The Happy High Bar Pro program sees 100% placements despite the pandemic

Mumbai, India: The Happy High bartending academy in Mumbai finished 1 year of operation and achieved 100% placements during the year despite the pandemic.

Speakeasy; Gurgaon, Bay club by the Oberoi, Hyatt; Hyderabad and Yauatcha; Mumbai were some of the organizations where the “Bar Pro” students got placed as assistant bartenders. Salaries offered ranged from Rs 12500 -21500 a month.

The Happy High ‘s 4-week intensive bartending program saw participants from hospitality institutes like IHM Mumbai, ITM Mumbai, Rizvi Mumbai, NMIMS etc and international institutes like Le Cordon Bleu Australia and an admit of Glion Switzerland. The gender mix comprised 10% females and all came with hospitality education. Though most were from hospitality backgrounds the batches had diversity with a football coach, a computer applications pro, a musician and a Taekwondo champion in the mix aspiring to come into the world of beverages.

“We are elated to have achieved great industry feedback and demand for our students from top bars of the country. Organizations coming back to recruit is certainly a win for us and reinstates our belief in our pedagogy, our faculty, and our program duration, the shortest in Mumbai. With the industry poised to grow this year, we look to mentor more students and help them reach their goal to work in top bars of the country and be beverage leaders of the future. “said Ajit Balgi the Founder of The Happy High

About “The Happy High”:

The Happy High is a Mumbai based bartending academy, consulting and beverage experiences company founded in 2014. (The Bartending Academy opened in 2021) It is now one of the leading wines and spirit education cos in India and works with hotels, liquor cos and corporates on skill development and beverage experiences and experiential marketing.

About “Ajit Balgi”:

Ajit Balgi is a WSET certified wine educator, BNIC Cognac Educator (one of the 90 in the world and the only India based wine educator) and has trained over 5000 people in India, Maldives, Thailand, and London. He pioneered the first open Intermediate WSET London wine course in the country in 2010 as an educator. He judges international wine competitions and cocktail competition.

*WSET – Wine & Spirit Education Trust, London

*BNIC – Bureau National Interprofessionel du Cognac is the trade body that represents, develops, and protects Cognac

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