Teachers Of TAOS
Learn from the bartenders shaping the modern bar world.
TAOS is taught by bartenders whose work has influenced some of the most respected bars in the world. Learn the thinking, technique and creative standards behind professional hospitality from teachers who have lived it at the highest level.
Learn from two world-renowned bartenders whose careers have helped define modern cocktail culture
Their teaching combines imagination, technique and intention to help bartenders create with greater confidence.
Together, they bring global experience, recognised expertise and a shared commitment to moving the industry forward.
Go beyond recipes and discover the decisions, discipline and creative process behind exceptional bar work.
Built On Real Experience
Learn the thinking behind world class bartending
The right guidance changes more than technique. It helps bartenders understand how great drinks are developed, how stronger decisions are made and how creativity becomes something repeatable. Through experience earned at the highest level, the teachers bring clarity, discipline and perspective to every lesson.
Simone Caporale
Creative precision from one of modern bartending’s most respected names.
Simone Caporale is known for creativity, precision and hospitality first thinking. His teaching helps bartenders understand how world-class drinks are built, how technique becomes more controlled and how creativity can be turned into a professional process.
What Simone Teaches
The foundations behind better technique, creativity and guest experience.
Cleaner technical control.
Understand the details that make execution more consistent behind the bar.
A stronger creative process.
Learn how original ideas can be developed with structure, intention and confidence.
Think beyond the drink.
Understand how service, guest experience and presentation shape the final serve.
Build professional judgement.
Develop the decision-making that helps bartenders move from doing to understanding.
Giacomo Giannotti
Paradiso-level thinking for concept, flavour and experience.
Giacomo Giannotti brings the creative world of Paradiso into the TAOS platform. His teaching focuses on storytelling, sustainability, flavour development and the thinking that turns drinks into memorable experiences.
What Giacomo Teaches
Advanced concept, sustainability, menu thinking and guest experience.
Build drinks with a stronger idea.
Learn how a drink can carry story, purpose and a clearer creative direction.
Create with more responsibility.
Use sustainability as part of the creative process, not an afterthought.
Shape flavour with intention.
Understand how ingredient decisions support the concept and final guest experience.
Think like a menu creator.
Learn how individual drinks connect into a wider bar identity and menu structure.
Different Perspectives
The Right expertise at every stage
Each teacher brings a distinct approach, giving bartenders access to the techniques, creative thinking and professional insight they need to progress. Together, their experience creates a more complete learning journey, with guidance that supports every stage of development.
Ideas with Control
Build technique, creative foundations, confidence and the discipline behind professional bar work.
Expert level thinking
Explore storytelling, sustainability, concept development and Paradiso-style creative thinking.
Follow both teachers.
Use the full TAOS pathway to connect foundations, technique, menu thinking and advanced drink development.
A Complete Approach
Together, they bring the balance of creativity, hospitality and precision needed to develop stronger bartenders.
From Beginner To Pro
TAOS turns elite bar knowledge into lessons bartenders can actually follow.
The teachers bring experience earned at the highest level, while the platform turns that expertise into clear, practical learning. Every lesson helps bartenders understand the thinking and method behind the result, so they can apply the knowledge with confidence rather than simply recreate a finished serve
Teaching Value
Learn the decisions behind world-class bartending.
Technique, flavour, service, menu thinking and creativity become easier to improve when the process is explained by people who use it at the highest level.
Understand the why.
Lessons focus on the thinking behind technique, not only the finished action.
Use it behind the bar.
The teaching connects to real service, real creativity and practical professional standards.
Keep building.
The pathway helps bartenders move from foundations into advanced creative judgement.
Learn from anywhere.
TAOS makes world-class teacher knowledge easier to access online.
TAOS Course Pathway
Learn from the teachers across the full TAOS education.
Each course gives students access to a different part of the teachers’ skillset, from foundational technique to advanced concept and menu development.
Creative foundations.
Start with Simone and build the foundations of technique, creativity and professional thinking.
Technique and confidence.
Strengthen control, consistency and your ability to perform with more purpose.
Paradiso Edition.
Learn from Giacomo through sustainability, story and advanced creative development.
Advanced menu thinking.
Move deeper into Paradiso’s approach to menu development and drink creation.
Start Learning
Choose the route that fits your goals.
Start with one teacher, one series or the complete TAOS pathway if you want access to the full education.
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