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10 Indian Sommeliers to follow on Instagram

4/10/2020

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Indian Sommeliers are making our country proud by excelling in different part of the world.  Some of them even find the time from their tannic schedules to post on Instagram and inspiring the world to drink wine or for people to pursue the profession. Here the instagram accounts of Indian Somms to follow. We considered accounts that had activity on them insterspersed with wine inspiration once in a while if not always. Follow them, Seek advice, Drink better, Work better !
(The article is written by Ajit Balgi, WSET Educator, BNIC Cognac Educator, Wine Judge.)
Atul Tiwari Sommelier
Atul Tiwari - The Oberoi, Mumbai
A graduate from IHM Dehradun and winner of the Indian Sommelier Championship 2014, Atul defines himself as a gourmet aficionado and says it is passion that drives him to be on top of wines. He has travelled to prominent wine regions in Australia, NZ,France, Italy, Spain, USA etc. Instagram Link
Sreejith Menon Sommelier
Sreejith Menon - Constance Ephelia, Seychelles
Loves to write about wine, go hiking and trekking and share life experiences in words. A passion for travel, food, adventure and working with people of different nationalities make his job fun. “Beautiful beach and a bottle of good wine always makes my day a beautiful one.” Says he Instagram Link 

Arunkumar Tamilselvan Sommelier
Arunkumar Tamilselvan - Anantara Kihavah, Maldives
A Sommelier who is also certified in Sake, is happy to be a WSET certified educator. Travelling has been his best teacher and he has ensured he travels at least one winemaking region every year. In his words “A good Sommelier is a magician, story teller and experience maker" Instagram Link
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Anushka Pandkar, ITC Maratha, Mumbai
A Certified Sommelier and one of the few women Somms in India, Anushka has been on all side of the business, as a consultant, with an importer and now pouring wines in a hotel. When she is not ‘Wining’, she is amidst pets, wildlife and likes to contribute for their welfare. Instagram Link

Indian Sommelier Ranjeet Shirke
Ranjeet Shirke - Qualia, Mumbai
With 10 years of experience in India, Singapore and Dubai, Ranjeet is a beverage specialist with an eye for cocktails and wine with equal aplomb. A certified Sommelier, he was been on the top of the Dubai beverage scene and hopes to use his expertise and leave a mark. Instagram Link
Indian Sommelier Gaurav Dixit
Gaurav Dixit -The Leela Palace, New Delhi
​A panelist at the Grandi Langhe tasting, Gaurav is a story teller. He’s glad his last wine list found place in Wine Spectator’s last 5 years.“ I’m a proud Indian and don’t leave a chance to wax eloquent about Indian wines and produce” He beams. Instagram Link​

Indian Sommelier Amit Chavan
Amit Chavan - Hakkasan, Abu Dhabi
He manages an award winning winelist, he travels to buy wines and his new found love is Biodynamic wines. “The list needs a story around it and the wines need to follow the food. If the wine is in sync with our food, it is on our menu.” asserts Amit. Instagram Link
Indian Sommelier Lalit Rane
Lalit Rane - Ministry of Crab, Srilanka & Maldives
​A Certified Sommelier, with 9 years of luxury hotel experience, Lalit is loving this endeavour of pairing seafood and wine, especially crabs in the southern waters. He says, ‘Indian wines are coming of age and I will see how I can make them more popular in my capacity.’ Instagram Link

Indian Sommelier Balu Pandiyan
Balu Pandiyan - Reef Island, Bahrain
He has worked in a Paulliac winery, as a Sommelier in Paris and had stints in Maldives, Muscat etc. Balu a Certified Sommelier and Cognac Educator believes that hard work is a given, but luck is important too and he had been lucky to travel to multiple wine countries. Instagram Link
Indian Sommelier Rakesh Awaghade
Rakesh Awaghade - The Lodhi, New Delhi
He has multiple chips on his shoulder in his experience spanning 15 years in India and England. Rakesh had worked as the Head Somm for a Ramsay restaurant at the Savoy and others in London, before going strong with the Oberoi for 5 years,he moved next door recently. Instagram Link
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Restaurant Jobs India after the COVID Lockdown!

