The SAKE SOMMELIER ASSOCIATION® (SSA) is global partnership of talented Sake Educators® providing sake sommelier educational courses – the first to do so outside of Japan.
Founded by Sake Expert Kumiko Ohta and Sommelier Xavier Chapelou in 2000, the Sake Sommelier Association leads the way in promoting global education and awareness of sake.
Objective
The Association's objective is to develop global education and awareness of sake - increasing opportunities for students to learn the cultural history of sake and to train to become Certified Sake Sommeliers®. The Association is split into 3 pillars:
Education
The SAKE SOMMELIER ASSOCIATION accredit the Sake Sommelier Academy® and its rich network of Sake Educators® across 6 different continents. Our flagships courses are available in locations such as: United States, Italy, Austria, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mexico, France, India, China, Norway; and many more!
Our higher level courses are also available from our more experienced Sake Educators.
www.sakesommelieracademy.com
Challenges
The Sake Sommelier Association offers Sake Challenges® to give opportunities for sake producers to have their products judged by local Sake Sommeliers®. Starting in London in 2012, the SSA now hosts Sake Challenges across the world to mark sake on taste, quality, labelling and packaging!
www.sakechallenges.com/
Competition
The Sake Sommelier of the Year® is a sommelier competition. organised by the SSA and held around the globe, to find the world's best Sake Sommelier®! The first of it's kind outside of Japan and now one of the most highly sought-after honours within the Sake World. The competition aims to find the most highly skilled and knowledgeable sake sommeliers, bringing them & their establishments to the attention of the industry at large.
www.sakesommelieroftheyear.com
Company Details
- Employees
- 25
- Founded
- -
- Address
- London, Gb
- Industry
- Higher Education
- NAICS
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Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Website
- sakesommelierassociation.com
- Keywords
- sommelier, japan, wine & spirits, nihonshu, sake, competition, challenge, restaurant, sake, Sake Sommelier, Shochu, sommelier, master of sake, master sake sommelier, wine.
- HQ
- London
Sake Sommelier Association Questions
Sake Sommelier Association's website is sakesommelierassociation.com
Sake Sommelier Association's LinkedIn profile is https://uk.linkedin.com/company/sake-sommelier-academy
Sake Sommelier Association has
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employees at Sake Sommelier Association.
Sake Sommelier Association's industry is
Higher Education
Sake Sommelier Association's top competitors are
Sake High!,
International Tequila Academy,
Sakura Sake Shop,
Kampaï,
Dojima Sake Brewery Uk & Co.,
Grape Xpectations®,
Sake Ono,
Japan Sake And Shochu Makers Association,
Court Of Master Sommeliers, Americas,
The Whisky Ambassador Ltd..
Sake Sommelier Association's categories are Higher Education
Sake Sommelier Association's founding year is 2000
