In her sparkling career, Josefine Thoren has earned industry praise and accolades as manager of Bar Bruno in Gothenburg, not to mention her world-famous Pennegroni cocktail. Yet real success only came once a snowboarding accident in New Zealand caused the Swede to rethink her priorities.
Globe-trotting bartender Nico de Soto caught his first break in Australia 2005, the launchpad for an enviable international career taking him from Paris to London, New York, Miami and beyond. His journey has not been without challenges. In this intimate discussion the founder of Mace and Danico reveals the feeling of losing a bar.
For 10 years, the co-founder of Quixotic Projects Josh Fontaine has helped redefined the haute cocktail and dining scene in the French capital, opening beloved venues including Marie Celeste and Candelaria. So, when the invitation came to open in an iconic museum, he could hardly say no...
Margot Lecarpentier blazed a trail for female entrepreneurs when she established the Parisian cocktail bar Combat in 2017, but it was not without a fight, and a few lessons learned along the way.
Co-founder of the Bar Academy, and organiser of Athens Bar Show, Babis Kaidalidis has helped train his fair share of amazing Greek bartender talent. As he recently found out, it’s never too late to learn from a lesson.
Learn to fail! Industry veterans highlight the importance of learning from mistakes.
Failure IS an option: industry veterans report on a professional failure to draw a teachable moment for hospitality workers. With this video series we want to make failure less taboo, while celebrating the positives that can come from it.
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