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Byron P. Catéchis Director & Dean Byron teaches in: French, German, English and Italian* languages WSET® Educator for the following Wine and Spirit Education Trust Qualifications:
Educator for the Comité Champagne course:
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Member of the following judging panels:
Professional Experience: Over 20 years of experience in the 4 to 5 Star Deluxe hotel and Michelin Star segment. To date involved in 5 hotel and 1 restaurant opening which included the Dorchester in London, the Lous C. Jacob in Hamburg, a Hotel in East Africa (part of an international hotel chain) among others. |
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Johanna teaches in the French and English language |
Johanna has been interested in wine since passing her Swiss Matura diploma and continued in this path on her way to gaining her Bachelor degree with the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne. She has completed the various levels of the Wine and Spirit Education Trust qualifications, including the WSET® Level 4 Diploma. Now having completed her exams on the Masters of Wine programme, she now has to complete her thesis. Johanna has managed to keep herself busy by also studying for a Masters in Digital Marketing and Communication in Geneva. Johanna is currently also involved in the production and marketing of Clos Tsampehro in Valais. Johanna also consults for a wine producer in Provence, France. Johanna teaches on the Level 2 and the Level 3 WSET® Award in Wine course as well as runs our courses in Valais. She is also our “Internal Assessor” for the Level 3 WSET® Award in Wines. |
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Thomas teaches in the French and English language Nominated Educator for our WSET® Beer courses |
Thomas is currently responsible for Quality Assurance for an Eastern Switzerland brewery, where he is responsible for the day-to-day quality assurance for the production of their varied range of beers, as well as the organisation of the quality assurance team. An award-wining brewer, he has a proven track record at both microbreweries and larger, regional breweries. As well as being an experienced teacher, he also serves regularly as a jury member of international beer competitions. Thomas teaches the following courses:
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Nathan Rüttner Nathan teaches in the German and French languages |
Nathan teaches on our practical brewing courses |
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Our canine teaching assistants |
you will probably meet either Merlin and Arthur in one of our classes. They are trained to reduce your stress levels. |
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Since the 21st of September 2018 Merlin became an important member of our team while still a puppy (10 weeks old). Arthur joined the team on the 9th of March 2020 and is learning from his elder “brother” how to improve the class’ wellbeing. |
