VinePair

OCTOBER 24, 2024

If they are yelling at or being cruel to their barback, that’s a huge red flag.” We are in the hospitality industry. Then there’s all of the service and hospitality issues: a bartender on their cell phone, an indifferent or otherwise rude greeting. Also, I observe how a bartender interacts with their co-workers.

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Australian Bartender

DECEMBER 18, 2023

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. “A friend hooked me up as a barback at Icebergs. Where did you get your start in the industry?

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Tales of the Cocktail

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Since 2008, the Cocktail Apprentice Program has seen hundreds of bartenders from all over the world come to New Orleans to develop their skills as hospitality professionals as CAPs,” said Trevor Kallies, CAP Manager and White Coat. “We We also strive to ensure this group grows into the next generation of industry leaders.

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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. I wouldn’t describe them as bad times, but anyone familiar with Beresford Sundays and the responsibilities of a glassy/barback would understand what those shifts were like.

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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. Between Irish pubs and high-volume cocktail bars, Million honed his flavors as a barback, squeezing his own custom juices and lemonades, earning him the moniker “The Lemonade Man.”

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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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Australian Bartender

JUNE 3, 2024

Baioni became a well-known part of the Australian hospitality scene as the Campari Brand Ambassador, but his hospitality story started well before, in his native country of Italy. “I while then I started my career almost by accident at 17, getting a job as barback/glassie in an outdoor summer disco club in the town next to my hometown.”

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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. A venue that resembles a 1920’ speakeasy deserves a classic hospitality approach, but a modern Gold Coast needs a modern touch.

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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. I started as an 18-year-old glassy working in nightclubs in Fortitude Valley.

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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. How did the travel and accolades change you and the way you approach hospitality? Where did you grow up and how did you make it into the industry?

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Tales of the Cocktail

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Since 2008, the Cocktail Apprentice Program has seen hundreds of bartenders from all over the world come to New Orleans to develop their skills as hospitality professionals as CAPs,” said Trevor Kallies, CAP Manager and White Coat. “We We also strive to ensure this group grows into the next generation of industry leaders.

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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. From learning how to break into the industry to becoming a barback, to eventually managing/running your own bar, A Bar Above has got you covered.

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Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

These days, there are so many different bartending blogs & websites that cover the hospitality industry. From learning how to break into the industry to becoming a barback, to eventually managing/running your own bar, A Bar Above has got you covered. Favorite Post : What is a Barback?

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VinePair

MARCH 27, 2025

The hospitality industry is often described as non-traditional and with good reason. Bennett began working at Porchlight, a Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) venue, 10 years ago. Hospitality workers may not be able to utilize (or afford) traditional daycare, given that their schedules are often the opposite of 9 to 5.

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Cheers

JANUARY 2, 2025

What was your first job in the beverage or hospitality industry? My first job was as a barback at Tamarind of London in Newport Coast, CA. Ahmad Hosseini is head mixologist at Khan Saab Desi Craft Kitchen in Fullerton, CA; SHOR Bazaar in Hawaiian Gardens , CA, and Mint Desi Craft Kitchen in Laguna Hills , CA.

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VinePair

MARCH 20, 2025

Kent Hospitality Group, the restaurant and bar collective founded by the late chef James Kent, has a reputation for bringing dining and drinking to some of New Yorks most beautiful, historic, yet previously publicly inaccessible, addresses. Bermudez oversees a staff of 16 bartenders and five barbacks. Printemps is French after all.

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Australian Bartender

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Can you tell us what brought you to Sydney and a little about your first jobs in hospitality? I heard of a new bar opening, Earl’s Juke Joint on King Street in Newtown, I walked in during the build and harassed them to put me on as a barback, the rest is history. They also taught me other things I won’t put in writing.

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