Where the Best Butlers Learn the Trade

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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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@ckl4tuk676 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

You're just pandering to get your comment pinned.

@dasetman 5 лет назад

@@joeybaseball7352 Just because its chinese doesn't mean it has to involve pandas...

@fattahrambe 5 лет назад

Or just easier to produce the video?

@bobjenkins5487 5 лет назад

2:34 for a second i thought i suddenly understood chinese xd

@Hanlb 5 лет назад

It is fun listening to Chinglish.

@AllenHanPR 5 лет назад

Omg I think I can read and type English. I do wow...

@kateshungi8945 5 лет назад

I'm just one hell of a butler

@keki4578 5 лет назад

Kate Shungi YES

@toringarza9413 5 лет назад

A butler that can't do this much isn't worth his salt

@mariahssixthaccount2325 5 лет назад

OMG BLCK BUTLER

@kateshungi8945 5 лет назад

@@mariahssixthaccount2325 yup

@datperson2174 5 лет назад

I was thinking about anime butlers the entire time lol

@tosht2515 5 лет назад

Last year GBS did a video on *_The International Butler Academy_* in the Netherlands. Would be cool to compare and contrast the training. 👍

@toringarza9413 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

I just googled how much they make and it might be a sign I need to BE a butler.

@nonamelastname8878 5 лет назад

@@toringarza9413 lmao goodlucj

@MaoWantsMoney 5 лет назад

living for this development

@hynori1819 5 лет назад

Pro Butlers can make $200,000.00 a year

@valioma9108 5 лет назад

Or you need to be a butler

@HF-cx4wl 5 лет назад

Great! Now when can I sign this totally non soul sacrificing contract to get a Butler?

@juanjavier1108 5 лет назад

I laughed so hard when she pulled out the ruler. I cant believe the attention to detail. That said great work.

@mehhhhh421 5 лет назад

Woah woah woah, what about the other butler school in Europe? Y’all gonna have them compete in butler games?

@Hannan_1325 5 лет назад

The international butler academy in Netherlands is awesome as well.

@GiantParfait 4 года назад

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 года назад

@@GiantParfait this comment is the best 😂😂😂

@fishbeam8310 5 лет назад

Sebastian Michaelis, anyone?

@helsiclife 5 лет назад

Wow I live I Chengdu but I didn't know about this, it's cool to learn new things~ this channel is great

@barney2403 4 года назад

They are one hell of a butler

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

They are not demon.

@beansbike5478 5 лет назад

Just... Amazing

@toniporvali4228 5 лет назад

I love tgis channel you learn so much about different places,cultures and religions

@sarveshgurung7124 5 лет назад

Its pure content.... Thankyou...

@nguiklian 5 лет назад

Wow, this is really neat!

@academiademordomos 3 года назад

Great content and value for future studends who want to progress in the luxury market.

@weidwingelobjegdiv 5 лет назад

My butler would be british i think. Just for the sake of it.

@MostlyPennyCat 5 лет назад

No, I think I'd quite like a Chinese butler now...

@weidwingelobjegdiv 5 лет назад

@@MostlyPennyCat James! There you are, bring me a beer. 😝

@marianacunhaleao9759 3 года назад

I love this

@desiree7633 4 года назад

Amazing

@Narconecrotix 5 лет назад

They're one hell of a butlers~

@TheCatthedragon 5 лет назад

2:30 jong jing chaon jwa *extraordinary experience*

@owenluo3244 5 лет назад

and 2:42 管家一个这种 *lifestyle*

@chel1778 5 лет назад

i can't stop laughing omg 😂😂💀

@JV-qn6ys 5 лет назад

I was really impressed...until they said it was a 6 week program based on Downton Abbey LOL

@Meimoons 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

XLADEDAX I’m sure they are actually certified by international organizations who are in charge of these things at this point lmaooo

@alexissandoval1284 3 года назад

If people listened they'd know it isn't BASED on that show, the popularity simply grew after the show premiered.

