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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pier Remo Mascaro
Managing Director Le Moderne, Bulle

10 Questions for Pier Remo Mascaro

Growing up in Münster (D), the trained restoration specialist gained his first bar experience alongside his business studies.

Before graduating, he answers the call to Switzerland and starts at the Hotel Ermitage, Gstaad in 2011. He enjoys helping out in the hotel's "One Million Stars" bar ... Read more...

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