Barback, Bartending and Hospitality

Beverage Director Ivan Papic’s Vision: The Classics with a Japanese Twist

Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

During that same impactful year, he made his grand entrance into the hospitality industry as a barback for the popular joint, Lot 61. During his experience there, he quickly grew fond of bartending. He then returned to the nightclub business as a bartender and bar manager at Paul’s Casablanca.

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Unveiling Romeo’s—Where Cocktail Craftsmanship Meets Urban Sophistication

Chilled Magazine

JULY 8, 2024

Evan Hawkins, a seasoned veteran in the hospitality industry, boasts a wealth of experience, having started from the ground up as a barback and contributing to the creation of over 35 establishments. Drawing from his own experiences, Evan has valuable suggestions for bartenders who harbor dreams of one day opening their own bar.

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We Ask Yael “Stormborn” Vengroff how to shape today’s cocktail culture

Chilled Magazine

JULY 12, 2024

Stormborn, a dynamic figure shaping today’s cocktail culture with her innovative libations, embarked on her journey in New York City’s East Village, starting as a barback and seizing every opportunity to learn. Yael “Stormborn” Vengroff, is a fierce talent shaping today’s cocktail culture with her innovative libations.

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We’re Recapping Chilled 100 ELEVATE 2023: Raising the Bar: Choose Your Own Adventure Seminar

Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It was moderated by Steven Huddleston, a beverage professional with more than 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Hoffman assigns each barback to a bartender, who serves as their mentor. This helps to keep new employees accountable and invested in the program.

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Q&A: Leandro DiMonriva aka The Educated Barfly

Imbibe Magazine

JULY 17, 2024

What started as a YouTube series from actor-turned-bartender Leandro DiMonriva on the history and craft behind classic cocktails has transformed into an ever-expanding encyclopedia of bartending expertise. Also check out his picks for five classic cocktails every home bartender should know.) You really had to know somebody.

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We Asked 11 Bartenders: What’s the Biggest Red Flag When You Sit at a Bar?

VinePair

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Bartenders are particularly skilled in the game-recognizing-no-game department, as they should be. We asked 11 bartenders to find out. We asked 11 bartenders to find out. Also, I observe how a bartender interacts with their co-workers. If they are yelling at or being cruel to their barback, that’s a huge red flag.”

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The Best of Saratoga Springs with Mixologist Michael Bohm

Chilled Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

With such an exceptional pedigree of natural and cosmopolitan character for over two centuries, it takes a world-class bartender of extraordinary talent to build on and enhance the cultural cachet of Saratoga Springs. How long have you been in the Mixology / Bartending world & where did you get your start?

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Harrison Kenney: The journey from bartender at Cantina OK!, to the award-winning Bar With Shapes For a Name, and now Paris, this Sydney bartender is taking on the world

Australian Bartender

MAY 15, 2024

Raised in the Sydney hospitality scene, Harrison, affectionately known as “Kenney”, has had an incredibly short rise to fame amongst the global bartending community. It was a place where my love for hospitality blossomed, and I realised our industry’s vital importance. “[Cantina OK!]

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Tales of the Cocktail Foundation Opens 2025 Cocktail Apprentice Program® Red Coat Applications

Tales of the Cocktail

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This prestigious mentorship program offers rising bartenders the opportunity to join a select group of 40 apprentices, who will gain hands-on experience and work alongside top industry leaders at the 2025 Tales of the Cocktail conference, taking place in New Orleans from July 2025.

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We chat with Matty Opai: Our 2023 Bar Manager of the Year talks hard work, hospo & mentors

Australian Bartender

DECEMBER 18, 2023

After nine years at Icebergs, he recently won bar manager of the year at the Australian Bartender Magazine Bar Awards. Back home in New Zealand, hospitality wasn’t my thing. Luckily, a friend hooked me up as a barback at Icebergs. As a barback, I’d collect every spec from every menu and plaster them on the scullery wall.

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Now Open: Tales of The Cocktail Foundation Cocktail Apprentice Program® Red Coat Application

Tales of the Cocktail

DECEMBER 15, 2023

As an exclusive mentorship program designed for up-and-coming bartenders, TOTCF will welcome 40 new apprentices to join the 2024 CAP Red Coat class. We also strive to ensure this group grows into the next generation of industry leaders.

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Luca Baioni: His journey from his small Italian home town to working with Campari and now Adelaide bar owner

Australian Bartender

JUNE 3, 2024

You can email her at behindthebarchannel@gmail.com Latteria – 185 Hutt St, Adelaide @latteriabar The path from bartender to rep or ambassador is a well-trodden one, but for Luca Baioni, his journey didn’t end there. I still think this is my way to bartend.” My attitude has always been of humility, trying to learn from anyone.

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Pier Muffato: From a tiny town near Venice, to Amsterdam and London, this hospo lifer is now running this bustling bar on the Goldy

Australian Bartender

MAY 1, 2024

Tell us a bit about how you got started in the hospitality industry and where you have worked before. I think what sparked my interest in hospitality is my curiosity towards flavors. My official bartender career started in Mestre, a city just next to Venice. Are you a classics or an experimental kind of bartender?

