SWISS BAR AWARDS

Award at the Swiss Bar Awards

Crapule Club takes Award Best Bar Menu 2022 to Fribourg

Victor Topart is last year's winner in the category Barkeeper of the year. On the anniversary night of the SWISS BAR AWARDS on October 23, he and his team win the Best Bar Menu award. This trophy goes to Fribourg for the first time, but again to the Crapule Club.

Until about two years ago, Victor Topart was still a virtually blank slate in the entire Swiss bar scene and world of competitions. In the meantime, the Parisian-born barman has become a ... Read more ...

Best Barkeeper Talent 2022

Valentin Matter: "Hard work is rewarded".

Valentin Matter took the path to the bar world out of conviction and passion. At the moment, the Barkeeper from St. Gallen's Einstein Bar is taking nothing but positives from the Best Barkeeper Talent award. What he plans for the future, he reveals in a conversation with BAR NEWS.

For me, the award is a sign that hard work and a goal are always worthwhile. This is what the Best Barkeeper Talent award stands for. It gives me an extraordinarily positive ... Read more ...

Award at the Swiss Bar Awards

Best Hotel Bar 2022: the ram

It has done it again. At this year's and 20th SWISS BAR AWARDS, the Widder Bar has again been awarded the title of Best Hotel Bar 2022 after a year's break. The bar of the Widder Hotel is not only a unique hotel bar, more it is a bar from and for Zurich.

Jazz concerts, live piano music, a so-called "library of spirits" and liquid high-caliber from a spirited bar team. The Widder Bar in Zurich's Widder Hotel was chosen in the 20th anniversary year of the SWISS BAR AWARDS 2022 ... Read more ...

Award at the Swiss Bar Awards

Lifetime Award for Bruno Hunkeler

At the 20th SWISS BAR AWARDS, the thoroughbred host was presented with the Lifetime Award. Standing ovations meant balm for the soul to the surprised. For most of us, they were an affair of the heart.

If anyone deserves the Lifetime Award, it's Bruno," emphasized Bruno Hunkeler's longtime friend Peter Roth after the award ceremony. After Roth, Hunkeler is only the second Barkeeper to receive the award... Read more...

Swiss Bar Awards 2022

Finalists' cocktails

For the 20th anniversary of the Swiss Bar Awards, there were five finalists in the "Barkeeper the Year" category this year. They competed against each other by mixing drinks live in front of an audience.

These are the recipes from the finalists of "Barkeeper the Year 2022," who presented their cocktail creations at the Swiss Bar Awards on October 23, 2022. 537 Cuba Christophe Pinto | ... Continue reading ...

Barkeeper of the year 2022

Sarah Madritsch: "We do it like the bees".

To date, every race in which Sarah Madritsch has started has been crowned with a victory. After winning the 1st Swiss Cocktail Open she is now Barkeeper of the year. She won the title at the 20th SWISS BAR AWARDS. "Bees at work" is her winning cocktail, which of course also contains a message.

Nomen est omen? After eight years, Sarah Madritsch is the winner of the SWISS BAR AWARDS in the category Barkeeper of the year. It lies ... Read more ...

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BAR NEWS publishes anniversary book "Barszene Schweiz" (Swiss Bar Scene)

To mark the 20th anniversary of the SWISS BAR AWARDS, Ruedi Zotter has created a very special work. His book "Barszene Schweiz" (Swiss Bar Scene) looks back on 20 years of Swiss bar culture and is now available to purchase.

With 192 pages, "Barszene Schweiz" offers exclusive insights into the innovative and successful Swiss bar scene. Ruedi Zotter profiles more than 25 personalities who have contributed significantly to the success of this scene ... Read more ...

20 years of SWISS BAR AWARDS

Sarah Madritsch is Barkeeper the Year 2022

The 20th anniversary of the SWISS BAR AWARDS took place on October 23 in Baden. It is the most important award in the Swiss bar scene, with eight awards presented this year. The highlights of the evening were the final of the Barkeeper the Year category, which this year featured five finalists, the presentation of the Lifetime Award, and the after-party.

The eight awards were presented in a festive atmosphere in front of around 300 invited guests at the Trafo event location in Baden. The unforgettable anniversary event was punctuated by numerous highlights and ... Continue reading ...

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 determine who would advance in the Barkeeper the Year category and who would win in the Best Barkeeper category.

While the Award Night, the highlight of the SWISS BAR AWARDS, has been held at the Chicago 1928 event location for years without any interruptions due to COVID-19, the same cannot be said for the qualification round... Continue reading...

20th SWISS BAR AWARDS

This is the 2022 shortlist

Five Barkeeper, three young talents, nine bars, three bar teams, and three bar menus are still in the running for the eight awards that will be presented on October 23, 2022, at the 20th SWISS BAR AWARDS Award Night.

The winners of this year's SWISS BAR AWARDS will be announced on Sunday, October 23, 2022, at the grand anniversary award night in Baden. The following Barkeeper bars have made it onto the shortlist... Continue reading...

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