Join Angostura to celebrate its 200th anniversary year and the Oceania leg of the Angostura…
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Sydney’s Maybe Cocktail Festival is back for its third year, running from 7–13 April 2025. The festival will…
For bartenders across Australia, the 2025 Cointreau Margarita Challenge is more than just a competition—it’s…
The award-winning Melbourne-based cocktail bar, Above Board, is hosting the team from Montreal, Canada’s The…
With over a century of music history within its walls, Newtown’s Botany View hotel (BVH)…
The Australian winner will win an all expense paid trip to Guyana to visit the home of El Dorado rum and compete in the global finals for a chance to win $5,000 USD and a collection of rare El Dorado rums.
Mark your diaries! Sydney Bar Week will kick off on Saturday, 13th September and wrap up with the 24th Annual Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards on Wednesday, 17th September.
It’s time to wrap up all the posting and news sharing for 2024 as we all take a little break before a big new era of Australian Bartender magazine and Sydney Bar Week kicks off in 2025, with new owners, Yaffa at the helm. So, let’s sign off on another epic year; we look back at the 10 most-read stories of the past 12 months.
A lot of the warmth and hospitality at Bar Bellamy comes down to the warmth of their host and co-owner, Dani Whiteheart. She recently took out the award for Host of the Year at this year’s Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards. We chatted with her about Melbourne, bars and how to be a great host.
Yaffa Media, one of Australia’s largest independent media companies whose portfolio includes AdNews, Food & Drink Business and Ragtrader, has acquired Spanton Media Group and all its assets, including industry-leading title Australian Bartender magazine and the Sydney Bar Week events.
If you want to bartend as a career, you’ll need to know a lot; knowledge is power! Be an active member of the community by attending brand sessions and trainings, enter comps to get your name out there: you’ll either win or learn.
Now off to represent Australia at the DOJO Global Forum in Japan, joining DOJO guests from a range of cities, Richard and Sanjeev will attend a series of exclusive seminars and masterclasses, as well as experience Japanese bar culture and Suntory’s Yamazaki & Hakushu distilleries.