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6775282 No.6775282 [Reply] [Original]

Is being a sommelier as awesome as it sounds?

I've just discovered that this is an actual practice and would love to learn more about it. anybody here know where one could start to learn more about it, or care to shed light on the subject? I live in long island and would love taking classes in this, maybe even make a career switch.

>> No.6775290

You will literally be bullshitting for a job.

>> No.6775340

>>6775282
Have you seen the documentary Somm? Pretty good movie.

Sorry, I don't have any advice on how to become a sommelier but I wish you luck, young winefag

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6775355

>>6775282

you get to wear a teeny-tiny cup on chain around your neck

go for it

>> No.6775441

>>6775290
so its just like every other job on the planet, except I get to do it with food and wine? youre piqcuing my interest further
>>6775340
yea I watched it, seems pretty intense
>>6775355
thats something I didn't realize. I'm all in, now.

I mean lets say I became a full on pretentious winefag and got certs and all that. is getting a job as a sommelier viable? is there a big enough demand, small enough supply of sommeler-er-ers? is it even as glamorous as it sounds or is it more bullshit than anything else?

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6775495

I used to be a sommelier and the shithead chef made crab cakes for a Jewish woman's ~80th birthday party. Crab cakes are not kosher.

They were these little crab meatballs on tiny porcelain spoons with some kind of reduction drizzled over them, they looked awful and offended literally everybody and the manager blamed me for not "selling" the food enough.

>> No.6775629

>>6775495
did you get fired?

details please. you like the job? howd you get into it? was it a difficult process?

>> No.6776038

ima fan o de merlot

>> No.6777764

please help /ck/

i wanna get sommely