In an exclusive cover shoot and interview with Drinks International’s sister title CLASS, the New York bartenders behind the bars of the Nomad Hotel and Eleven Madison Park, unveiled their plans for the Claridge’s restaurant bar. The group will also open Nomad London in August next year, with Collina and Robitschek overseeing the bar operations.
Berg unveiled her initiative in the the December/January edition of DI’s sister title CLASS. Backofhouse.info is aimed at creating a safe and open working environment, with an emphasis on finding resolution. Having laid the foundations for the site for her own bar, Berg has now opened up the facility to the wider global hospitality industry. Bar owners can either use the website’s…
The Bethnal Green bar, which featured on the World’s 50 Best Bars list in 2018 and 2019 and has spawned a number of modern classic cocktails, will continue trading without its founder, who left the business last week. “Coupette took its toll on me,” Moore told DI. “Last year I was working every hour god sends. Working like that is not a badge of honour…
The ex-Artesian and Little Red Door head bartender will join the group’s eponemous bar Le Syndicat and La Commune this December as co-director. Le Syndicat, founded by Romain Le Mouellic (and Sullivan Doh, who left the business earlier this year), champions French spirits and produce – something that appeals to Savage, following stints at internationally-oriented cocktail bars. “Romain, the creator and owner of Le Syndicat…
The Italian bartender joins the London hotel bar from Caesar’s Palace & Resort in Dubai, where he was beverage manager overseeing 14 food and drinks outlets. Though Corallo has worked in London as head sommelier at The Savoy’s Kaspar’s Seafood Bar and Grill, his name was made in the Middle East, where he also worked at Ray’s Bar at the Jumeirah at Etihad…
The Irish bar concept, which was opened by Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry in 2013 and named the World’s Best Bar in 2016, plans to replicate the New York bar’s ground-floor Taproom concept, bringing its Guinness, Irish Coffee and high-volume cocktails to multiple cities across the US. For the pair who announced themselves on the US stage with the pledge to open the world’s best…
The show’s organiser, Reed Exhibitions, announced the news today at a press conference at the start of the 2019 show, saying the decision was not driven by the need for expansion, but that the show’s current home was to undergo building works, forcing the move. BCB event director Petra Lassahn told DI that the new site would see a small increase of exhibitors to 500…
THEY SAY A cat has nine lives but bartenders seem to be afforded more than the normal allowance too. At the ripe age of 28, Joe Schofield has notched up what seems already a few careers of experience. He moves quickly, adapts adroitly and lands softly. This year was the year of the Schofield. He was named International Bartender of the Year at Tales’ Spirited…
Based in a two-floor site on School Lane, central Liverpool, the bar’s focus will be on warm hospitality and will cater for 70 mostly seated covers, serving cocktails, wine and beer. The décor – a bold contrast of blue and yellow – frames an imposing bar and lounging rear of booths, tables and chairs. The cocktails will be take the form of twists on classics.
The new venture, which comes four years after Red Frog launched and just over a year since it was named no.92 in the World’s 50 Best Bars, represents a new direction for owners and Lisbon bar scene pioneers Paulo Gomez and Emanuel Minêz. Where Red Frog is a small high-concept speakeasy with a leaning towards theatrical, high-spec cocktails, Monkey Mash caters for higher volumes with…
