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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.

Mia Bavandi8 October 2021

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.

Daniel Staub21 September 202115 September 2021

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, Geneva

10 questions for Arthur Brophy

Arthur spends the first years of his life in the British university city of Cambridge before the Brophy family settles in Geneva. He spends his childhood on the banks of the Rhone until he moves back to the UK to study sports and psychology.

BAR NEWSSeptember 6, 2021August 10, 2021

While working in service and chain restaurants, he never imagined that he would one day want to gain a foothold in the bar world. It was only when he returned to Geneva and worked at Verre à ... Continue reading ...

Head Bar Manager, Rossini, Baden

10 questions for Michael de Silva

After realizing that electrical work wasn't for him, Michael began an apprenticeship as a restoration specialist in Freiburg im Breisgau.

BAR NEWSSeptember 22, 2021May 25, 2021

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 two senses of the word... Read more...

Bartender International

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.

Daniel StaubSeptember 22, 2021May 3, 2021

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.

Daniel Staub30 March 2021

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 divides his time between Zurich and Mainz (Germany) before spending a month helping his father out at his bar in Germany.

BAR NEWSMarch 13, 2021

But that month turned into several years, during which he fell in love with every aspect of bartending. Whether mixing drinks or serving customers—as long as Anthony, who has experience in ... Continue reading ...

Bartender International

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.

Daniel StaubMarch 11, 202111 January 2021

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 at Türk, Solothurn

10 questions for Nadine Brunner

After a long period of soul-searching with many twists and turns, the Solothurn native came to the conclusion that her professional happiness was neither to be found in an office chair as a polygraphist nor at a school desk as an environmental engineer, whereupon she began working at the then-new Irish Pub.

BAR NEWSMarch 11, 2021November 21, 2020

This was followed by stints at Landhüsli and Absinthe Bar, before André "Haui" Haueter brought her on board at Solothurn's newest cocktail bar a year ago. Despite the ... Continue reading ...

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.

Kaspar KellerMarch 11, 202118 October 2020

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 ...