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Enjoy a captivating 2-hour event with expert panel discussions featuring Chau Tran of Burrow Bar & Cash Only Diner, Dre Walters of Old Loves & Old Mates, and Pasan Wijesena of Jacoby’s Tiki Bar & Earl’s Juke Joint, welcome drinks, canapés, and spot prizes. Discover rum like never before with Proof and Company.
Here it is folks, the 2024 Bartender Magazine Top 100 Most Influential List. This is a list of the industry’s movers and shakers, the big names who have lead the charge to make this industry the innovative and entertaining game it is.
I snapped up the opportunity when our good friends at Estrella Damm were kind enough to invite Amy and me up to experience the Taste Festival in Port Douglas. What a trip.
Monkey Shoulder was created for the cocktail world, created for cocktail innovation. Whilst its flavour profile lends itself well to whisky classics, its versatility makes it great to get creative with. Three Melbourne bartenders have taken Monkey on an even wilder journey, outside of the drinks you may traditionally think to see whisky.
After an amazing set of state nominations, shining light on some incredible Legends, epic dummy spats, and outstanding kookslams, Idiot Savant have collated the nominations and your 2024 finalists are here!
Join us for the AFTERLIFE National Final, where the Top 6 Espolon – To The Bone cocktails will come to life before your eyes. Witness as we crown this year’s champion, who will walk away with a grand prize of $10,000. Don’t miss out on this memorable evening celebrating creativity, skill, and the spirit of competition!
“MUCHO has been key in fundamentally changing the way I approach service and hospitality. They have been extremely important to my development and have moulded me into what I am today. They have turned this cobblestone block into a marble pillar.”
Bringing back the thrills and chills to Bar Week! The Blend teams up with Canadian Club to bring the snow, slushies and (pizza) slices to bring you the ultimate apres-ski style party! Plus the latest CC Bad Sweaters for the first 100 people through the doors.
The Top 20 — including the number 1 Most Influential — will be announced at the Most Influential List Party during Sydney Bar Week on September 9th Jackson’s on George at 7pm sharp, just before the finals of the Bartender of the Year kick off.
Esteemed bartenders from Melbourne’s renowned Purple Pit and Hobart’s celebrated Rude Boy will converge at Pleasure Club, engaging in a spirited battle of mixology mastery utilising incredible products from Absolut, Jameson, Unico Zelo and Fever-Tree.
“Sea Shanties are basically a group singalong, as people once would have done hundreds of years ago. They have been running at the bar every Monday night for over 10 years now.”