FREE Bartender Training Class!

Website New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute (NOCHI)

A spirits fellowship for a lifelong career.

Diageo Learning Skills for Life (LSFL) Fellowship at NOCHI provides specialized spirits industry skills to those who have never worked behind the bar and develops life skills to help program graduates land high-quality industry jobs within NOCHI and Diageo’s large network of employer partners. There is no cost to participate.

Participants receive hands-on training that covers basic spirits and industry skills, food safety, and other bartending fundamentals. They also receive job readiness training, including a range of important professional skills such as interview preparation and conflict resolution. Fellows can use this program as a launchpad to build careers in the New Orleans food industry and beyond.

The Learning Skills for Life fellowship involves one week of onsite instruction, from 9am – 2pm at NOCHI. Training will cover topics including:

Introduction to Spirits and Spirits Production
The Essentials of Bartending
Bartending Fundamentals
Responsible Vendor Certification
Life Skills and Job Readiness (such as Interview Preparation, Conflict Resolution, Budgeting)
LSFL applicants must be:

Age 18 and older
Have no previous bartending experience
Residents of the Greater New Orleans area
Authorized to work in the United States
Able to communicate (read, write, speak) in basic English
Able to arrive on time
Able to lift 50 pounds (22kg) and stand on your feet for 8 hour
Currently, we are accepting applications for all upcoming LSFL cohorts. Please email us with any questions about the application process.

Upcoming dates:

  • March 24 – 28,2025 – PM CLASS 3:30 – 8:30 pm
  • April 21 – 25, 2025
  • May 19 – 23, 2025

To apply for this job please visit www.nochi.org.