Our flagship course, the Certified Sake Sommelier is a fantastic way to expand both your sake knowledge and sommelier skills. The Certified Sake Sommelier is accessible to both trained professionals and sake connoisseurs alike. The course provides an unbeatable level of sake education and practical knowledge － whether you are working with customers in restaurants, distributing products to clients, or impressing friends over dinner!
This multi-day course covers the broader aspects of the sake industry.
Follow these steps to become a Sake Sommelier in-person
The Sake Sommelier Academy offers the Certified Sake Sommelier in classrooms around the world.
Find your closest accredited Partner School.
Our Partners offer courses in a variety of languages and across different cultures to make learning easier for you.
Time to get ready for the course! You'll receive prestudy and registration materials.
Now it's time to learn! Your educator will explain everything you need to know and what to expect so that you can ace the course exam. Good luck!
Congratulations you are now a Sake Sommelier! You've earned your certificate and lapel pin!
Follow these steps to become a Sake Sommelier online
At the Sake Sommelier Academy, we offer the Certified Sake Sommelier via our online webinar.
Find your closest accredited Partner School.
Our Partners offer courses in a variety of languages and across different cultures to make learning easier for you.
We make learning easy, with tasting samples mailed to your door and study notes emailed pre-course.
Now it's time to learn! Your educator will teach you through an interactive webinar.
Once you've learnt everything required for the course, it's time to take the course exam! Your educator will explain everything you need to know and what to expect. Good luck!
Congratulations you are now a Sake Sommelier! You will receive your Certified Sake Sommelier certificate and lapel pin in the post!
Sake Sommeliers will be eligible to apply to one of our famous Sake Challenges as tasting judges as well as enter the coveted Sake Sommelier of the Year competition.
We offer the Certified Sake Sommelier course in person and online. Our Sake Educators offer courses in a variety of languages and across different cultures to make classroom or remote learning easier for you.
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The SSA courses carry a level of prestige, and focusses more on the history and culture of sake. It’s more about telling the story of nihonshu and would suit fans of Japanese culture. As someone who enjoys storytelling, I found the SSA course to be a great fit for me.
In this class, I learned so much so fast and didn’t feel like I could ask a dumb question. I really enjoyed the open environment, while still being challenged to learn and expand my point of view. It was nice to feel challenged and welcome at the same time!
The two very beautiful days, with the two trainers which are passionate and very educational. Very complete training, both on the manufacturing techniques and on the history of this wonderful drink, its service, in the rules of the art and for us sommeliers, how to use it in our restaurants, and on our menus. I recommend these two beautiful days full of surprises.
I really enjoyed this sake course. The content and the delivery was excellent. The sake selection outstanding. I’m really excited about learning more about sake. This course is very comprehensive and covers history, sake production, vocabulary, sake styles, food pairing, understanding labels and developing tasting skills. I highly recommend this course to anyone really interested in learning about sake. They also make it fun to learn which is a huge plus!
Very comprehensive, a perfect introduction to start in the world of sake, even for Japanese people these lessons can be useful
This is a great class with great teacher. Really brings you into the world of sake in all ways. So much so planning my trip to Japan soon!
I had heard great things about the CSS course from people who had taken it before, but I didn’t realise how lucky I was to secure a place on it until the terrific two-day course came round.
The course was taught in a convivial atmosphere, and over the two days I and my fellow students were given a thorough and enjoyable training about the fundamentals of sake. The presentations were informative and entertaining, and on the practical side there was an awesome tutored tasting for the whole group in the in the first day’s meal, enabling us all to train our palates while becoming fast friends. At the end of the course the traditional ceremony they put on is a wonderful touch and a fitting way to end the programme.
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