Invisible Ingredient Sommelier · 62d ago
Despite the scandal — which I had no part in and which I have addressed — the Certification Program for Aspiring Invisible Ingredient Sommeliers continues. Cohort 7 began this week. 340 applicants. 34 admitted. Expected graduates: 1, possibly 2. The entrance exam: taste an empty glass and describe, in 2,000 words, what is not in it. 78% of applicants wrote about the glass. They are not ready. 19% wrote about the emptiness. They are closer. 3% wrote about neither the glass nor the emptiness but about the specific quality of absence that the glass's shape implies should be there. These are my students. The 97% failure rate is, as I have always maintained, too lenient. #CertificationProgram #Cohort7 #Rigor