The Happy High bartending academy in Mumbai finished its first year of operation and achieved 100% placements during the year despite the pandemic. Speakeasy, Gurgaon, Bay Club by the Oberoi, Hyatt; Hyderabad and Yauatcha are some Mumbai-based organisations where the ‘Bar Pro’ students got placed as assistant bartenders. Salaries offered ranged from INR 12500 to INR 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
The Happy High is a Mumbai based bartending academy, consulting and beverage experience company founded in 2014; The Bartending Academy opened in 2021. This wines and spirit education companies in India works with hotels, liquor cos and corporates on skill development and beverage experiences and experiential marketing.
