The Plantation Rum Cup is the bar team competition of 2022 and was open to everyone in the hospitality industry – from bartenders to chefs, bar backs and hosts – any Bar Team excelling in creating memorable experiences.
Listed in alphabetical order by first name, these are the Top 100 people who you believe are shaping the Australian bar industry right now. The Top 20 will be announced live during Sydney Bar Week.
Working with our global creative director, Monica Berg, Campari Academy has released PERSPECTIVES – a series dedicated to going beyond the bar. At Sydney Bar Week we will be showing all three chapters of Episode 1: Culture & Community, followed by a panel chat with some of your favourite bar personalities.
Get along and sample the biggest range of boutique spirits under one roof with everything from Mezcal and Pisco to Australian vermouths, whiskies and more! There will be a bottleshop running on the day, so you can stock your home bar with your favourite products.
Sydney Bar Week is less than five weeks away! Can you believe it? Events kick off on 3rd September with everything wrapping up on Wednesday, 7th with the flagship event, the 21st Annual Bartender Magazine Bar Awards
Tales of the Cocktail’s annual Spirited Awards returned last night to celebrate its 16th year and it was a successful night for bars and bartenders the world over.
On Monday 5th September during Sydney Bar Week hospitality from across the country will gather at Grain to see the finalist teams compete. All are welcome to attend though RSVP is essential – please register your attendance via EVENTBRITE today.
As a case study, how does a bar like The Dead Rabbit, that was once the world’s best on that list, not even make the Top 100 list?
It’s been two years and we could all kick back with a good party to celebrate one another and this great industry. You can expect some familiar activations with a few surprises to fill your night from Monkey Shoulder, Hendrick’s Gin, Sailor Jerry, Glenfiddich, The Balvenie, and De Kuyper.
Do you fancy yourself a fountain of knowledge/random pieces of information? Get a team of three together to represent your venue, and compete in HOSPO FAM-ily Feud for the chance to WIN a trip for three to the newly-renovated Four Pillars Distillery in Healesville.
The Sydney bar scene is such a tight community, the support you receive and the friends you find is something I’ll never take for granted. It almost feels like extended family. As if you have your immediate relatives within your own company but then you’ve got your cousins down the road that you get to go visit for a knock off.
PAR is Australia’s first zero ice drinks program. Nothing is stirred or shaken, everything is served ungarnished in universal glassware (the aforementioned wine glasses) and the microscales ensure a perfect pour every time – a true parity of serve.