4/7/2020

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Bracing for Impact is what anyone should be doing right now. With loss of business in all sectors and uncertainly of a bounce back in the economy, job losses are on the anvil.  Non-Essentials like Luxury dining, leisure travel which has come to a screeching halt will take much longer to get started which means that it will be the survival of the fittest for businesses and survival of the fittest employees within the business. 
The fittest businesses in case of this event are the ones with deep pockets with an ability to burn cash and keep their employees with them for the dawn that will eventually happen.  But most in the restaurant businesses will not have that depth and hence they will have to let go of people in the interest of the greater good. So here I am speaking for entry level , rank and file employees  in hotels and restaurants, retail services. 
What should you do so that you don't suffer a job loss after or during the lockdown?
  • Be prepared to multitask. Take initiatives. Be a salesman. If the business survives you survive
  • Be prepared for a salary cut. Less salary is better than no jobs. 
  • Keep a positive attitude and help the promoters to help you
  • And yes; while you are sitting at home now, use this opportunity to upskill your self in skills like marketing, technical, public speaking etc whatever will help you in your job.
  • Don't forget to highlight your upgraded skills on Social Media. You employers are watching. 
Restaurant Job Losses in Lockdown
What do you do if you lose your job because of this lockdown?
  • Be prepared for it, ensure you work on your resume in the lockdown
  • Once without employment, upload your resumes on various job portals
  • Don't panic now as you have done what you could so utilize your time. Take up a course and upskill your self for the job that you wish to take up in the industry or outside. 
  • Network with colleagues who know your work from the past, they will be your lowest hanging fruits. 
  • Seek short internships, even if unpaid in the workplaces/industry you aim to work in. 

We at The Happy High announced our full time 6 week bartending course and this could be one of the skills one  could acquire which could or rather have led to globe trotting careers. Our bartending institute in Mumbai looks to admit students from any discipline with a minimum education of 12th Pass and a good conversational level of English.  Bartending is a skilled job and it take years to learn the skill which translates to better jobs each time. So if you have lost your jobs as a waiter, flight attendant, retail store associate, travel desk associate then this may be the course you want to upskill with.  Even fresh graduates who are coming out of colleges in this difficult times, may consider this.  You can find more detail on this vocational course  in bartending here  
https://www.thehappyhigh.com/bartending-academy-mumbai.html

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10 Classic Cognac Cocktails for Bartenders

4/6/2020

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Cognac Summit Cocktail
1) Cognac Summit
4 ginger slice + Muddle + 40 ml Cognac +  build + 60 ml lemonade to top + Lime zest + Cucumber peel
2) Sidecar
•2:1:1 60 ml Cognac + 30 ml Cointreau + 30 ml Lemon Juice + Shake + Coupe + Lemon peel + Sugar rim optional
3) Sazerac
Sugar Cube + 3 dashes Peychaud’s + 45 ml Cognac + Stir + 15 ml Absinthe rinse for Rocks glass + Lemon Peel
4) Vieux Carre
20 ml Cognac + 20 ml Rye + 20 ml Vermouth + 5 ml Benedictine + 2 dash Angostura and Peychaud each + Stir + Rocks Glass + Lemon Twist
5) Between The Sheets
4:4:4:1 20 ml Cognac + 20  ml White Rum + 20 ml Cointreau + 5 ml lemon juice + Shake + Coupe + Flame Orange peel and discard

Sazerac Cognac
6) Brandy Crusta
60 ml Brandy + 7.5 ml Curacao/Triple Sec + 5 ml Maraschino liqueur + 2 dash Angostura + 15 ml Lemon Juice + 15 ml Rich syrup + Shake + Sugar Rimmed Cocktail glass + Lemon Twist
7) Brandy Alexander
45 ml Brandy + 30 ml Crème de Cacao + 30 ml cream + Shake + Coupe + Nutmeg (original Alexander contains Gin)
8) B&B
30 ml Cognac + 30 ml Benedictine + Stir + Rocks Glass + Lemon Twist
9) Corpse Reviver No 1
40 ml Cognac + 20 ml Apple brandy + 20 ml Sweet Vermouth + Stir + Cocktail glass + lemon peel
10) Brandy Daisy by Jerry Thomas
60 ml Brandy + 5 ml Gomme Syrup + 3 dashes Orange Liqueur + 5 ml Gold Rum + 10ml  Lemon juice  + Shake + Cocktail/Coupe +  45 ml Soda to top 
Sidecar Classic Cognac Cocktail
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Indonesian Arrack and the Swedish connect

4/3/2020

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Seems like an nouvelle relation, but it exists and the Swedish have embraced it as a colonial gift. Let's decode this a little better. 
What is an Indonesian Arrack aka Batavia Arrack?
A spirit that predates rum, Arrack was a spirit made out of sugar cane molasses and red rice  in the 17th Century Dutch colonized island of Java, the capital of the Java was Batavia and hence the name. It was very popular in Punches in the 18th and 19th centuries  but emergence of other spirits including Rum and import taxes pushed  Batavia Arrack out of fashion. 

