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Fabio La Pietra, SubAstor Bar, São Paulo

A lot has happened in South America in recent years and many cocktail bars have opened that have also made a name for themselves internationally. Of course, if an Italian, whose brother is also active in the scene, gains a foothold in São Paulo, it can almost only be a success.

Fabio was born in 1989 in San Severo in the Puglia region of Italy. His journey into the world of bartending began when he followed in the footsteps of his older brother, ... Read more...

Licorería Limantour, Mexico City

Jose Luis Leon

Much has been said about the Licorería Limantour in Mexico City. Time and again, you will find the bar in the small family of the world's best and one of its most loyal employees, who has also had a lot to say about himself on the international mixology stage, is Jose Luis Leon.

Jose Luis was born in Mexico City in 1988. He comes from a middle to lower class family that had to get by on a minimal income. He spent his entire childhood in Nezahualcoyotl, ... Read more...

Kronenhalle Bar, Zurich

10 Questions for Anthony Kunz

The 29-year-old's life takes place between Zurich and Mainz (D) before he helps out his father in Germany for a month in his bar.

But the month was to turn into several years in which he fell in love with every aspect of bartending. Whether mixing or service - as long as Anthony, who has experience in the ... Read more...

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Martin Holec, Delahunt, Dublin

Not long ago, I had to fly to Dublin a couple of times on business. Besides pubs, I was naturally interested in what cocktail bars the city had to offer. I had known about VCC for a while, but when I went upstairs to the Sitting Room after a visit to a restaurant in the Delahunt, it was clear which bar was number one in Dublin.

Martin was born in 1981 in a town called Nitra in the southern part of Slovakia. Shortly after his birth, his family decided to move to the smaller town of Liptovský Mikuláš, where ... Read more...

Cocktail bar zum Türk, Solothurn

10 Questions for Nadine Brunner

After a long period of searching with many U-turns, the Solothurn native came to the conclusion that her professional happiness could be found neither in an office chair as a polygraph nor on a school bench as an environmental engineer, whereupon she began working in the then new Irish Pub.

Stations at the Landhüsli and the Absinthe Bar followed before she was brought on board Solothurn's newest cocktail bar by André "Haui" Haueter a year ago. Despite the challenges associated with the ... Read more ...

Turbo Lama, Bern

Monika Zünd

From clubs to the 5-star hotel industry to the hip after-work bar. The enterprising woman from eastern Switzerland has even had a taste of the kitchen. Since this summer, Monika Zünd has been working as Chef de Bar in a new location in Wankdorf City.

Mid-August, Monika Zünd is sitting at a small table on the terrace of the newly opened bar. The sun is reflecting off the modern new buildings, the trains pass by at regular ... Read more ...

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Lorena Saref, Drilling, Hamburg

Hamburg doesn't only captivate me in terms of cocktails, because every now and then I find my way to Germany's most beautiful city. This time, my photographer friend Tim recommended the Drilling to me. A young, interesting and creative bartender works there. I should definitely get to know her. So I went to the west of Hamburg, to Bahrenfeld to be precise, and met Lorena Saref.

Lorena was born in 1991 in a small Bavarian town called Eichstädt. Her first contact with bartending took place when she was fifteen years old and belonged to a group ... Read more ...

Bar Manager Crapule Club, Fribourg

10 Questions for Victor Topart

During his apprenticeship in a Michelin-starred restaurant, the son of two passionate restaurateurs realised that he was missing the creative aspect of his work. From 2006 to 2007, he transformed himself from a hobby mixologist to a certified professionalBarkeeper.

This was followed by stints at bars in 5-star hotels in Biarritz in the Basque Country, at the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland and at the Lausanne Palace - during which he also had an 18-month stopover at a club. ... Read more ...

Nicolas del Mestre
Co-owner Cuba Club, Schaffhausen

10 Questions for Nicolas del Mestre

The trained chemical laboratory technician had his first contact with the bar nine years ago during his studies. But it didn't really work out with his chemistry studies, not even when he changed his field of study after 1 ½ years.

Born in Schaffhausen, he preferred to be behind the bar and so he devoted himself entirely to his passion. In 2017, he started as deputy manager at the Cuba Club. One year later, he took over ... Read more ...

Marie Gerber, Bar Manager
Bar Manager of The Chedi Andermatt

Marie Gerber in portrait

Professionally, she loves the puzzle of different people, the mix of creativity and service for the guest and the great pressure in the multifaceted hotel bars. We ask Marie Gerber, bar manager at The Chedi Andermatt, to step in front of the curtain.

Growing up in the Saxon countryside in the Ore Mountains, Marie Gerber wants for nothing in Andermatt, Switzerland. She feels at home even when the small municipality is sometimes surrounded by ... Read more...

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