Teachers Of TAOS
Learn from the bartenders shaping the modern bar world.
TAOS is taught by professional bartenders whose work has influenced some of the most respected cocktail bars in the world. Learn the thinking, bartending techniques and creative standards behind professional hospitality from industry experts who have worked and developed their craft at the highest level.
Learn from two world renowned bartenders whose careers, techniques and creative influence have helped shape modern cocktail culture.
Their teaching combines cocktail creativity, professional technique and clear intention to help bartenders develop stronger skills and create with greater confidence.
Together, they bring global bartending experience, recognised industry expertise and a shared commitment to advancing professional cocktail culture and education.
Go beyond cocktail recipes and discover the professional decisions, bartending discipline and creative process behind exceptional drinks, service and bar work.
Built On Real Experience
Learn the thinking behind world class bartending
The right bartender training develops more than technique. It helps learners understand how great cocktails are created, how stronger professional decisions are made and how creativity can become a repeatable skill. Through experience gained at the highest level of the industry, TAOS teachers bring clarity, discipline and expert perspective to every online bartending lesson.
Simone Caporale
Creative precision from one of modern bartending’s most respected names.
Simone Caporale is known for cocktail creativity, technical precision and hospitality first thinking. His teaching helps bartenders understand how world class cocktails are developed, how professional bartending techniques become more controlled and how creativity can be turned into a repeatable, structured process behind the bar.
What Simone Teaches
The foundations behind better technique, creativity and guest experience.
Cleaner technical control.
Understand the bartending details that improve technique, control and consistency during professional service behind the bar.
A stronger creative process.
Learn how original cocktail ideas can be developed with stronger structure, creative intention and professional confidence.
Think beyond the drink.
Understand how professional bar service, guest experience and cocktail presentation work together to shape the quality and impact of the final serve.
Build professional judgement.
Develop stronger professional decision making that helps bartenders move beyond simply following techniques to understanding the methods, purpose and thinking behind their work.
Giacomo Giannotti
Paradiso-level thinking for concept, flavour and experience.
Giacomo Giannotti brings the creative world of Paradiso into the TAOS online bartending platform. His teaching focuses on cocktail storytelling, sustainable bartending, flavour development and the creative thinking that turns original drinks into memorable guest experiences.
What Giacomo Teaches
Advanced concept, sustainability, menu thinking and guest experience.
Build drinks with a stronger idea.
Learn how a cocktail can carry storytelling, purpose and a clearer creative direction from initial concept through to final serve.
Create with more responsibility.
Use sustainable bartending as part of the cocktail development process, shaping ingredient choices, creative methods and professional bar practice from the beginning.
Shape flavour with intention.
Understand how ingredient selection supports cocktail concepts, flavour development and the quality of the final guest experience.
Think like a menu creator.
Learn how individual cocktails connect through flavour, concept and presentation to create a stronger bar identity and more cohesive menu structure.
Different Perspectives
The Right expertise at every stage
Each TAOS teacher brings a distinct professional approach, giving bartenders access to advanced techniques, creative thinking and industry insight that supports continued progression. Together, their experience creates a more complete online bartender education journey, with expert guidance designed to strengthen skills, confidence and professional development at every stage.
Ideas with Control
Build professional bartending technique, creative foundations, confidence and the discipline needed for consistent, high quality bar work.
Expert level thinking
Explore cocktail storytelling, sustainable bartending, concept development and Paradiso inspired creative thinking for more distinctive professional drinks.
Follow both teachers.
Use the complete TAOS bartender training pathway to connect core foundations, professional technique, cocktail menu development and advanced drink creation.
A Complete Approach
Together, they bring the balance of cocktail creativity, professional hospitality and technical precision needed to develop stronger, more confident bartenders.
From Beginner To Pro
TAOS turns elite bar knowledge into lessons bartenders can actually follow.
The TAOS teachers bring professional bartending experience earned at the highest level, while the platform turns that expertise into clear, practical online training. Every lesson helps bartenders understand the thinking, technique and methodology behind each result, so they can apply the knowledge with confidence rather than simply recreate a finished cocktail.
Teaching Value
Learn the decisions behind world-class bartending.
Bartending technique, flavour development, professional service, cocktail menu thinking and creativity become easier to improve when each process is explained by industry experts working 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 TAOS course gives students access to a different part of the teachers’ professional skillset, from foundational bartending techniques to advanced cocktail concepts, creative development and menu strategy.
Creative foundations.
Start with Simone and build strong bartending foundations across professional technique, cocktail creativity and confident decision making behind the bar.
Technique and confidence.
Strengthen bartending control, cocktail consistency and your ability to perform with greater confidence, precision and professional purpose behind the bar.
Paradiso Edition.
Learn from Giacomo through sustainable bartending, cocktail storytelling and advanced creative development focused on stronger, more distinctive drinks.
Advanced menu thinking.
Move deeper into Paradiso’s approach to advanced cocktail menu development, original drink creation and professional creative direction.
Start Learning
Choose the route that fits your goals.
Start with one expert teacher, one bartending course series or the complete TAOS training pathway if you want access to the full online bartender education.
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