The Rums of the Caribbean Training was created as a unique training platform to lead the bartender education on the Rum category, focused on traditional rum styles of the Caribbean, the birthplace of rum.
Events
Events
Vermouth Day is a time to celebrate this beverage that has held its own in the last 20 years of the cocktail renaissance and remained one of the key components for all backbars (or rather, fridges).
Join hospitality and bartending legends including The Connaught’s Ago Peronne, Grand Finalist of MasterChef Australia, Simon Toohey, and La Maison Wellness Founder, Camille Vidal, for an incredible live lock-in and cocktail masterclass!
The topic is “Nature to Nurture”, with Australia’s leading expert on Fermentation – Sharon Flynn. So, if you want to know how to get your sourdough started, kick off your Kombucha and fruit wine program, or master the art Kefir, this Masterclass is for you!
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to submit a cocktail inspired by The Blends of the Virtual world, Growing Drinks in the Modern Bar & Garden to Glass series, By Sam Egerton and Giacomo Franceschi.
Do you have what it takes to be the Bartender of the Year? Take our first practice quiz to see where your knowledge is at.
Bars around the country have taken up the mantle of women in leadership and they are hosting events to promote this idea and also support various women’s charities at the same time. Here are just a few of the events that are happening around the country over the next few days.
The Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards for 2021 are underway. Voting is now open and we really want you to get involved. These awards are determined by your votes, so we want you to have your say. Voting closes 31 May (11.59PM AEST) so tell your staff and your hospo friends.
What would you do if you won a $20,000 grant? How would you boost your local community? Bartenders Orion Leppan Taylor and Mitch Bloomfield know what they would do — and they’re doing it. Last year the duo entered the IDEA LAB, by The Blend, winning a $20,000 grant to establish their dream The Cocktail Lab.
BACARDÍ’s annual Bartender Softball competitions are in the calendar and touring to major cities around the country in the coming months.
Created by food and drink identities Duncan Welgemoed (Africola), Mike Bennie (P+V Merchants) and Tamrah Petruzzelli (Super Assembly), the national awards show is ready to shake things up again and simply reward excellence in beverage creation.
This year, The Blend is celebrating WORLD BARTENDER DAY a little differently…with a gift just for YOU! Everyone is invited to be part of the WORLD BARTENDER DAY festivities by raising a glass together; virtually, of course. Don’t worry, the glass will be provided (liquid included *hold for applause*).