Up close & personal: Guoyi Gan and Indra Kantono, Jigger & Pony Group
The second instalment of our new video series sees us talking to Guoyi Gan and Indra Kantono, co-founders of Jigger & Pony Group. They share their past management mishaps, why they don’t like rules, and always remembering that a bar is a business
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The future is yours to create: Courtney FrancisThe 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
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Minakshi Singh: I overcame challenges to build my bar business in India – I hope other women can tooThe 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
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The 4 types of creativity explainedWhether 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?
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Is creativity important? 8 bartenders have their sayAs 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?
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Friendship test: Alex Jump & Lauren Paylor O'BrienThe 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
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Drink like a local: Paris with Aurélie PanhelleuxThe 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
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Kyisha Davenport wants more respect for Black culture in hospitalityFrom 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
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10 classic drinks from New Orleans you must try at least onceTake a look at ten classic drinks that originated amongst the bustling streets of New Orleans.
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Do we think enough about where our ingredients come from?In her introductory article to Raw Materials and Flavour, Campari Academy Creative Director, Monica Berg, explores seasonality, supply chain and their relevance to flavour creation – and introduces some of the people changing the game
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Seven Yi on playing with guests' emotions, memories and sensesHow can a bar involve guests in a multi-sensorial experience? Seven Yi, at Taipei's ROOM by Le Kief, shares his insights
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Minakshi Singh: I overcame challenges to build my bar business in India – I hope other women can tooThe 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
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A (bar) world reimaginedFind out what is to be done, for a new idea of bar and bartending, according to Campari Academy Creative Director Monica Berg.