@riseeuterpe2838 5 лет назад

They're all so graceful and elegant.. 0__0

@Stormtrooper--dx1xj 5 лет назад

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

@lysandercuevas2250 5 лет назад

Love these vedio

@Tysongranger47 5 лет назад

Talking of butlers you people should read Tagore's "Puratan bhritya" It's a poem about a butler's dedication to his master

@TheMrPaijo 5 лет назад

we need this at Motel 6

@Meimoons 5 лет назад

Then expect the prices while staying there to rise! You can't have people working as butlers without pay.

@unleashingpotential-psycho9433 5 лет назад

It’s nice to see where Butler’s get their training.

@pinecone27 5 лет назад

UNLEASHING POTENTIAL - PSYCHOLOGY VIDEOS WHO ARE YOU ND WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE

@joaquindeleontagorda8984 5 лет назад

would it be so interesting to create a tv series about a butler's life?

@idislikemints 5 лет назад

I did not even know there was a butler school. This is fascinating.

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

How else we learn to be butler without a school.

@josepedrogomespalma6883 5 лет назад

Wow

@datgoodshi8356 4 года назад

That' actualy dope not gonna lie

@xcolonist4799 5 лет назад

Sooo this is the Chinese version on the UK one.

@nathaniello9733 5 лет назад

Sooo your telling me this training was all inspired by downtown abbey

@ZaneT531 5 лет назад

HOPE THEY GET BIG TIP

@germanzaable 5 лет назад

Alfred was trained here!😎

@Phlegethon 5 лет назад

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.

@Rockamolie 5 лет назад

Sebastian is that you??

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

This not a anime.

@m.yvette7344 5 лет назад

Alfred joined the server

@swissexpress9277 5 лет назад

I am a Butler really tough always perfection required.Guests are babies

@lizageorge8923 5 лет назад

Butlers seem like a cool way to introduce more jobs, with ppl paid and working in nice conditions

@lilyraimey3499 5 лет назад

Mandarin is so incredibly complex, even just to listen to.

@usuitakumi8179 5 лет назад

Let me prepare the instant noodles gracefully for y'all.

@pommesdeterru2400 3 года назад

this is my dream job and I am still 14.

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

Me too.

@x0xxx007i 5 лет назад

*everyone should have a butler - I think they would be great for companionship*

@lc7592 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

Taehyung's tongue Jimin's hair Exactly!

@lanejiang9605 5 лет назад

Omg I live in chengdu

@romitsinha1410 5 лет назад

Downton abbey ❤️❤️❤️

@RafaelFyen 5 лет назад

But are they sneaky? Very, very, sneaky?

@reybreneaux5331 5 лет назад

Rafael Fyen I HAIL FROM SPAIN, SIR. 🖕 OLE!

@Keyakina 5 лет назад

I really like that people don't look down on butlers, nor should they since they got payed like 100k per year

@jayiix 5 лет назад

interesting field of work. im only left with the question of how much does one pay these highly skilled and passionate people.

@henriccarlsson9052 5 лет назад

Raren0ise No idea, but probably much more than one would think.

@Hannan_1325 5 лет назад

From $50K to $150K to be exact.

@cruzada07 5 лет назад

i want her as my butler for life

@secretscarlet8249 5 лет назад

I want to see butlers fromm all over having an international competition. :D

@rumandraisin7928 5 лет назад

Sebastian make this academy

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

That just a anime.

@maychen5138 5 лет назад

厲害o7o

@luke6492 5 лет назад

ALFRED!!!

@bhirawamaylana466 5 лет назад

So this is the place where you can get Sebastian name in China huh, Nice.

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

That just a anime.

@pineapplelord2422 5 лет назад

if im gonna be a butler i wanna be a butler than can do housekeeping and also protect my client as a bodyguard lol

@Twelfie12 3 года назад

I have a ton of weird dreams and one of them is becoming a butler 🤣

@urielgamer4181 4 года назад

Me: Puts subtitles on RU-vid Also youtube: "(Clasic music) (Speak Chinese)" Me: '-'

@sink-napkin489 2 года назад

Nvm this was the school that Sebastian went to

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

That just a anime.

