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Deputy Bar Manager Tabaco Lounge, Schaffhausen

10 Questions for Ted Haupt

Ted Haupt grew up in Rheinau as the youngest son in a family of four. Irregular working hours are nothing unusual in the Haupt household, as both parents worked in care.

After school, Ted starts an apprenticeship twice - and drops out twice. The repetitive nature of a 9-to-5 job doesn't really suit Ted's go-getting nature. When he finds a job on the internet ... Read more ...

Barkeeper, Soho Switzerland, St. Gallen

10 Questions for Marko Tordinac

Marko Tordinac grew up in the small Croatian town of Sinj, about 40 minutes by car from the coastal city of Split. After a few years of restaurant service, the only professional restaurateur in his family dives into the bar world.

In 2013, he attended the Bartender School in Split and shortly afterwards mixed his first cocktails behind the bars of various bars in Croatia. In 2016, he ventured into the ... Read more ...

Bartender International

Ivy Mix, Leyenda, New York

If you don't live in New York, it's hard to keep track of new bar openings, and it can be difficult when you're back to decide whether to try a new place or drink at an old favourite. When it comes to mezcal, Leyenda is definitely such an old favourite. Ivy Mix, a long-standing authority in the world of mixology, runs the bar with a lot of heart and soul.

Ivy was born in 1985 and grew up in Vermont. She studied at Bennington College and has a bachelor's degree in philosophy and fine arts. She was nineteen years old when ... Read more...

Bartender International

Gilad Livnat, Imperial Craft Cocktail Bar, Tel Aviv

Anyone who has ever been to Tel Aviv knows that you can look forward to culinary delights. The city is a melting pot of different cuisines from all over the world. The bar scene is not inferior to this and has developed greatly in recent years. I spent many all-nighters at the hidden gem, located in a shady hotel not far from the beach. It was here that I met Gilad Livnat, one of the owners of Imperial Craft.

Gilad was born and raised in Tel Aviv. His destiny to become a restaurateur was already decided in his childhood. He grew up with his father and grandfather running the ... Read more...

Manager Seven Lugano / The Lounge

10 Questions for Valeria Liss

Growing up in Legnano, a town near Milan, Valeria served her first drinks at the pub around the corner at a young age.

At the age of 16, she decided to take a course at Barkeeper- which she was unable to do at first due to her age. She made up for it later and then gained professional experience in ... Read more...

25 years Bellevue Bar, Berne

Franco Federico

For 25 years, Franco Federico was the friendly face behind the Bellevue Bar, Bern. He dedicated his entire career to the bar. BAR NEWS met the old-school master a few weeks before his retirement.

April 1996, a sunny spring day. The terrace is open and so the wonderful Alpine panorama with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau is the backdrop to Franco Federico's first day at work in the ... Read more ...

Portrait: Barkeeper of the year 2021

Victor Topart: "I didn't expect that".

"Every time I'm in Zurich, something good happens," enthuses Victor Topart about the Limmat city. And so it will happen on 15 September 2021 on the night of the SWISS BAR AWARDS this year.

In the competition for the title Barkeeper of the year, the Fribourg native beats Flurin Kopp from the award-winning Zurich Bar am Wasser and Monika Zünd from the Turbo Lama ... Read more ...

Bartender International

Evgeniy Shashin, Korobok Bar, Moscow

What fascinates me about Russian cocktail bar culture is the seemingly endless will to excel. They are hungry for new concepts and new ideas, but also very social with each other. It feels like a big family that interacts well with each other. The last time I was in Moscow, I found myself at Korobok, where I was warmly welcomed by the talented Evgeniy.

Evgeniy was born in Moscow and studied IT at university. After graduating and then working in IT at a tax office, he realised that his work did not suit him... Read more...

Bar Manager, Verre à Monique, Genève

10 Questions for Arthur Brophy

Arthur spent the first years of his life in the British university town of Cambridge before the Brophy family settled in Geneva. He spent his childhood on the banks of the Rhone until he moved back to the UK for his studies (sport and psychology).

While he was working in service and system gastronomy, he didn't think he would ever want to gain a foothold in the bar world. It was only when, back in Geneva, he found himself in the Verre à ... Read more...

Chef de Bar, Rossini, Baden

10 Questions for Michael de Silva

After realising that electricians are not for him, Michael starts an apprenticeship as a restoration specialist in Freiburg im Breisgau.

With his degree in the bag, he attended bar school in Munich in 2006, after which he moved to Gut Gelaunt in Bern for a year. Formative in both senses ... Read more ...

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