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Unveiling Romeo’s—Where Cocktail Craftsmanship Meets Urban Sophistication

Chilled Magazine

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

Chilled Magazine

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

Chilled Magazine

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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The Best of Saratoga Springs with Mixologist Michael Bohm

Chilled Magazine

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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Q&A: Leandro DiMonriva aka The Educated Barfly

Imbibe Magazine

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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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

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

Australian Bartender

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.