Australian Bartender magazine’s Bartender of the Year sponsored by BACARDÍ & De Kuyper is the…
Bartender of the Year
The second quiz in our series of practice quizzes is below, and it’ll give you a sense of the the kind of things you’ll be asked in the exam, but be warned: there’ll be many fewer multiple choice questions on the day.
Only 16 people have ever won the title of Bartender of the Year, and last year’s winner, Jenna Hemsworth, was the first woman to do so.
Get an idea of what the Bartender of the Year exam will test with the quiz here; it’ll give you a sense of the the kind of things you’ll be asked in the exam.
Australia’s toughest test of bartending ability is back again in 2019 — do you have…
David Rofe is the venue manager at Sydney bar, The Swinging Cat, and this year made his first appearance on the big stage during the final round of the Bartender of the Year sponsored by BACARDÍ & De Kuyper.
Two bartenders for whom this year was the first in the Top 8 — and who we think will be ones to look out for in the 2019 instalment of the competition — are these two here: the talented Nick Cozens from Eau de Vie Melbourne, and newcomer Jet Hauge from Sydney’s Burrow Bar.
We’re looking at two bartenders to watch in 2019: Kate McGraw, and Evan Stroeve from Bulletin Place.
Paul Hammond has for the last few years been the guy driving things at the award-winning Bulletin Place — here’s how he experienced Bartender of the Year.
Priscilla Leong has been a regular fixture at the pointy end of our Bartender of the Year sponsored by BACARDÍ & De Kuyper for a number of years now, with Top 8 finishes in 2017, 2016 and 2015 under her belt.
70-odd bartenders sat the exam. 16 made the second round. And after the Top 8…
Each year for two days in September, bartenders from around the country come to Sydney to take on the toughest test of bartending ability going around: the Australian Bartender Bartender of the Year, sponsored again this year by BACARDÍ & De Kuyper.