The Externship
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Culture of Cocktails.
Turning Tables provides in-depth cocktail education by centering our curriculum around learning cocktail families. In this way, our externs are able to gain a broad understanding of classics, modern classics, and original cocktail creation. Our curriculum features guest speakers, brand ambassadors, distillers, and sommeliers.
Developing a relationship with cocktails starts with learning about their raw materials. We take our externs to the source to learn topics ranging from herbalism to the fermentation of Louisiana sugar cane.
Real Experience.
Woven into the fabric of our externships is a real-life application. We put our curriculum to practice by providing on-location training in New Orleans’ top restaurants, bars, night clubs, and music venues. These training spaces provide individual students with a weekly assigned externship opportunity. This unites the class with spaces to learn about different types of service. Based on our externs’ individual goals, we may place them in a hotel, restaurant, wine bar, or dive bar. New Orleans boasts an array of dynamic options. Our goal is to open the doors to a diverse landscape of opportunities where our externs will shine.
Mentorship
The cornerstone of our training program is mentorship. Our externs are guided through their curriculum with the support of an industry mentor. This builds comfort and visibility for each student while growing their professional hospitality network. During training, there will be opportunities for them to create new cocktails, interact with industry professionals, and build economic opportunities through events and pop-ups. Mentors continue to build this professional network alongside their trainee after graduation, with the shared goal of changing the face of New Orleans’ hospitality industry.
Beyond Training.
Our holistic approach to cocktail apprenticeship ensures there will be a support system for externs after training. Our community partners provide essential services such as counseling, DEI training, and other professional development services.
Apply To Be AN Extern
Our externs are Black and Brown current or future hospitality professionals. Our program is heavily focused on foundational knowledge, hands on training, and industry access with opportunities for developing your career pathways towards spirits marketing, entrepreneurship, trade advocacy and leadership within the industry.
Your externship is guided by industry mentors who will provide hands-on training and instruction. We collaborate with our externs to continue trendsetting in cocktail creation, pop-up activations, and events. We strengthen our community with a holistic approach and a system of support that allows our interns to thrive.
Whitney Plantation tour & history lesson on Rum/Sugar Cane production
Bourbon Tasting & Production Class sponsored by Heaven Hill