Five Star Formula Service, Hospitality and Sales Training

Five Star Formulas training program is a intuitive bar, restaurant and sales training program, designed to provide the best online training for new and experienced staff. A division of S.A.H.P training.

Five Star Formula is a proprietary training program that gives students and potential workforce candidates the competitive edge needed to succeed in today's restaurant, bar, hospitality and even retail markets. Through Five Star Formulas program, students will learn the basics of all positions required to work and maintain stability in today's job market.

  • ​AREAS OF TRAINING

    STEPS OF SERVICE
    STEPS OF HOSPITALITY
    STEPS OF RETAIL
    STEPS OF SELLING
    SERVESAFE FOOD HANDLING
    SERVESAFE ALCOHOL
    PASSING INSPECTION
    FRONT & BACK OF THE HOUSE
    MIXOLOGY & BARTENDING
    INVENTORY CONTROL
    VERBIAGE & APPEARANCE
    ETIQUETTE & TECHNIQUE
    DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
    CODES & REGULATIONS
    FLOOR & BAR MANAGEMENT​
    GENERAL MANAGEMENT
    COVID SCREENING

  • OUR PROCESS

    GETTING STARTED IS EASY:
    1. CREATE AN ACCOUNT
    2. CHOOSE YOUR AREA OF TRAINING
    3. FILL IN ALL OF THE INFORMATION
    4. START YOUR TRAINING
    5. TAKE THE EXAM
    6. AFTER YOU PASS YOUR EXAM YOU WILL RECEIVE A DIGITAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR YOUR AND YOUR EMPLOYERS RECORD

TRAINING PROGRAMS

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Five Star Formula a division of S.A.H.P

Five Star Formula Training Hospitality Program

Ais Almahdi

Founder & Chief Operating Officer at SAHP GROUP

Native New Yorker, Ais York Almahdi has found success in numerous endeavors. A hospitality and service industry owner and expert, he currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of S.A.H.P Group; a service and hospitality institute; investing, operating and consulting for restaurants, bars, lounges and nightclubs in many different cities including Atlanta, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Charlotte, and Las Vegas.
ais@sahpgroup.com

  • Over 30 years of experience starting in New Brunswick under restaurateur Coretta King of Delta’s Restaurant in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Then later under Larry Denials, general manager of the Hyatt Hotel in New Brunswick, New Jersey. While attending Rutgers University in New Brunswick NJ, Almahdi stayed with Delta’s restaurant sharpening his service and hospitality skills. Later in his career Ais went on to work with large restaurant groups like Chef Ford Fry’s Rocket Farm Restaurant Group and many more.

  • Ais opened up his first restaurant and nightclub in Atlanta Georgia, then New York in 2009. Since then he has been consulting on many projects from restaurant and bar projects in Brooklyn New York, to nightclub and lounge projects in Miami.

  • Finally, Ais along with the help of The National Restaurant Association, and The American Hotel and Lodging Association, opened the first full-service bar and restaurant industry school in Atlanta Georgia, assisting individuals with gaining the proper industry standard training and nationally recognized certification.

WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?

“Ais Almahdi is a great guy with an amazing work ethic. His training and standards are second to none. His attention to details sets him apart from all of the rest. I have been in the business as a owner for over 19 years now which is really unheard of, and I must say that it is due to great standards and an amazing culture, and he brings all of that. ”

Coretta King (Owner of Delta’s Restaurant New Jersey)

“Ais Almahdi and that Sahp training group have been our backbone when it comes to hiring, training, and event consulting. When scaling, it is important to find the right people to develop a standard and culture in your buildings. The level of standard is great and we need it. ”

Chasen & Chaka Upscale (Owners of Suede New York, Caribbean Social New York, Caribbean Kitchen New York)

“Ais Almahdi and the Sahp Group produces some of the best and skilled individuals in this industry. When they come out of that training, they are on point and work ready. He is an amazing guy who holds his standards very high.”

Natacha Harris (HR director at Willys Restaurant Group Atlanta, Director of talent acquisition at Reef Kitchen & Technology Miami Florida)

“Ais Almahdi and Sahp Group are the best at what they do. The training and service standards are amazing. Their training materials and skill level they teach and level of standards that they hold their trainees to, is exactly what’s needed in this landscape.”

Milos Klimovic (owner of Studio 23 Nightclub Miami, Mirage Lounge Miami)

“Ais Almahdi has helped me open and operates all of my venues. We have implemented some service standards that make our experience the best. It's more than just experience, we get work-ready individuals that don’t require any more than organizing. We really appreciate the standards that they set.”

Charles Hughes (Owner of Scales 925 Kitchen Atlanta, One Lounge Atlanta, Medusa Lounge Atlanta, Allure Nightclub Atlanta)