.
After a sure coaching interval, he was capable of take over the place as group chief on the Paulaner Brauhaus on the V&A Waterfront. This concerned studying tips on how to brew beer and sparked an ongoing curiosity in beer brewing.
My job in a beer bar
After Simon Dankwa moved again to his dwelling canton of Aargau, he first served as managing director of LägereBräu AG. Wanting again, Simon says: At LägereBräu, we delighted visitors on daily basis with an actually produced native product and progressive surprises. It was essential to us to be an genuine firm to the touch.
These collected experiences have actually been included into his new job on the “Gleis Bier“ beer bar in Aarau. There, he presents visitors with a number of native beers and a complete of 150 completely different beers on the drinks menu. Within the built-in beer retailer, prospects can select their very own beer, however may ask for recommendation on completely different beer sorts if they want.
Simon Dankwa is a beer sommelier and has an awesome enthusiasm for beer. Tastings of the weekly beer or bigger beer tastings are additionally deliberate within the beer bar.
Development towards Swiss beer
There’s a nice consciousness of regional and sustainable merchandise within the catering business. It is a persevering with pattern that can also be mirrored within the Swiss beer market. The Swiss beer market is extra artistic and numerous than ever earlier than. Imported beers now account for under a small share of the Swiss beer market, and the variety of new breweries in Switzerland is rising unabated. The pattern towards craft beer, specialty and non-alcoholic beers continues. The rising curiosity in beer is altering the beer market and creating a brand new beer tradition, additional fueling the demand for regional merchandise.
Learn extra right here: What are the primary forms of beer?
How does learning at a resort administration faculty make it easier to discover your calling in beer brewing?
After learning resort administration at EHL Swiss Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality in Passugg (EHL SSTH), Simon Dankwa was capable of transfer into versatile hospitality positions and rapidly develop his profession due to his HF diploma and the sensible expertise he had already gained throughout his research. He has labored in Switzerland and overseas, helping with openings of resort and hospitality faculties in addition to golf equipment and eating places, and giving F&B seminars.
I really like the flexibility and myriad alternatives {that a} diploma from a hospitality faculty can present. I describe myself as a brewer, restaurateur, logistics, advertising, gross sales in addition to monetary and enterprise knowledgeable all rolled into one.
He’s of the opinion {that a} good hotelier and gastronome shouldn’t be too shy for any work that arises in his enterprise. That is the one manner he can achieve the required expertise to change into profitable later together with his personal enterprise. However it’s at all times essential to not get misplaced in operational duties, however to maintain the general view and to push the technique additional.
Jobs in a brewery
Are you additionally fascinated by a job on the planet of beer? There are a selection of jobs and actions in a beer brewery, comparable to the next positions:
- Brewer
- Worker or head of bottling
- Gross sales supervisor
- Model Supervisor
- Service and catering employees
The scope of duties contains, amongst different issues, the manufacturing of beers, personnel administration, course of and high quality administration, but in addition gross sales. Moreover, it’s essential to feed and entertain the visitors of the brewery and the probably related gastronomic services.
About EHL Group
EHL Group is the worldwide reference in training, innovation and consulting for the hospitality and repair sector.
With experience courting again to 1893, EHL Group now provides a variety of main academic applications from apprenticeships to grasp’s levels, in addition to skilled and government training, on three campuses in Switzerland and Singapore. EHL Group additionally provides consulting and certification providers to firms and studying facilities around the globe. True to its values and dedicated to constructing a sustainable world, EHL Group’s objective is to supply training, providers and dealing environments which are people-centered and open to the world. www.ehlgroup.com
EHL Hospitality Enterprise Faculty
Communications Division
+41 21 785 1354
EHL
