“The only Beginners Course you will ever need”

Throughout the year and open to everyone, we offer an exclusive foundation level training course for groups of up to six trainees at a time or on an individual basis and if necessary we can tailor our training to fit around your needs or time constraints and we can also come to you.

Our potentially life changing course is based in a domestic city setting in the West of England and is open to both ladies and gentlemen and is specifically designed for those with a desire to fast track towards the role of a traditional butler and for those already in the hospitality industry.

Why train with us?
By choosing to train with us for the relatively short period of just five days and at a very reasonable cost you can expect to receive a highly professional and intensive training, one that we firmly believe is the best and only entry level course you will ever need!

We concentrate solely on the work of the professional butler and waste no time with anything unnecessary. Our course has been fine tuned and formulated to demonstrate every core principle of the butler’s work, giving you a solid basis upon which to build.
The content of the course is based on real life butler experience and taught by Nicholas Clayton a highly respected and experienced professional Butler and you can’t beat that!

Once you have finished the course, you will receive our certificate and we will respond to any prospective employer that you may approach with letters of recommendation should they contact us to help you into a role that can be both rewarding and very exciting and possibly take you away from an everyday nine to five life and into a working environment amongst the wealthiest and most influential people virtually anywhere in the world.

The Trainer
A professional butler and perfect German speaker Nicholas has, since starting the school, trained over seventy people and has worked in virtually every country in Europe and for leading families, industrialists and business people and at one time for over a decade in Bavaria. He has run his own restaurant, spoken on BBC Radio, local radio and Meridian Television and has written articles for Amica Magazine Singapore, written a training manual for a Swiss Chalet staff company and has three books published for the National Trust, the first of which, “A Butler’s Guide to Table Manners” is currently a best seller.

Books written by Nicholas Clayton
Nick Clayton’s critically acclaimed best selling books make very informative reading and great presents. Each book is specially signed by the author to you or you may choose to dedicate it to someone else.

Signed copies are not available anywhere else.

£9.50 each or £27.00 for all three, including UK postage.

These individual books entitled:
“A Butler’s Guide to Table Manners”
“A Butler’s Guide to Gentlemen’s Grooming”
“A Butler’s Guide to Entertaining”
can be purchased through

Please email us with your requirements info@butlertohire.co.uk