@yenzyhebron5278 5 лет назад

2:31 That tie is off

@rokimduaempat 5 лет назад

best butler its only alfred pennywise its not just a butler its a friend of batman itself

@sangnu688 4 года назад

I want to be a butler.

@phatasticmeemo 5 лет назад

I’ve always imagined if I could afford a butler he’d be a Benson. Frankly because I just like saying that name. Benson.

@fluffyhammy5000 5 лет назад

Sebas-chan

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

This is not a anime.

@nicky_tdbp5353 5 лет назад

Is this where ceil and Sebastian live?

@jt4304 5 лет назад

nicky_ tdbp ciel*

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

This is not a anime.

@ME_Toons 3 года назад

Im her after watcing mei butler

@davidmehnert6206 5 лет назад

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” ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-87dEJ0IV-90.html

@keki4578 5 лет назад

Seba-chaaaan

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

This is not a anime.

@terence6766 5 лет назад

2:48 human condition?

@keyqchan 5 лет назад

China for you.

@Machinelf 5 лет назад

How much do you think they get paid a year?

@ivy1342 5 лет назад

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?

@hnayplayzyt1238 5 лет назад

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

@meixintongzha9146 4 года назад

where is the maid schoool?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

There only school for butler not for maid.

@herdrummerman 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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.

@mbgrafix 5 лет назад

What about coffee?

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

Coffee not good for health.

@SuperDoggykong 3 года назад

Only 6 weeks?? Feels too short to train quality butlers

@alexissandoval1284 3 года назад

Takes about as much time as training a professional soldier.

@smileysatanson3404 3 года назад

put in sword fighting and they got the full package

@KR-xj2ud 5 лет назад

Is sebastian there

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

That just a anime.

@destyntobe 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

Destyntobe you do actually. One for water, the other two for red and white winez

@silvermistneoncloud845 4 года назад

A ruler???

@nekoyamaanna3798 5 лет назад

Yooooooo

@memyselfandtau4712 5 лет назад

Domovoi!?!??!!!

@vurp2527 5 лет назад

Black Butler

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

This is not a anime.

@MrNSup 5 лет назад

I respect people who do it, but honestly who’d want to be someone’s butler.

@bonbonS1969 5 лет назад

Poor people + extreme income inequality

@shabut 5 лет назад

Six weeks....

@BobMcCoy 5 лет назад

*Cheat with the Butler*

@dinggao8845 5 лет назад

Taking measurements of spoons on the table wtf

@vignettetsukinoseapril 5 лет назад

Holy f, they are really..

@coolwpix6473 5 лет назад

Lol at the time there are just 15 comments!

@quechiestcactusjuice6265 5 лет назад

SEBASTIAN???

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

This is not anime.

@mariahssixthaccount2325 5 лет назад

Black butler anyone?

@dhruvyadav6597 5 лет назад

Hhh

@cloudpuffer224 5 лет назад

If your name isnt jeevs you're not a real butler

@lysandercuevas2250 5 лет назад

I am 5

@quicksilvermarvel6392 5 лет назад

5 what ? 5 years old ? Lol

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

You lying.

@BeJolly3 5 лет назад

How to train your butler 😆

@jackngo9338 2 года назад

I thought maids were the women's version of a butler.

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

No, it isn't. Everyone can be butler.

@carloss3499 5 лет назад

Oh man black butler reference are gonna flood the comment section

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

This is not a anime.

@desmondwong740 5 лет назад

Well, the best butlers are all demons who will dance on 2 stories high railing and also fight against people with chainsaws with butter knives. Oh, and they also need a black suit.

@barney2403 4 года назад

Desmond Wong hmmm Bassy is that you?!?

@baotrannguyenngoc9964 Год назад

They are not demon.