ABOUT ROYAL
Built for People Who Want to Work Behind the Bar.
Royal Bartending School was created around a simple idea: bartending is a skill you learn by doing.
MEET MARK FERGUSON
Two Decades of Experience. Built Into Every Lesson.
Mark Ferguson has spent more than 20 years training bartenders, but his approach to teaching has always been rooted in the real world.
Royal Bartending School isn’t about memorizing trendy cocktails or learning tricks that look impressive on social media. It’s about developing the skills that make someone valuable behind a working bar—knowing your station, making drinks correctly, working efficiently, and taking care of your customers.
Mark built Royal around the way bartending is actually learned: understand the fundamentals, practice them correctly, and repeat them until they become second nature.
“I don’t just want to teach you how to make a drink. I want you to know what to do when you step behind a real bar.”
— Mark Ferguson
THE ROYAL APPROACH
No Gimmicks. Just Skills That Work.
Royal focuses on what matters when you’re actually behind the bar. Students learn by doing, practicing the same fundamental skills they’ll rely on shift after shift
LEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS
Proper pours, classic drinks, bar tools, glassware, setup, and the basics every bartender needs.
PRACTICE UNTIL IT’S NATURAL
Skills aren’t just demonstrated once. Students have the opportunity to repeat techniques until they become comfortable and familiar.
TRAIN WITHOUT WASTING LIQUOR
Royal’s training is alcohol-free, allowing students to practice pours, recipes, speed, and technique repeatedly without wasting expensive product.
PREPARE FOR A
WORKING BAR
Training goes beyond making drinks to include organization, efficiency, cleanliness, hospitality, and taking care of customers.
Learn it right. Practice it. Be ready to use it.
WHO ROYAL IS FOR
There’s More Than One Way to Start.
People come to Royal for different reasons. Some are looking for their first job behind the bar.
Others want a new career, stronger skills, or training tailored to their own goals.