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Launched in 2009, the Diageo World Class Competition is now in its 10th year. In the USA, Canada and other countries, interested bartenders can now submit their entries. The national Diageo World Class 2018 champions will compete in the World Finals which will take place this fall in Berlin at the time of BCB (Bar Congress Berlin). The search for the Diageo World Class 2018 Swiss representative was launched on February 5 in Geneva with events in Zurich and Lugano the following days. Sharing his experience to the bartenders in attendance was the exhuberant and charismatic Dennis Zoppi, the 2012
L’Ecole du Bar de Montréal (EBM) opened its doors in March 2016. It was founded by the 5 co-owners of the fabulous speakeasy bar Le 4e Mur. “When we decided to open Le 4e Mur, we knew it would be a first step and that we wanted to open a school as well,” Eddy, one of the partners, shared as he gave me a tour of the school in August. Training course for future bartenders The first week of every month, the EBM welcomes a maximum of 15 students for a 5 day long, 8 hours a day, training in
About a year ago, a bartender friend of mine told me about the European Bartender School, also known as EBS, a group of bartending schools around the world. A few days later it was announced that Marian Beke, at the time bar manager at Nightjar in London, had joined EBS’ education board. That got me thinking and, when my plans to go to New York for a publishing course fell through, I decided to sign up for EBS 4-week international bartender course. After contemplating several destinations, including New York, Sydney and Phuket (I really think EBS should reconsider their name),
In August 2014, after months learning bits and pieces from bartenders, I realised I wanted to know more and learn faster. At the same time I was planning a weekend to Amsterdam with some friends and, while searching for activities there, I found out about the Bols Bartending Academy. I knew Bols products already and that they had a museum but I had no clue they actually had a school. I checked the courses they had on offer and decided to book the 4 day Advanced Bartending course the following November. It didn’t call for previous bartending experience and I
Last December, I took the opportunity of a weekend away in Barcelona with my friends to attend the 2-day mixology course at the European Bartender School there. The school The course was held at EBS actual headquarters right in the heart of Barcelona, a few minutes walk from the Plaza de Catalunya in the Barrio Gotico. I was impressed with the school: it is brand new and really well thought out. The flair room is huge so people have a lot of room to practice. There are numerous bar stations as well and the whole school is very luminous, a