Where the Best Butlers Learn the Trade
To Karen Xiao, being a butler is more than a profession-it’s a lifestyle. She runs an intensive six-week program that covers Chinese and Western ideas of household management, courtesy, etiquette and more at Chengdu’s International Butler Academy. While the trade is nothing new in China, a recent surge in interest traces directly to a precise, loyal butler serving at a little place called “Downton Abbey.”
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What I absolutely love about Great Big Story is the fact that they do nut dub what people say. You learn so much more about people when you hear them talking in their own language. Thank you!
@joeybaseball7352
5 жыл бұрын
You're just pandering to get your comment pinned.
@dasetman
5 жыл бұрын
@@joeybaseball7352 Just because its chinese doesn't mean it has to involve pandas...
@fattahrambe
5 жыл бұрын
Or just easier to produce the video?
2:34 for a second i thought i suddenly understood chinese xd
@Hanlb
5 жыл бұрын
It is fun listening to Chinglish.
@AllenHanPR
5 жыл бұрын
Omg I think I can read and type English. I do wow...
I'm just one hell of a butler
@keki4578
5 жыл бұрын
Kate Shungi YES
@toringarza9413
5 жыл бұрын
A butler that can't do this much isn't worth his salt
@mariahssixthaccount2325
5 жыл бұрын
OMG BLCK BUTLER
@kateshungi8945
5 жыл бұрын
@@mariahssixthaccount2325 yup
@datperson2174
5 жыл бұрын
I was thinking about anime butlers the entire time lol
Last year GBS did a video on *_The International Butler Academy_* in the Netherlands. Would be cool to compare and contrast the training. 👍
I just started watching an anime called the black butler yesterday and now this has been uploaded today. It has to be a sign... I need to get a butler
@toringarza9413
5 жыл бұрын
I just googled how much they make and it might be a sign I need to BE a butler.
@nonamelastname8878
5 жыл бұрын
@@toringarza9413 lmao goodlucj
@MaoWantsMoney
5 жыл бұрын
living for this development
@hynori1819
5 жыл бұрын
Pro Butlers can make $200,000.00 a year
@valioma9108
5 жыл бұрын
Or you need to be a butler
Great! Now when can I sign this totally non soul sacrificing contract to get a Butler?
I laughed so hard when she pulled out the ruler. I cant believe the attention to detail. That said great work.
Woah woah woah, what about the other butler school in Europe? Y’all gonna have them compete in butler games?
@Hannan_1325
5 жыл бұрын
The international butler academy in Netherlands is awesome as well.
@GiantParfait
4 жыл бұрын
Dude butler games sounds amazing. Announcer: _It's going to be tough for China to come back from their 2mm spoon misalignment fiasco but Europe is lagging behind after that horrid delay in umbrella opening yesterday, it's close folks_
@TinkavdHazel
4 жыл бұрын
@@GiantParfait this comment is the best 😂😂😂
Sebastian Michaelis, anyone?
Wow I live I Chengdu but I didn't know about this, it's cool to learn new things~ this channel is great
I love tgis channel you learn so much about different places,cultures and religions
Just... Amazing
They are one hell of a butler
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
They are not demon.
Its pure content.... Thankyou...
My butler would be british i think. Just for the sake of it.
@MostlyPennyCat
5 жыл бұрын
No, I think I'd quite like a Chinese butler now...
@weidwingelobjegdiv
5 жыл бұрын
@@MostlyPennyCat James! There you are, bring me a beer. 😝
Great content and value for future studends who want to progress in the luxury market.
I was really impressed...until they said it was a 6 week program based on Downton Abbey LOL
@Meimoons
5 жыл бұрын
I also had the same reaction. I wonder how much they are aware of an actual butler academy in Europe based on experience.
@TryinaD
5 жыл бұрын
XLADEDAX I’m sure they are actually certified by international organizations who are in charge of these things at this point lmaooo
@alexissandoval1284
3 жыл бұрын
If people listened they'd know it isn't BASED on that show, the popularity simply grew after the show premiered.
Wow, this is really neat!
Do their curriculum have a course in serving a billionaire vigilante and maintenance of high-end gadgets and high-tech cave? I mean are they capable of training the next Alfred? Hahaha
I love this
we need this at Motel 6
@Meimoons
5 жыл бұрын
Then expect the prices while staying there to rise! You can't have people working as butlers without pay.
They're all so graceful and elegant.. 0__0
Amazing
would it be so interesting to create a tv series about a butler's life?
Sebastian is that you??
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
This not a anime.
Talking of butlers you people should read Tagore's "Puratan bhritya" It's a poem about a butler's dedication to his master
They're one hell of a butlers~
I did not even know there was a butler school. This is fascinating.
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
How else we learn to be butler without a school.
Sooo your telling me this training was all inspired by downtown abbey
It’s nice to see where Butler’s get their training.
@pinecone27
5 жыл бұрын
UNLEASHING POTENTIAL - PSYCHOLOGY VIDEOS WHO ARE YOU ND WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE
Love these vedio
Sooo this is the Chinese version on the UK one.
2:44 "I hope to see even more professional butlers in China"....I hope to see any professional elderly care workers in China, but you know, that's just me.
Alfred was trained here!😎
Mandarin is so incredibly complex, even just to listen to.
HOPE THEY GET BIG TIP
That' actualy dope not gonna lie
this is my dream job and I am still 14.
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
Me too.
I am a Butler really tough always perfection required.Guests are babies
Butlers seem like a cool way to introduce more jobs, with ppl paid and working in nice conditions
Alfred joined the server
2:30 jong jing chaon jwa *extraordinary experience*
@owenluo3244
5 жыл бұрын
and 2:42 管家一个这种 *lifestyle*
@chel1778
5 жыл бұрын
i can't stop laughing omg 😂😂💀
Let me prepare the instant noodles gracefully for y'all.
interesting field of work. im only left with the question of how much does one pay these highly skilled and passionate people.