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Mana for a Cause: Teremana Tequila Is Giving Back During the Holidays With Ezana ‘EZ’ Million

VinePair

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Teremana Tequila is serving holiday cheer by the bottle while giving back to the hospitality community that shines so brilliantly, now and year-round. One participant, bartender Ezana “EZ” Million, was selected to share the story behind his drink. In Conversation With EZ Million Million shaking things up behind the bar.

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We chat with Michael Pattison, the Bar Manager of late-night Brisbane boozer, Alice

Australian Bartender

JANUARY 15, 2024

Tell us a bit about how you got started in the hospitality industry and where you have worked before. After a couple of months of picking up cups till 5am I was lucky to secure a position as a barback at The Bowery. Are you a classics or an experimental kind of bartender? Classics through and through.

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Celebrating a decade of Rascals! Hear from Charlie & Cosmo about dive bars, survival and not being a dick

Australian Bartender

APRIL 18, 2024

Charlie: I started at 19 years of age at the Hilton Hotel, and I went from events down to Marble Bar as a barback and then up to Zeta Bar, which kicked off my love for bartending. Cosmo: Wholesome hospitality! It’s such an individual venue with intricacies that could never be concocted by a big group or hospitality company.

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Bartending Blogs You Should Read

Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

These days, there are so many different bartending blogs & websites that cover the hospitality industry. So I’ve decided to make it easier for you and compile a list my favorite blogs & websites that I think will help you become a better bartender. Favorite Post : What is a Barback? Let’s get to it.

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Josh Reynolds: Group Beverage Director of The Point Group on learning from the best & his creative approach to crafting drinks

Australian Bartender

JUNE 26, 2024

For more on The Point (The Dolphin Hotel, Shell House & more) head to the-point.com/venues Tell us about your start in hospitality. Some extremely talented bartenders at that time in that little city have gone and accomplished some incredible things. How did the travel and accolades change you and the way you approach hospitality?

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25 Bartending Blogs That you should check out in 2022

Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

25 Bartending Blogs That you should check out in 2022 These days, there are so many different bartending blogs & websites that cover the hospitality industry. So I’ve decided to make it easier for you and compile a list my favorite blogs & websites for 2022 that I think will help you become a better bartender.

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Now Open: Tales of The Cocktail Foundation Cocktail Apprentice Program® Red Coat Application

Tales of the Cocktail

DECEMBER 15, 2023

As an exclusive mentorship program designed for up-and-coming bartenders, TOTCF will welcome 40 new apprentices to join the 2024 CAP Red Coat class. We also strive to ensure this group grows into the next generation of industry leaders.

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Jackson Littlewood: The industry veteran takes on a new role as GM of Bare Bones Ice Co.

Australian Bartender

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Can you tell us what brought you to Sydney and a little about your first jobs in hospitality? I wanted in, so I immediately dropped everything and pursued a career in bartending, which I am sure made my parents very proud. Q: Hi Jackson, you’ve come a long way from the pubs of your hometown in Parkes (NSW).

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Beverage Director Ivan Papic’s Vision: The Classics with a Japanese Twist

Unveiling Romeo’s—Where Cocktail Craftsmanship Meets Urban Sophistication

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We Ask Yael “Stormborn” Vengroff how to shape today’s cocktail culture

We’re Recapping Chilled 100 ELEVATE 2023: Raising the Bar: Choose Your Own Adventure Seminar

Q&A: Leandro DiMonriva aka The Educated Barfly

We Asked 11 Bartenders: What’s the Biggest Red Flag When You Sit at a Bar?

The Best of Saratoga Springs with Mixologist Michael Bohm

Harrison Kenney: The journey from bartender at Cantina OK!, to the award-winning Bar With Shapes For a Name, and now Paris, this Sydney bartender is taking on the world

Tales of the Cocktail Foundation Opens 2025 Cocktail Apprentice Program® Red Coat Applications

We chat with Matty Opai: Our 2023 Bar Manager of the Year talks hard work, hospo & mentors

Now Open: Tales of The Cocktail Foundation Cocktail Apprentice Program® Red Coat Application

Luca Baioni: His journey from his small Italian home town to working with Campari and now Adelaide bar owner

Pier Muffato: From a tiny town near Venice, to Amsterdam and London, this hospo lifer is now running this bustling bar on the Goldy

Mana for a Cause: Teremana Tequila Is Giving Back During the Holidays With Ezana ‘EZ’ Million

We chat with Michael Pattison, the Bar Manager of late-night Brisbane boozer, Alice

Celebrating a decade of Rascals! Hear from Charlie & Cosmo about dive bars, survival and not being a dick

Bartending Blogs You Should Read

Josh Reynolds: Group Beverage Director of The Point Group on learning from the best & his creative approach to crafting drinks

25 Bartending Blogs That you should check out in 2022

Now Open: Tales of The Cocktail Foundation Cocktail Apprentice Program® Red Coat Application

Jackson Littlewood: The industry veteran takes on a new role as GM of Bare Bones Ice Co.

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