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Boris Gröner, One Trick Pony, Freiburg

44-year-old Boris Gröner is the owner of Bar One Trick Pony in Freiburg together with Andreas Schöler. He talks to Bar News about his beginnings in the bar scene during his studies and how he took over Bar One Trick Pony by chance and now runs it successfully.

Originally I come from a place called Rosswag, near Stuttgart, and I am 44 years old now. I have two children, and together with Andreas Schöler I own ... Read more ...

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Lennart Deddens, Stockroom, Groningen

I grew up in a small town called Stadskanaal in the province of Groningen. I am the oldest of three children and we had a wonderful childhood. This is also where I took my first steps in the hospitality industry, working as a dishwasher in a family-owned restaurant. At that time I was 14 years old and worked there on weekends until I was 17.

After working my way up as a kitchen assistant and then a waiter, I finally became Barkeeper. Then it was time to move to the "big city" - Groningen - which ... Read more ...

Bartender, South Bar, St. Gallen

10 questions for Laraina Bösch

The Swiss woman learned a completely different profession. At the age of 19, she completed an apprenticeship as a designer in advertising technology, then worked in the office and continued her education as an interior designer.

Later she realized that she was missing something. So she announced out into the void, heard from a colleague of the bar course on Kos and participated there for four weeks. After subsequent ... Read more ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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Julia Momose, Kumiko Bar, Chicago

Anyone who travels to Chicago and visits the excellent cocktail bars, which by the way do not have to hide from New York in any way, will notice that sooner or later the name Julia Momose comes up. Julia has long been a known quantity in the bar world and is known far beyond Chicago. With Kumiko, she has fulfilled her dream of owning her own bar.

Julia was born and raised in Japan. She came into contact with the hospitality industry in her youth and worked part-time in a bagel shop and a restaurant that ... Read more...

Head Bartender, 4 Animals Bar, Zurich

10 Questions for Andrea Linzner

Andrea "just slipped into" the restaurant business. Her parents originally came from a different industry, and only her great-aunt was still active in the restaurant business until she was 91. It was only last year that the great-aunt handed over the business to Andrea's parents - who have now also become restaurateurs.

At the age of 18, the native of Allgäu and trained hotel manager crossed the German-Austrian border and later gained professional experience in Portugal, Switzerland and Norway, among other places. Finally, she was drawn to ... Read more ...

Interview

Whisky legend Claudio Bernasconi

Claudio Bernasconi is Switzerland's best-known whisky expert. In addition to his whisky shop World of Whisky, he owns the largest whisky bar in the world, Devil's Place in the Waldhaus in St. Moritz, and a unique private collection. His network in the whisky world is unique.

Ruedi Zotter: How did you get into the whisky world? Claudio Bernasconi: I was a hotelier all my life and already at the age of 20 I became the manager of a company with 40 employees. ... Read more ...

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Armin Azadpour, Hunky Dory, Frankfurt

In recent years, some great new bars have seen the light of day in Frankfurt. Here we find Armin Azadpour, a good friend of mine, who moved from Zurich back to his hometown Frankfurt a few years ago. A brave move, but back then he told himself: "It will all work out". Today, Armin commutes between Frankfurt and Zurich as he runs the newly opened Lupo with Claudio Sacchi and Patrick Schindler.

Armin was born in Germany, but his parents are from Iran. It took him a while to discover his second passion after fashion: bartending. After his ... Read more ...

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