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We are putting together an Apprentice style corporate cocktail class and 
wondered if anyone knew of any places doing something similar or had any 
thoughts.  May sound gimmicky but we find it does focus the attendees minds in 
a way which is quite remarkable 

ps hope this post does not count as advertising mr webmaster - forum memebers 
by definiition are more likely to be the teachers than the pupils!!!

COCKTAIL CLASS, COCKTAIL TRAINING COCKTAIL  LESSONS FOR TEAM BUILDING AND  
CORPORATE EVENTS 
“THE APPRENTICE VERSION”
  
“Top 10 London Cocktail Bar – Fluid Foundation 2010” 

Introduction 
The Peacock is Battersea and  Clapham Junction London's award winning  2am 
late night cocktail bar, restaurant  & night club venue, but with a twist, 
combining burlesque and cabaret early evening with retro 70s/80s/90's Djs 
later on, every Friday & Saturday, to create truly awesome club nights.  What 
we have done is injected a bit of burlesque, cabaret, theatre and inter 
activity all based around “The Apprentice” to make an entirely new kind of 
cocktail lesson /cocktail class specially designed for corporate events / 
groups! 

Don’t forget you can customize your lesson to make it more or less sexy 
/sophisticated /corporate/serious  etc 

Looking for a fabulous  London cocktail bar & club for cocktail lessons for a  
hen night party, stag night party, birthday party, office party or Christmas 
party you will never forget? Let us take care of you.  View London have  rated 
us Top London Hen Night Venue, Top London Stag Night Venue  and Top London 
Birthday Party Venue 2009 and we won't let you down.  Well where else in 
London can you get great cocktails, burlesque, cabaret and Djs till 2.in the 
morning all under one roof! 

The Apprentice Version 

This variant is all based around the Apprentice and is hilarious  although 
don’t tell everyone in advance exactly what we are planning – works best as a 
surprise and for that reason I am not going to tell you too much about how we 
do it either but from the set up, cast of characters and props you should be 
able to get the general idea.  Whilst the  main part of the Lesson (see below) 
is the same as for Party Groups the start and end are very different 

Teams: Two need to be approx equally sized Min team size (4 max 10)
Cocktail Trainers: Two one called  “Nick” one called “Martha” (although are 
ones are in white tie /30s evening dress and … a tad younger
Head Cocktail Trainer. One called “Sir Alan” 
Laminated Cards: You’re Fired cards with Sir Alan’s most withering putdowns 
with chains to put around your neck and two You’re Hired cards one for each 
Team. Individual scoring cards from 0-5 with comments ranging from  “More Team 
Fool than Leader” to “Sexy beast who makes a mean cocktail” with a lot in 
between.
Soundracks and Video clips : Various including Alan  intro and his most brutal 
firings and asides to Martha and Nick (plus some of theirs too).
Other: Dunces hats and Winner hats.

However even for the winners there may be a further test we have up our 
sleeve.  It is a nice touch be the way for the winners to be presented with a 
bottle of champagne (to share £40 /£20 cava) 

We can customize this to your requirements too including adding your own 
soundtrack /bites (extra charge for this). 


The basic 3 Cocktails Per Person One hour Cocktail Lesson £19 per person
 
Cocktail Lessons sound too much like hard work - not the way we do it!   Our 
lessons are all about fun with a bit of competition thrown in too .  We put 
you behind the bar and whilst we show you  how to make cocktails  we  much 
more importantly how to do so in a sexy sophisticated way with flair and 
panache.  Oh plus you all get to drink whatever you make too.
 
What cocktails you ask - well that is upto you but we find mojitos, 
caipirinha, long island iced teas, brambles, cosmopolitan's and sex on the 
beach are the most popular. They are all double 50cl spirit measures too 
although we can also teach /make "virgin" alternatives too
 
We also teach you juggling (subject to your coordination and sobriety)  as 
well as various flirting  combinations, techniques and tricks.  In the 
corporate version we are  going to continually score  you on execution, style, 
presentation, upselling and dealing with a very very very awkward not to 
mention rude group of customers. You can expect some pretty sarcastic comments 
as in “I said shake it not stroke it” or “your customer just died she was 
waiting so long for her drink” 

You will be taught by our most charismatic  mixologists who will be all 
dressed up in white tie and more than willing to show you all the tricks of 
the trade.  Remember great cocktail making is as much about attitude and 
presentation as it is about mixology. This is cocktail making burlesque 
cabaret style


And to cap it all off we and your friends score you with special cards we give 
you with comments ranging from "null points" to "great execution pity about 
the lack of flair" with a lot in between. 
 
 
Everyone who completes the course gets a special Peacock Cocktail Award of 
Merit certificate too
 
The mega 5 Cocktails Per Person Two hour Cocktail Lesson £30 per person

 
The two hour course is more structured and and to break things up we also 
teach table service burlesque cabaret style  We are also going to see how good 
you are serving and in particular at  upselling  and ......... dealing  with a 
very very very awkward not to mention rude set of customers.  Think it is easy 
to serve a group of demanding customers well lets see how well you do serving 
the opposing team! (supervised by our mixologists by the way)


We also do advise a break to eat in the middle! 


 
When, where and bookings?
 
Cocktail Lessons are available on Saturdays  from 1pm-8.00pm and Sunday 
-Friday 5pm-9.30pm.  Allow 45 minutes min for a short lesson one hour 30 mins 
min for a long lesson.  We also recommend getting  up to three people behind 
the bar at a time and that everyone has at least one go.
 
And afterwards why not stay on and enjoy the shows  Friday and Saturdays 
(details on Whats On page)
 
To book your cocktail lessons email bookings[at]the-peacock-bar.co.uk or call 
Larry on 020 7223 9633
 


Peacock Cocktail Bar & Club
148 Falcon Road (2 mins Clapham Junction)
Battersea
London SW11 2LW
Tel: 020 7223 9633 
Fax  020 7542 8032
Email: bookings[at]the-peacock-bar.co.uk
Web: www.the-peacock-bar.co.uk
Facebook www.facebook.com/peacock.bar