Inspiration

The first of our 2024 interviewees in this series is Courtney Francis, bartender at Birmingham’s Couch Stirchley in England. She explains how boundaries, feedback and here grandmother have had an impact on her career 

The co-founder of India’s Cocktails & Dreams Speakeasy and Sidecar bars, Minakshi Singh, is a vocal leader in a market where being a woman behind the bar comes with legal and cultural implications. She explains how, against she odds, she built her businesses

Whether conscious or impromptu, creativity can be achieved by using different strategies and for different purposes. We do a deep dive into the main types of creativity – which one do you fit into? 

As we launch ‘Unlocking creativity’, the first episode of Perspectives Season 3, we ask eight bartenders from around the world a very simple question: Is creativity important? 

The US-based bartenders who also run hospitality wellbeing project, Focus On Health, take Campari Academy's friendship test. They talk country songs, pet names and sober bachelorette parties

The city of lights is home to a heady mix of traditional and contemporary hospitality. We met bar entrepreneur Aurélie Panhelleux for a crash course in the food and drink experiences only Paris can offer. Life's too short to drink bad wine – or pastis, for that matter

Parabere Forum connects over 8,000 women all over the world, helping them making their voices heard. Here is Maria Canabal's groundbreaking project

From having more Black-owned restaurants, to questioning the appropriation of Black culture through ingredients and language, the founder of BarNoirBoston and GM & Beverage Director of Comfort Kitchen explains what needs to change if authentic representation is to be the future

Building a brand identity, changing hiring policies and a focus on merchandise are all part of the New York City bar’s manifesto. The team at Double Chicken Please show us behind the curtain of its approach to business 

Eight experts shared the stage during this year's Berlin Bar Convent, to reveal their insights and experiences from their lives in the industry. Watch The Bar Show Show from Campari Academy in Berlin

People of colour are not under-represented in hospitality, according to Lorraine Copes' Be Inclusive Hospitality: the real problem is the chance they have to access positions of representation

As we launch the final episode of Perspectives Season 2, Monica Berg introduces us to our contributors, and lays out how food and drink play a role in our identities