10 questions for Ramon Landolt
The love of enjoyment and the fascination for the variety of flavors are my passion. I traveled to New York to learn the bar trade. After my return, I became...
In conversation with Urs Ullrich, owner of Paul Ullrich AG, Münchenstein
BAR NEWS: What motivates you to be in the business every day and drive the company forward? Urs Ullrich: Yes, certainly the many fantastic creative opportunities to develop projects and ideas with the employees.
Vijay Mudaliar, Native and Analogue, Singapore
As I didn't really like working at a desk, I decided to continue working as a bartender on the weekends. From my employer's point of view, that wasn't really...
10 questions for Andrin Krummenacher
When I finished my training, I was initially employed as Chef de Rang in the hotel's Scala Restaurant. Six months later, there was a vacancy as Barkeeper in...
Martin Hudak, Maybe Sammy, Sidney
My parents were not in favor of this either; they rather urged me to take up a profession that promised financial security. Nevertheless, I never gave up my passion for singing...
10 questions for Melissa Udry
One day in a conversation on the way out, I said that I would like to run a bar like this. That's how the business came about and I opened my first...
10 questions for Marco Murciano
But then came Covid and the travel bans. I was 19 years old when I first moved to Switzerland with my girlfriend and accepted various jobs. When I finally...
Pawel Rodaszynski, El Koktel, Warsaw
After several years of wandering around Poland (Piła, Bydgoszcz, Łódź, Wrocław) as well as stays in Spain and Belgium, I finally moved to Warsaw to become more serious as a cocktail maker.Barkeeper to work and to work my...
10 questions for Lukas Zingerle
I'm originally from South Tyrol, Italy, where I graduated from the Bruneck regional hotel management school at the age of 19 and went straight into the bar business. I have worked my way through various...
10 questions for Toàn Phan Thanh
Born in Nyon, in the canton of Vaud, Toàn Phan Thanh trained as a watchmaker at Rolex. He got the idea to become Barkeeper from a friend who was training to become a...
Dustin Le, Bā Nomu, Hamburg
My life I was born and grew up in Bremen. After finishing secondary school, I started a three-year apprenticeship as a hotel specialist at the Hotel zur Post. The training was a mixture of...
Filip Stránský, AnonymouS Bar, Prague
I was born on May 8, 1990 in Prague. After graduating from school I got a scholarship because I played semi-professional football. Since my father was a building contractor, he wanted me to...
10 questions for Julien Chouquet
Julien Chouquet was very attracted to the world of nightlife, cocktails and partying. He wanted to learn how to make cocktails and was lucky enough to join Bacardi Martini,...
Knud Scheibelt, Schwarz Weiss Bar, Stuttgart
It was in 2001: "Have fun, you are now our Barkeeper!" I tried to do the job as good as I could, but of course I didn't use jiggers or pourers,...
Hubert Pavao Peter, Brother, Vienna
I am 35 years old and was born in Schwarzenberg in the Bregenzerwald in Austria. I grew up on a farm, surrounded by lots of crafts, manual labor and nature. After school...
10 Questions for Justin Andrew Ebert
Born in Heilbronn (DE), Justin Andrew Ebert spent his early years in the Bernese Oberland. At the age of five, he moved back to Germany, where he completed his school career. To become...
Boris Gröner, One Trick Pony, Freiburg
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...
Lennart Deddens, Stockroom, Groningen
After working my way up as a kitchen help and then a waiter, I finally became Barkeeper. Then it was time to move to the "big city" - Groningen - which...
10 questions for Laraina Bösch
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 that...
Bligg and the firs
Hardly any other artist has shaped and influenced domestic creativity 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...