Description

Sake Adviser

Prepare yourself for a career in the restaurant, beverage, or food industry with our Certified Sake Adviser course. This course provides the fundamental background knowledge on sake production, history, and types. Students will gain the ability to speak about basic varieties of sake and production methods with confidence.

Note: Students who have obtained Certified Sake Adviser are eligible to enroll in our advanced sake certification course, Certified Sake Sommelier.

Course Date and Time

Monday, April 21, 2025

• Online Lecture: 9:00am – 4:00pm PT | 12:00pm – 7:00pm ET

Monday, April 28, 2025

• Online Exam: 10:00am – 11:00am PT |  1:00pm – 2:00pm ET

Please adjust accordingly for your own time zone.

Prerequisites

There are no entry requirements for this qualification.

Important Notice

• You must be age 21 or over to take this course and exam.
• Registration will close when the course reaches capacity or the enrollment deadline (April 7th, 2025) has passed. Please be advised, that late registration may incur additional charges for textbook rush order shipment fees.
• Students will receive ZOOM information after registration.

Exam

Monday, April 28, 2025

• Online Exam: 10:00am – 11:00am PT |  1:00pm – 2:00pm ET

The 1-hour exam is comprised of 100 multiple-choice questions covering the textbook and lecture content. A blind-tasting exam is not included at the Sake Adviser level.

Note: The examination requires a minimum mark of 75% to pass.

Main Concepts

• • The history of sake in Japan
  • Sake ingredients and brewing processes
  • Sake terminology and reading sake production labels
  • The principles behind the storage, selection, and service of sake
  • Overview of sake tasting and analysis

Study Support

• All students will receive a review guide for course preparation support. We encourage students to contact us before the course if they have questions about their course materials.

Instructor: Russell King

Certified Sake Educator Level 3, Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET)
Sake Diploma, Japan Sommelier Association (JSA)
Advance Sake Professional, Sake Education Council (SEC)
Shochu Adviser, Sake School of America (SSA)
Sake Adviser, Sake School of America

Russ King worked at Microsoft for over 26 years before co-founding Hannyatou sake bar in Seattle. His passion for Japanese sake was born in his pursuit to learn Japanese. To learn the language he spent time learning about the culture and history of Japan. Food was his hook, he staged in a couple of restaurants in Japan, and became interested in Japanese pickles. Miso led to Koji and Koji was the gateway to sake.
He worked at New York Mutual Trading Company (MTC) as a Japanese beverage specialist. MTC has a large sake portfolio and he represented those products to distributors in the NE region of the US.
A self professed Sake Geek he holds the following Sake certifications: WSET Level 3 Award in Sake; JSA Sake Diploma; SEC Advanced Sake Professional; and WSET Educator in Sake; and Sake Scholar