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What is the Swedish connection with Arrack?
The Swedish East India company formed in 1731 started to import Arrack from Java in 1733 and along with it came the Punch, the Swedish Punsch.   The Swedish punch was hot water, Arrack, lemon, sugar, spice The swedes raised a toast to it and it became a part of their culture. It was drunk hot and in small cups with an ear. It soar in popularity that people started offering premixed punches and it became more accessible when a wine merchant J. Cederlunds Sonner started to bottle it in 1845. He added a little sour wine to his recipe, may be to make it more affordable. With Ice, Punches also started to be drunk cold globally. The  Haryy Johnson's 1882 Bartender's Manual had a recipe of a Cold Ruby Punch which had Batavia Arrack, of course, Ruby Port and Green Tea.  In fact, the Arrack is  an ingredient in the Swedish chocolate Praline the Punschpraline and the Punschrulle and also the Finnish Runeberg torte called Runebergstårta in Sweden. Today multiple brands of Swedish Punsches are available in the market and they include rum too in the mix whilst in the west the Batavia Arrack is trying to make a comeback over the last decade. 

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10 classic Tequila Cocktails for bartenders

4/3/2020

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Tommy's Margarita
1) Margarita
2:1:1 60 ml Tequila + 30 ml Cointreau + 30 ml Lime Juice + Shake + Coupe + Salt rim + Lime Wheel
2) Picador 
60 ml Tequila + 30 ml Triple Sec + 30 ml lime Juice + Shake + Coupe + Lime Wheel 
3) Toreador
60 ml Reposado Tequila + 30 ml Apricot Brandy/Liqueur + 30 ml Lime Juice + Shake + Coupe
4) Tommy’s Margarita
60 ml Tequila + 30 ml Lime juice + 15 ml Agave syrup + Shake + Rocks Glass + lime wedge + Salt rim (optional)
5)Paloma
60 ml Tequila + 60 ml Grapefruit juice + 10 ml Sugar Syrup + Dry Shake + Collins + Salt rim + Soda to top
Margarita
6) Matador
30 ml Reposado/Anejo Tequila + 30 ml Vermouth Bianco + 30 ml Cointreau + Stir + Cocktail Glass (Cafe Royale Cocktail book,1937)
7) Batanga
60 ml Tequila + 15 ml Lime Juice + 2 pinch salt + 100 ml Cola + Build + Tumbler + Salt Rim + Stir with Knife
8) EL Diablo
45 ml Tequila + 15 ml Crème de Cassis + 15 ml Lime Juice + Shake + Collins + 90 ml Ginger Beer to top + Lime Wedge
9) Sangrita
60 ml Orange Juice + 30 ml Lime Juice + 30 ml Pomegranate Juice + Chili Powder (other spices) + Build + Tumbler
10) Tequila Sunrise
60 ml Tequila + 120 ml Orange juice + 7.5 ml Grenadine + Build + Highball + Orange slice
Classic Tequila Cocktails Sunrise
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10 classic Rum cocktails for bartenders

4/1/2020

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1) Pinacolada
60 ml White Rum + 45 ml Coconut Cream + 45 ml Pineapple Juice + 15 ml Lemon Juice + Shake + Hurricane + Pineapple Slice
2) Mai Tai
45 ml Aged Agricole Rhum/Cachaca + 15 ml Orgeat + 22.5 ml Curacao/ Triple Sec + 22.5 ml Lime Juice + shake lightly + Rocks Glass + Crushed Ice + 15 ml Aged Jamaican Rum to float + Mint Sprig + lime wheel
3) Daiquiri
60 ml White Cuban Rum + 30 ml Lime Juice + 15 ml Rich Syrup + Shake + Coupe
4) Mojito
12 mint leaves + Muddle + 60 ml White Rum + 22.5 ml  Lime Juice + 15 ml Simple Syrup + Crushed Ice + Build + Soda to top + Mint Sprig
5) Dark & Stormy
60 ml Dark Rum (Gosling’s) + 15 ml Lime Juice + Ginger Beer to Top + Build + Collins  + Lime Wedge
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6) El Floridita (Hemingway Daiquiri)
60 ml White Rum + 15 ml Maraschino Liqueur + 22.5 lime juice + 15 ml Grapefruit Juice + Shaken + Coupe + Lime Wheel
7) El Presidente
45 ml White Rum + 22.5 ml White Vermouth + 7.5 ml Orange Liqueur + 2 dash Grenadine + Stir + Cocktail  
8) Planter’s Punch
60 ml Dark Rum + 40 ml Lime Juice +20 ml Rich Syrup + 3 dashes Angostura +  Shake + Tall glass + crushed Ice + Mint Sprig
9) Hurricane
60 ml light Rum + 60 ml Dark Rum + 30 ml Lime Juice + 30 ml orange juice + 15 ml Passion Fruit Puree + 15 ml Simple Syrup + 15 ml Grenadine + Shake + Hurricane Glass + Cherry + Orange Slice
10) Hot Buttered Rum
60 ml Dark Rum + 2 Sugar Cubes + Hot water + Mug + 5 g unsalted Butter + Coffee mug +Grated nutmeg 
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