The Art of managing a 21st century household
requires training and practice.
Our curriculum is broad, practical and
skills focused. We emphasize skills and
we eschew dusty, outmoded practices in
favor of instruction on skills that are
current and relevant to today’s
households.
The curriculum is designed to provide
students with comprehensive Butler and
House Manager skills that can be put to
use on day 1 of their first private
service position.
The
Curriculum
The International Butler Academy
teaches a personal service expertise and
organizational structure that supports the
management of complex homes and lifestyles. The
core areas of study, and some examples of the
kinds of subjects covered in each include:
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The Life of a
Butler
history and traditions,
personal traits, personal and professional
standards, service in detail.
Click the Link above (The
Life of a Butler) and review an
example of how detailed we approach one
single subject.
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Staff Management
interviewing, hiring and
firing, agency staff, employee
handbooks and house rules, human resources
and personnel issues, staff communications,
time management.
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House Management
includes technical skills, setting routines and schedules,
defining and setting standards, purchasing.
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Table Management
setting tables and serving meals,
styles of service, table manners, wines and
champagnes, cigars, special
celebrations.
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Laundry Management
including linens and fine fabric care,
clothing maintenance, ironing & pressing,
dry-cleaning, product knowledge.
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Valeting Skills
the professional Gentleman's Gentleman,
dress codes, formal wear,
purchasing and care of bespoke clothing and
shoes, maintaining inventories and packing
suitcases.
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Communication
cultural differences, interpersonal skills, body language,
remembering names and making conversation,
telephone manners, personal presentation
skills.
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Etiquette &
Protocol
addressing persons of
different cultures and titled persons,
acquiring social confidence, social
correspondence, common-sense good manners
and consideration for others.
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Cooking
balancing food and wine, menu planning and
record keeping, speed-cuisine, quality
control, "the Chef's night off".
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Miscellaneous
from traveling with your employer to
relocating the household, chauffeuring
techniques, security, character building and
more, much more.
We train you in all the aspects of butling and
house management
Our comprehensive eight-week, government
licensed course will introduce and test each
student to all the expected duties of a butler,
personal assistant, valet, house
& estate manager. Although a large part of your
responsibility as a butler could be serving
meals, setting tables etc. and you will receive
ample training in these areas, the overall
training mainly focuses on how to professionally
run and manage a large, multi-million dollar
estate.
You will be responsible for the rest of the staff, the yacht, the jet and other properties. You will be the estate (house) manager, sometimes the chauffeur and at
times even the housekeeper, handyman, accountant, gardener etc. Whatever your role, we will train you how to do it with much style and grace.
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