A real shift
Receive wine deliveries, check the list against stock, polish glassware and prepare decanters. In service they fetch bottles, pour, top up and shadow senior sommeliers on recommendations.
Skills that matter
- Wine service and decanting
- Cellar organisation
- Tasting practice
- Glassware care
- Study discipline
Qualifications
- WSET Level 2 Award in Wines
- Court of Master Sommeliers Introductory Certificate
- Level 2 Food Safety
Where it leads
- Commis sommelier
- Sommelier
- Wine retail
- Importer sales
What we'd ask on the show
- The first blind tasting
- Carrying the cellar on your back
- Studying for exams while working six shifts a week