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We’re Recapping Chilled 100 ELEVATE 2023: Raising the Bar: Choose Your Own Adventure Seminar

Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Hoffman assigns each barback to a bartender, who serves as their mentor. “If I cannot personally train you,” she explained, “I will pair you with someone who has a learning style similar to yours, so you don’t feel alienated during training.” This helps to keep new employees accountable and invested in the program.

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We chat with Matty Opai: Our 2023 Bar Manager of the Year talks hard work, hospo & mentors

Australian Bartender

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Luckily, a friend hooked me up as a barback at Icebergs. As a barback, I’d collect every spec from every menu and plaster them on the scullery wall. “A friend hooked me up as a barback at Icebergs. It was my first few weeks barbacking and thinking I could be a bartender. Those initial shifts blew my mind!

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Harrison Kenney: The journey from bartender at Cantina OK!, to the award-winning Bar With Shapes For a Name, and now Paris, this Sydney bartender is taking on the world

Australian Bartender

MAY 15, 2024

I wouldn’t describe them as bad times, but anyone familiar with Beresford Sundays and the responsibilities of a glassy/barback would understand what those shifts were like. I think there was a point (possibly at Cantina, OK!)

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Now Open: Tales of The Cocktail Foundation Cocktail Apprentice Program® Red Coat Application

Tales of the Cocktail

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In order to qualify as a Red Coat, applicants must be: Industry professionals (bartenders, bar managers, barbacks, brand ambassadors, educators, distillers, and more) At least 21 years old by May 1, 2024 Live anywhere in the world and have a valid U.S.

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French Connection Cocktail - A Pork Pie Hats Off To Cognac

Barina Craft

OCTOBER 7, 2023

This is one themed party your home bar could host with you as the hipster barback wearing your pork pie hat. French Connection #2 Drink Recipe: 1 ½ oz Cognac ¾ oz Grand Marnier orange flavored brandy liqueur Same preparation as the classic cocktail above. Just replace Italy in the original recipe with another shot of France.

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Mana for a Cause: Teremana Tequila Is Giving Back During the Holidays With Ezana ‘EZ’ Million

VinePair

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Between Irish pubs and high-volume cocktail bars, Million honed his flavors as a barback, squeezing his own custom juices and lemonades, earning him the moniker “The Lemonade Man.” A veteran of the service industry, Million was working in small restaurants 13 years ago before moving to New York to pursue music.

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Now Open: Tales of The Cocktail Foundation Cocktail Apprentice Program® Red Coat Application

Tales of the Cocktail

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In order to qualify as a Red Coat, applicants must be: Industry professionals (bartenders, bar managers, barbacks, brand ambassadors, educators, distillers, and more) At least 21 years old by May 1, 2024 Live anywhere in the world and have a valid U.S.

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We chat with Michael Pattison, the Bar Manager of late-night Brisbane boozer, Alice

Australian Bartender

JANUARY 15, 2024

After a couple of months of picking up cups till 5am I was lucky to secure a position as a barback at The Bowery. Tell us a bit about how you got started in the hospitality industry and where you have worked before. I started as an 18-year-old glassy working in nightclubs in Fortitude Valley.

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Pier Muffato: From a tiny town near Venice, to Amsterdam and London, this hospo lifer is now running this bustling bar on the Goldy

Australian Bartender

MAY 1, 2024

My career at Hotel De L’Europe started as a barback through the various bars and restaurants, expressing my interest in the fine dining department and obviously, the cocktail bar, where I found William Berkhoff, former bar manager at the American Bar at The Savoy, in London.

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Celebrating a decade of Rascals! Hear from Charlie & Cosmo about dive bars, survival and not being a dick

Australian Bartender

APRIL 18, 2024

Charlie: I started at 19 years of age at the Hilton Hotel, and I went from events down to Marble Bar as a barback and then up to Zeta Bar, which kicked off my love for bartending. How did you guys get into the business and when/where did you meet? Heaps of suits and suspenders as that was the era.

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11 things bartenders do that most people don’t realize

Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Horacio Villalobos – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Because of the high turnover in the service industry, on any given night, there’s a decent chance that we’re training a new bartender or barback. The divided attention can be a real challenge at times.

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Par Levels: How to Create Par Sheets & Use them to Run your Bar Smoothly

A Bar Above

MARCH 1, 2024

Either before and/or after a new shift begins, (either one works, but always do it at the same time) the barback or bartender will grab a new par sheet, quickly go over each item on the list and write down how many bottles of each spirit/beer or wine are needed in order to bring the bar back up to par.

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25 Bartending Blogs That you should check out in 2022

Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

From learning how to break into the industry to becoming a barback, to eventually managing/running your own bar, A Bar Above has got you covered. Favorite Post : What is a Barback? Whilst their primary focus is on cocktails & mixology for bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts alike, there’s something for everyone here.

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Jackson Littlewood: The industry veteran takes on a new role as GM of Bare Bones Ice Co.

Australian Bartender

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I heard of a new bar opening, Earl’s Juke Joint on King Street in Newtown, I walked in during the build and harassed them to put me on as a barback, the rest is history. I wanted in, so I immediately dropped everything and pursued a career in bartending, which I am sure made my parents very proud.

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Bartending Blogs You Should Read

Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

From learning how to break into the industry to becoming a barback, to eventually managing/running your own bar, A Bar Above has got you covered. Favorite Post : What is a Barback? Whilst their primary focus is on cocktails & mixology for bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts alike, there’s something for everyone here.

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Bar Management Zone

We’re Recapping Chilled 100 ELEVATE 2023: Raising the Bar: Choose Your Own Adventure Seminar

We chat with Matty Opai: Our 2023 Bar Manager of the Year talks hard work, hospo & mentors

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Harrison Kenney: The journey from bartender at Cantina OK!, to the award-winning Bar With Shapes For a Name, and now Paris, this Sydney bartender is taking on the world

Now Open: Tales of The Cocktail Foundation Cocktail Apprentice Program® Red Coat Application

French Connection Cocktail - A Pork Pie Hats Off To Cognac

Mana for a Cause: Teremana Tequila Is Giving Back During the Holidays With Ezana ‘EZ’ Million

Now Open: Tales of The Cocktail Foundation Cocktail Apprentice Program® Red Coat Application

We chat with Michael Pattison, the Bar Manager of late-night Brisbane boozer, Alice

Pier Muffato: From a tiny town near Venice, to Amsterdam and London, this hospo lifer is now running this bustling bar on the Goldy

Celebrating a decade of Rascals! Hear from Charlie & Cosmo about dive bars, survival and not being a dick

11 things bartenders do that most people don’t realize

Par Levels: How to Create Par Sheets & Use them to Run your Bar Smoothly

25 Bartending Blogs That you should check out in 2022

Jackson Littlewood: The industry veteran takes on a new role as GM of Bare Bones Ice Co.

Bartending Blogs You Should Read

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