Arne Braeckman

Co-owner Wijnbar ONA & PIT Wine Club | WSET Educator | Wine consulting & training for hotels and restaurants | Sommelier of the Year 2025

Ghent Metropolitan Area

About

I run Wijnbar ONA in Gent together with my wife Ona. Two bars, since 2015. The idea has always been simple. Pour wines we believe in, from small growers who do the work in the vineyard, and make wine accessible to everyone who's interested. Alongside ONA, I help curate tasting events at PIT, a private wine club at Wintercircus. I also teach, as a certified WSET Educator for Levels 2 and 3 at Winewise. Next to that, I consult for hotels and restaurants who want their wine program to work harder. Sometimes that means rebuilding a list. Sometimes it means training the team. Usually both. If your wine offer isn't doing what it should, I'd be glad to have a conversation. I'm a proud holder of the DipWSET, and I was honoured to be named Sommelier of the Year Belgium in 2025.

Experience

  • WineWise trainer / WSET course educator at WineWise BeNeLux
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

    Educating WSET Level 2 & 3

  • Owner at ONA wijnbar
    Jul 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 1 mo

    Wijnbar - Wijnshop - Wijnproevingen www.ona.gent

  • Consultant Engineering at Whoohoo®
    May 2015 - Jun 2015 · 2 mos

    My job as Consultant Engineering for the regions East & West Flanders, Flemish Brabant and Brussels, consists of finding highly educated technical professionals. To search a suitable professional for the right challenge or a suitable challenge for the right professional, that's what we stand for! You can contact me at [email protected] or +32 (0) 488 41 15 35

  • HR Recruitment Partner at Peak6
    Oct 2014 - Apr 2015 · 7 mos

    Bridging the gap between high-end IT professionals & IT companies. An Accent Jobs company

  • Accent Jobs (1 yr 3 mos)
    • IT Account Manager
      Mar 2014 - Oct 2014 · 8 mos

      Als Account Manager ben je verantwoordelijk voor het beheer en het managen van een Accentkantoor met focus op het rekruteren en selecteren binnen de IT. -Propsectie + bestaande klantenportefeuille beheren in de IT sector. -Maandelijkse groei realiseren in omzet op kantoorniveau. -HR advies , evaluaties, sollicitatiebegeleidingen,... -Coachen van een team , opleiden en bijsturen waar nodig.

    • IT Recruitment Consultant
      Aug 2013 - Mar 2014 · 8 mos

      Als uitzendconsulent ben je de schakel tussen uitzendmedewerker en bedrijf met focus op het rekruteren en selecteren binnen een niche (construct, tehcnical forces, industry..). De jobinhoud bestaat uit twee delen: 80% bestaat uit het behalen van commerciële targets en 20 % uit administratieve taken zoals de loonsadministratie, invullen van sociale documenten en de opvolging van elke uitzendkracht.