ABOUT US

WHO WE ARE

Canada’s Premier Bartending School

Metropolitan School of Bartending was founded in 1995 to help people with little or no experience, find great jobs in the hospitality industry.

At Metropolitan you’ll find courses that deliver the knowledge and skills required for a constantly changing industry so you can land your first bartending job.

Even if you have no knowledge or experience with alcohol, or any restaurant experience, our first-class 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.

We offer weekly weekday and monthly weeknight classes that are all flexible, and will work with your busy schedule. Plus, we offer several additional one night seminars to dive deeper into related topics including:

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

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 has developed the most focused, modern bartending training offered in Canada.

You will leave Metropolitan confident and ready for the workforce.

JOIN OVER 10,000 BARTENDERS WHO STARTED THEIR CAREERS AT METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF BARTENDING

– GET TRAINED –
– GET CERTIFIED –
– GET THE BEST JOB YOU WILL EVER HAVE –

OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM

Dedicated Hospitality Industry Professionals

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Rob Patenaude

Owner

Rob has spent a lifetime in customer service and hospitality. He started in restaurants in late 1985 and has continued ever since. His vast experience covers restaurants, nightclubs, pubs, banquets, catering, resorts, and hotels.

His experience is an asset to the Metropolitan School of Bartending, as he strives to make the school as close to the real-world experience as possible.

Rob has also spent over a decade in Sales & Marketing, so he has insight into how to read your guests’ needs, and what personality type they are. This is invaluable when identifying when to Upsell items, and when to offer quick & discreet service.

ROB PATENAUDE

Owner

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“We strive to make our Bartending Class as close to the reality of pubs & restaurants as possible.”

Rob has held almost every position there is, in this ever-changing industry, and he has pushed as much knowledge as possible into 20 hours of training.

Rob Patenaude — Owner

OUR INSTRUCTORS

Experienced, Knowledgeable & Engaging

INSTRUCTOR BIOS COMING SOON!

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Positive feedback from our satisfied customers

If you want to learn to actually bartend, this is the school for you. The teachers were extremely knowledgeable and very friendly. They answered all my questions from mixing drinks, to my resume and how to apply for a job in the service industry. The best part about the course is the hands on experience you’ll get which you can actually apply to real life scenarios you’ll run into on the job. I highly recommend this course.

Adam D.

I feel that I know so much more about bartending and alcohol in general. The instructors were extremely nice and helped out. Great friendly place to go. If just learning how to bartend I would definitely recommend!

Colin D.

I took the bartenders course here and did not regret it! I feel like it gave me a good knowledge base to start in the industry or just have some fun with friends and family at parties. The location is great and the facility has a very legit feel to it. Also the instructors were pretty friendly and genuinely seemed to care!

Derek C.

Just completed the course today and I had an amazing experience! Ian was really knowledgeable, friendly, funny and he made the class fun! I would definitely recommend this to anyone, if they are interested into Bartending! You’ll definitely learn a lot from this course.

Shirley H.

I really enjoyed my time here. Ian is a dedicated instructor and you can tell he’s very passionate about bar-tending and teaching others. He always makes himself available to answer any questions about mixology or the bar industry in general. Thanks Ian.

Don C.

Great school for learning to be a bartender. Will recommend to friends and family. Thanks for the great experience!  

Lindsay S.