For many Filipinos, bartending is often viewed as a profession centered on making drinks and serving guests. What many do not realize is that behind every great cocktail is a craft that demands ...

Judge Nancy Levine, at your service. The bartending competition will come to order! Bartending competitions are one of the many things I love about the spirit industry (you don’t see busboy ...

One hundred bartenders from across America recently competed in the regional “Most Imaginative Bartender” competitions across the country. The winners of these competitions came to New Orleans for the ...

Bars are a common venue for Denver comedy shows, and they’re definitely a birthplace for great ideas. One night this past February, local comedians Meghan DePonceau and Anthony Crawford went for a ...

Joshua Perry loves to compete. He doesn’t circle a track, chase a white ball with a stick or dance with the stars. He’s a bartender, and that craft is now an elevated art form celebrated and ...

Ronald Cruz of Makati's Fat Cat has been named World Class Philippines Bartender of the Year 2026, and will represent the country at the Diageo World Class Global Finals in Scotland this September.

Sunday night at Thalia Hall, 20 local bartenders were onstage mixing, shaking, and garnishing cocktails rapid-fire while pink-clad spectators cheered at the top of their lungs. Speed Rack, now in its ...