Nightclubs: A different demon…

I have had the pleasure of working in all walks of the service industry, from roadhouses to fine dining establishments as a bartender, but never in the fast-paced environment of a nightclub until recently…

Jay Patience

My nightclub cherry has been popped in Toronto as a flair bartender and it has been a great experience.  Going from having no customers one minute to being completely slammed the next; with no time to breathe or think; and then… bartender instinct suddenly kicks in.

I have been in the industry for 8 years working all over the globe and currently I’m working as a bartending instructor.  From high volume lounges, to slow paced martini bars, I have enjoyed all of my experiences thus far including training-by-day for BartenderOne, but my time at the nightclub was amazing.  A couple of the reasons I enjoy the nightclub scene in Toronto are as follows; the adrenaline rush you get when working behind the wood, tons of energy surrounding you, loud music with a live DJ and a go, go, go faster environment. Before you know it the night is over, the flair settles down and people start to file out.  Time seems to vanish into thin air, you realize that you just helped serve thousands of cocktails and exhaustion sets in.

As a flair bartender, it can be difficult to work with automated liquor dispensing systems , but none the less has inspired me to be more creative with flair bartending, and I challenge myself on a nightly basis to find new ways to “wow” my guests in a 15 second window.  I really enjoy using real bottles when bartending because they are easier to flair with, but I got the hang of the automated berg system in the end to pump out drinks, and it forced me to focus on working flair with other objects on the bar like glassware, shaker tins, spoons, muddlers, ice scoops; essentially anything that is not physically bolted down to the bar!Jay Blog Club

So in the end I thoroughly enjoyed working in a Toronto nightclub as a flair bartender filled with beautiful people, tons of energy, great music and to wrap my experiences up I would highly recommend tackling this nightclub demon by the horns… its a hell of a ride!

Stay thirsty…

Jay Patience

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