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SWISS BAR AWARDS 2022

Qualification in Effretikon

Fourteen candidates traveled to Effretikon on Monday, August 29, 2022 to face the challenges: The tests that would decide on advancement in the category Barkeeper of the year and victory in the category Best Barkeeper Talent.

While the Award Night, the highlight of the SWISS BAR AWARDS, has now taken place for years and without Corona-related interruption at the event location Chicago 1928, the same cannot be said about the qualification ... Read more ...

20. SWISS BAR AWARDS

This is the shortlist 2022

Five Barkeeper, three up-and-coming talents, nine bars, three bar teams and three bar menues are still in the running for the eight awards, which will be presented on October 23, 2022, on the occasion of the Award Night of the 20th SWISS BAR AWARDS.

The winners of this year's SWISS BAR AWARDS will be announced on Sunday, October 23, 2022 at the big anniversary award night in Baden. The following Barkeeper and bars have made it to ... Read more ...

Fir brandy

Bligg and the firs

Bligg is one of the most important music artists in Switzerland. His songs and albums are milestones of local music creation. Hits like "Rosalie", "Manhattan", "Chef", "Legändä & Heldä", "Us Mänsch" and "B.L.I. doppel G" are known in this country by everyone from young to old.

Hardly any other artist has shaped and influenced the domestic creative scene and the Swiss music market in the last 15 years as much as the Zurich dialect artist. His record is remarkable: several No. 1 albums ... Read more ...

Bartender International

Marc Bonneton - L'Antiquaire Lyon

His parents already worked hard and taught him to do the same one day. Already at the age of 23 he started his own business. For 12 years he owns the Bar l'Antiquaire, but he also has his fingers in the pie in other places.

Since I grew up in a bakery, heavy physical labor was practically in my cradle. My parents opened the business a year after I was born, so I was ... Read more ...

A look into the beer glass

Gose and Geuze

On the one hand, an old German beer style that is now produced all over the world and, depending on the interpretation, also resembles a fruit smoothie. On the other hand, a beer that some call the "Champagne of Belgium". But if you take a closer look, you will find amazing similarities between the beer styles "Geuze" and "Gose".

There is a danger of confusion when ordering drinks. Especially if you are not yet familiar with the local drinking culture. A Cüpli can quickly become a "Hümpli". ... Read more ...

Swissness

Grisons

There are only a few cantons with a comparable sympathy bonus. No wonder, because in Graubünden they even have their own expression for the cozy, relaxed savoir vivre: Patschifig! BAR NEWS on the road in Switzerland's largest canton.

With its 7,100 square kilometers, Graubünden makes up over one sixth of Switzerland. But not its area is the most impressive of this canton, but its height. Already when you leave Zurich in the direction of ... Read more ...

Chef de Bar Raygrodski Bar

10 questions for Stelios Kalemis

The then 17-year-old started his first job in a café in the Athens suburb of Peristeri. At the beginning, he primarily worked at the dishwasher, but a short time later he was already working at the coffee machine.

In the years that follow he rides the 3rd coffee wave. After his military service, he starts working at The Clumsies in Athens, which opened in 2014. At the top address - the bar ... Read more ...

The winner of the SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN Valentin Aleksandrowicz (right) visiting Claudio Bernasconi's whisky cellar.
Winner prize redeemed

A day in Claudio Bernasconi's whisky collection

Valentin Aleksandrowicz, winner of the 2nd SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN, was allowed to spend an unforgettable day together with his best friend Guillaume in the private whisky collection of Claudio Bernasconi.

Over 30 degrees Celsius in the shade. Hardly anyone who voluntarily spends time in the sweltering heat. The most pleasant place has probably Valentin Aleksandrowicz just before the longest day ... Read more ...

In search of new flavors

Pleasure Tourism Switzerland

From gin workshops to guided tours of distilleries and open days - gourmet tourism has gained in importance in recent years.

Anyone who wants to get involved with the topic of enjoyment in Switzerland has numerous options in a very small area. Many breweries and distilleries are happy to welcome their guests personally. BAR NEWS presents ... Read more ...

A timeless three-piece

A visit to Cointreau

"The round has to go into the square". What German coaching legend Sepp Herberger said about soccer also applies to what is probably the most legendary orange liqueur: Cointreau. In mid-July in France, ten Swiss Barkeeper were able to experience firsthand the magic of how Cointreau puts the essence of the circular orange into the iconic square bottle.

It is an icon of global bar culture: the legendary Cointreau bottle with its even more legendary contents. A brand of spirits whose notoriety is due in no small part to the fact that it can be found at several ... Read more...

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