A real shift
Supplier tastings, cellar audits and list updates, staff training, then leading the floor during service with the most demanding tables.
Skills that matter
- Buying and negotiation
- Pricing and margin
- Team training
- Advanced tasting
- Cellar investment strategy
Qualifications
- WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wines
- Court of Master Sommeliers Advanced Certificate, then the Master Sommelier Diploma
- Institute of Masters of Wine programme
Where it leads
- Head sommelier
- Wine or beverage director
- Wine importer
- Consultant
What we'd ask on the show
- The Master Sommelier exam: the hardest test in hospitality?
- Building a cellar that outlives you
- Wine lists as storytelling