@henriccarlsson9052
5 жыл бұрын
Raren0ise No idea, but probably much more than one would think.
@Hannan_1325
5 жыл бұрын
From $50K to $150K to be exact.
*everyone should have a butler - I think they would be great for companionship*
@lc7592
5 жыл бұрын
chococatchristi If everyone should have a butler, should butlers have butlers themselves? In that case, everyone will be butlers and no masters, therefore not a butler
@x0xxx007i
5 жыл бұрын
Taehyung's tongue Jimin's hair Exactly!
But are they sneaky? Very, very, sneaky?
@reybreneaux5331
5 жыл бұрын
Rafael Fyen I HAIL FROM SPAIN, SIR. 🖕 OLE!
I really like that people don't look down on butlers, nor should they since they got payed like 100k per year
Wow
I want to see butlers fromm all over having an international competition. :D
Sebastian make this academy
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
That just a anime.
i want her as my butler for life
Omg I live in chengdu
So this is the place where you can get Sebastian name in China huh, Nice.
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
That just a anime.
I have a ton of weird dreams and one of them is becoming a butler 🤣
best butler its only alfred pennywise its not just a butler its a friend of batman itself
Downton abbey ❤️❤️❤️
if im gonna be a butler i wanna be a butler than can do housekeeping and also protect my client as a bodyguard lol
Nvm this was the school that Sebastian went to
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
That just a anime.
I want to be a butler.
I’ve always imagined if I could afford a butler he’d be a Benson. Frankly because I just like saying that name. Benson.
Is this where ceil and Sebastian live?
@jt4304
5 жыл бұрын
nicky_ tdbp ciel*
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
This is not a anime.
Im her after watcing mei butler
ALFRED!!!
How much do you think they get paid a year?
@ivy1342
5 жыл бұрын
Depends on the butlers experience, but I know my friends head of house gets about 80k USD a year. However, he didnt go through this faux-british training he is a Eastern trained helper if that makes sense?
厲害o7o
Nonono this is OCD school not butler school she used a ruler to put the cutlery on the table and then she'll have to do it again once they've put it down
put in sword fighting and they got the full package
I’m still lower class, if i ever so make it and have a butler. I doubt u see 3 cups for one person.
@jt4304
5 жыл бұрын
Destyntobe you do actually. One for water, the other two for red and white winez
Seba-chaaaan
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
This is not a anime.
2:31 That tie is off
Sebas-chan
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
This is not a anime.
Me: Puts subtitles on KZread Also youtube: "(Clasic music) (Speak Chinese)" Me: '-'
I respect people who do it, but honestly who’d want to be someone’s butler.
@bonbonS1969
5 жыл бұрын
Poor people + extreme income inequality
Only 6 weeks?? Feels too short to train quality butlers
@alexissandoval1284
3 жыл бұрын
Takes about as much time as training a professional soldier.
where is the maid schoool?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
There only school for butler not for maid.
What about coffee?
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
Coffee not good for health.
BOUILLANTE She’s right about the Tea, y’know- it’s all about that Cha-Cha-Cha! Sam Cooke would have a Chinese butler, Keeping all his Kai-Shui ... Ha! Sam Cooke: “Cha-Cha-Cha” kzread.info/dash/bejne/amuYp6xpebmTaZM.html
China for you.
2:48 human condition?
this is sad man the chinese watched Downton Abbey and found out what butlers were so they decided to buy some glorified servants/expensive pets. those butlers are human beings not robots for gods sake they deserve some freedom and dignity
@Alsry1
5 жыл бұрын
herdrummerman one, buying is different from hiring, you can leave at anytime if you don’t like the one who hired you. I would say that is a pretty big freedom. Two, butlers make a lot of money which is why they chose to be a butler in the first place. Three, some people actually enjoy being a buster and saying they don’t have freedom and dignity is pretty insulting. Lastly, being a butler is no different from other jobs. In fact, if you enjoy being a butler, it can be a much better job than a lot of others such as an accountant. While butlers are servants, they are far away from being pets. Therefore, there shouldn’t be a reason why being a butler is worse than any other job.
Is sebastian there
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
That just a anime.
Taking measurements of spoons on the table wtf
Lol at the time there are just 15 comments!
Six weeks....
Domovoi!?!??!!!
Black Butler
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
This is not a anime.
*Cheat with the Butler*
Holy f, they are really..
A ruler???
Yooooooo
Black butler anyone?
How to train your butler 😆
Hhh
SEBASTIAN???
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
This is not anime.
If your name isnt jeevs you're not a real butler
Oh man black butler reference are gonna flood the comment section
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
This is not a anime.
I thought maids were the women's version of a butler.
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
No, it isn't. Everyone can be butler.
Why would anyone want to be a servant?
@quicksilvermarvel6392
5 жыл бұрын
Money
@user-qh4db9lk6u
5 жыл бұрын
U work for a company. Doesnt that make u a servant of the company? And also u get paid A LOT.
@sandwitch911
5 жыл бұрын
A lot of upper class people have live-in maids or nannies. It's not uncommon. Butlers are no different. It pays well, and you get food and lodging. Not at all a bad deal.
@ivannovotny4552
5 жыл бұрын
@@user-qh4db9lk6u Partially true, but still poor comparison.
@ivannovotny4552
5 жыл бұрын
How about chosen profession as a doorman for rest of your life ?? Not for everybody right...
I am 5
@quicksilvermarvel6392
5 жыл бұрын
5 what ? 5 years old ? Lol
@baotrannguyenngoc9964
Жыл бұрын
You lying.
How ironic that her name is Karen