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Scapegrace launches search for NZ’s best bartender
Scapegrace Distilling Co. has launched a national competition to find New Zealand’s best cocktail maker…
Double win for Nelson bar at major cocktail comp
Nelson bar Kismet is celebrating a double win for two of its team at Beam Suntory’s The Perfect Blend cocktail competition…
Call for Kiwis in global Jameson bar comp
Irish whiskey brand Jameson has announced its third annual Jameson Black Barrel Bartender Series 2024 competition, open for entries from 1 April – 15 May…
World’s 50 Best Bars 2023 revealed
Sips in Barcelona has been announced as No.1 on the list of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023…
NY bartender wins top title in World’s 50 Best Bars
GN Chan, co-founder of Double Chicken Please in New York, has been named the winner of Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award 2023…
Argentina’s Tres Monos wins Art of Hospo title in World’s 50 Best Bars
Tres Monos in Buenos Aires has been rated the single best bar hospitality experience in the world, winning Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award as part of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023…
New bar design award from The World’s 50 Best Bars
A new design award open to bars from anywhere around the world has been announced by iconic global competition The World’s 50 Best Bars…
Fever-Tree announces first NZ leadership role
Premium mixer company Fever-Tree has announced its first leadership appointment in New Zealand…
Merger for Wellington and Auckland hospo groups
Hospitality groups Kāpura (formerly Wellington Hospitality Group) and Joylab (formerly Barworks) are joining forces to create Star Hospitality Group…
World’s 50 Best Bars 2022 revealed
Paradiso in Barcelona has been announced as No.1 on the list of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022…
Negroni Week 2022 kicks off
Negroni Week is underway with bars and restaurants around New Zealand participating in the 10th year of the global charity initiative organised by Campari…
Highball cancelled for 2022
Cocktail festival Highball has been cancelled for 2022, with organisers citing low ticket sales and pressures on the hospitality sector among the reasons…
NZ’s highest rooftop bar opens in Auckland
New Zealand’s highest rooftop bar has opened on the 38th floor of Auckland’s newest lifestyle hotel, voco Auckland City Centre…
Hospo NZ welcomes working holiday and visa changes
Hospo NZ has welcomed moves to allow additional workers to enter the country to work in sectors affected by international labour shortages…
World’s 50 Best Bars launches bartender scholarship
The World’s 50 Best Bars has launched its inaugural 50 Best Bars Scholarship, open to any bartender from anywhere in the world aged 21 or over with fewer than three years’ experience…