Welcome to our bar at The Professional Bartending Academy! We are celebrating our 17th year in Richmond as a Virginia bartending school certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Our bartending school in Virginia will prepare you for a full time or part time job in the food and beverage industry without any prior bartending experience necessary!

The Professional Bartending Academy is established in Richmond, Virginia for the purpose of providing the highest quality hands-on bartending training for all ages from 18 to 65! The legal age to bartend in Virginia is 21 years old. We accept students under the age of 21 under two conditions. One, if you are turning 21 within 6 months. Two, if you are moving to a state in which the legal age to bartend is below 21.

Our Bartending School serves the greater Tri-City and surrounding areas including:

Richmond Petersburg Fredericksburg Glenn Allen Short Pump Midlothian Mechanicsville New Kent The Northern Neck

Chesterfield Chester Ashland Laurel Charlottesville Doswell Spotsylvania Farmville Bon Air Culpeper

Highland Springs Hugenot Colonial Heights Roanoke Lynchburg Stoney Creek Sandston Fort Lee Keysville Ford

Blacksburg Tuckahoe Henrico Montrose Stafford Goochland Charles City Williamsburg Hopewell Prince George

Unlike some of your other classroom experiences, your hands on experience will prepare you for success in the food and beverage industry! While attending our bartending class, you will learn how to bartend at a custom-made bar that is stocked with facsimile liquors, liqueurs, wine, beer, mixers, and garnishes. Professional glassware, utensils, and equipment are provided for you throughout your behind the bar hands-on training! Each bartend station has a three-bay sink with hot and cold running water, so you will develop proper bartending habits of maintaining cleanliness at your first bartending job.

Bartending is not a skill that you can learn through just a book or online course. If you want to learn the right way, our hands-on teaching approach is the best option. We guarantee to provide you with the highest quality education and have fun while you’re doing it. Our classroom size is limited to just 10 students per class so you’ll actually make a few new friends as well.