Creator Captive Media has positioned screens above urinals in the bar’s gentlemen’s toilets so men can play computer games while using the facilities. In one…
Creator Captive Media has positioned screens above urinals in the bar’s gentlemen’s toilets so men can play computer games while using the facilities. In one…
Back to New York for number 4 with Death & Co. A full list of the Top 50 can be seen below. The poll was conducted by World’s 50 Best Bars editor Lucy Britner and US drinks writer Camper English. The pair canvassed around 100 bar professionals including the Playboy Club’s Salvatore Calabrese, King Cocktail Dale DeGroff, Esquire US’s David Wondrich and diamond ice-carver Hidetsugu…
The MBG was founded in 1974 and became a member of the International Bartenders Association (IBA) in 1975. According to Farrugia, prior to this many Maltese bartenders were members of the UK Bartenders Guild (UKBG). Since 1975, the MBG has participated in IBA events and a Maltese bartender became world classic cocktail champion in 2004. This year, Damien Muscat from the Malta Hilton bar will…
Nanda Nkumar Sethy, representing Dubai, prevailed from a 25-strong, international field of bartenders, impressing judges with his rendition of Stella Artois’ nine-step ‘pouring ritual’. Sethy, originally from India, now begins his year-long role as global brand ambassador for Stella Artois . Binod Karel of Hong Kong came in second place and Stocia Simona Nicoleta of Romania came third. James Watson, Stella Artois western European marketing…
Shaker & Company lies just north of London’s West End, a stone’s throw from the Euston Road. Shaker founder Adam Freeth has taken an eight year lease on a former pub in Hampstead Road. The former Prince of Wales pub and then Positively Fourth Street bar has a capacity of 120. During the day it is a Shaker BarSchool. At 5pm it becomes Shaker & Company. The…
For winner Martin Ball of Corridor in Manchester, a two-week switch to New York’s Apotheke awaits, while the US champion – who will be announced later this week – will earn a fortnight’s work placement at 69 Colebrooke Row in London. 15 bartenders, from a total of 64 entries, took part at the UK event at Village Underground in Shoreditch. The competition was designed to promote…
Bartender Dean MacGregor of Sahara in Reading took the prize after impressing judges with his Jack in Black ‘sharing’‚ cocktail. Judged by American whisky expert Nidal Ramini and Jack Daniel’s master distiller Jeff Arnett and master taster Jeff Norman, the 2011 final took place on Barbeque Hill in Lynchburg, Tennessee, close to the Jack Daniel Distillery. Competitors were asked to create a…
The International Master Bartender competition – which in its sixth year saw 16,000 bartenders from around the world compete – culminated in a 15-bartender, week-long final in the Czech Republic. The annual competition is the showcase event of Pilsner Urquell’s quality assurance programme. At the heart of the event is the brand’s ‘perfect pour’ ritual, but the fifteen finalists were also taken to Pilsner Urquell’s…
