“The Misunderstood Spirit: An Introduction to Sake Seminar & Tasting with Emily Pickett” This unique event serves as an introduction to sake for those who are completely new to or relatively unfamiliar with the beverage. Led by sake sommelier Emily Pickett at her restaurant Kyo Kitchen & Bar, this event brings you the best quality and variety of sake on the East Coast. Over a couple of hours you will be brought through the history, the brewing process, and a guided sake tasting with light food pairings. Upon completion participants will be able to identify different styles and categories of sake, understand how different brewing techniques affect the final product, and how to properly serve and store sake.
“The Misunderstood Spirit: An Introduction to Sake Seminar & Tasting with Emily Pickett”
This unique event serves as an introduction to sake for those who are completely new to or relatively unfamiliar with the beverage. Led by sake sommelier Emily Pickett at her restaurant Kyo Kitchen & Bar, this event brings you the best quality and variety of sake on the East Coast. Over a couple of hours you will be brought through the history, the brewing process, and a guided sake tasting with light food pairings. Upon completion participants will be able to identify different styles and categories of sake, understand how different brewing techniques affect the final product, and how to properly serve and store sake.
Please note: CAPS-AC maintains a formal waitlist for all our tasting events. If you are registered for an event but will not be attending, please contact Ann Miller (annemiller@ns.sympatico.ca) as soon as possible, so we can offer your seat to someone on the waitlist. Refunds can be provided to those who cancel at least 48 hours before the event.
Personal Bio: Emily Pickett is the restaurant manager and sake sommelier of Kyo Kitchen & Bar in Halifax, NS. In 2020 Emily graduated from Dalhousie University with a Bachelor of Science in psychology, to say the least running a restaurant wasn’t the natural trajectory. Serving through school was always an exhilarating experience but it wasn’t until opening Kyo that Emily found her passion for hospitality. Emily quickly climbed the hospitality ladder from serving, to bartending, bar managing and settling into restaurant managing with her compacted wisdom. Over this duration, her interest for wine, spirits and most notably, sake grew. Emily completed her WSET Level 3 in Sake in 2020 and has since completed her Certified Sake Sommelier program in 2022. Her current focus is to bring more attention and understanding to the relatively unknown spirit, Sake, to Atlantic Canada. The goal is to grow Kyo’s sake portfolio to reflect the restaurant approachable and quality-focused values. Emily is currently studying to become a wine sommelier through CAPS with hopes to graduate the program by 2023. In her spare time, you can expect to find Emily outdoors skiing, trail running, surfing and hiking. Event URL https://capsac.wildapricot.org/event-4885445
Personal Bio: Emily Pickett is the restaurant manager and sake sommelier of Kyo Kitchen & Bar in Halifax, NS. In 2020 Emily graduated from Dalhousie University with a Bachelor of Science in psychology, to say the least running a restaurant wasn’t the natural trajectory. Serving through school was always an exhilarating experience but it wasn’t until opening Kyo that Emily found her passion for hospitality. Emily quickly climbed the hospitality ladder from serving, to bartending, bar managing and settling into restaurant managing with her compacted wisdom. Over this duration, her interest for wine, spirits and most notably, sake grew. Emily completed her WSET Level 3 in Sake in 2020 and has since completed her Certified Sake Sommelier program in 2022. Her current focus is to bring more attention and understanding to the relatively unknown spirit, Sake, to Atlantic Canada. The goal is to grow Kyo’s sake portfolio to reflect the restaurant approachable and quality-focused values. Emily is currently studying to become a wine sommelier through CAPS with hopes to graduate the program by 2023. In her spare time, you can expect to find Emily outdoors skiing, trail running, surfing and hiking.
Event URL https://capsac.wildapricot.org/event-4885445
