UK bartenders...
UK bartenders...

UK bartenders...

...made the most of the enforced time at home. As lockdown starts to ease in the UK, we've now brought this initiative to a close. Why not explore the below collection of stories and talents from UK bartenders and see what they were up to during lockdown.
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Threeafter3

Tatjana Sendzimir of cocktail bar FAM has kept busy in lockdown, including activity on her online platform Threeafter3 to shine a light on her fellow bartenders
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Art, design and rebranding

Connan Henry-Madden of Manchester's Speak in Code has spent lockdown developing his skills in another creative field.
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Lockdown lifestyle: Hydrate & cycle

Robin Punton from 99 Hanover Street in Edinburgh has supported his health and wellbeing during lockdown, including cutting out fast food and cycling every
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Stay connected through photography

Ramsey Keir, general manager at Goldfinch in London, has picked up photography as a way of staying connected to the drinks industry while in lockdown.
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Learning to improve smartphone photography

Photography is not my major, let me just get that out there to start with. I can't claim to be a professional snapper of bars, drinks or food. I do however,
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Liquid Tiramisu

The clarified milk punch is an old English drink from the 17th century. It probably came about as a way to use the waste from the cheese making process
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Conceptual dance

La'Mel Clarke is a dancer, choreographer, and a bartender at London's award-winning Lyaness, who is enjoying dance as a creative outlet while in lockdown.
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Lockdown DJ

Sergio Leanza, of Funkidory in London, returns to his love of music during lockdown.
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Cooking & cocktails

Bartender Marco Stella, from Mandarin Bar in London, shares his two passions, cooking and cocktails.
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Social drinks

Head bartender Giacomo Ellena, from London's Nolita Social, is sharing easy cocktail recipes to make at home.
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No Waste cocktails

Bartender Pat, from NY American Grill in Glasgow, has been mixing up zero-waste cocktails during lockdown.
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A three-course menu

Jonathan Ellison is the head bartender at Preston's Baker Street and has designed a three-course cocktail menu. Explore his recipes below.
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The Rise and Fall of Rye Whiskey

Bartender Dylan Ambasna-Jones, from The Walcot in Bath, spends lockdown exploring whisky, and has written a piece on the rise and fall of rye whiskey in
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Sorbet cocktails

Hannah Macmillan, a bartender from Gin71 in Glasgow, looks to reduce waste with her simple sorbet cocktails made at home.
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Sign Language

Francesco Lombardi is the GM at Blue Boar Bar in London, and has been considering the importance of sign language during lockdown.
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Garibaldi Sbagliato

Vitor Lourenco is the Head of Bars at HarBar on 6th, at Southampton Harbour Hotel in Southampton, and while on lockdown, he's created a video to demonstrate
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Home Cocktails

Bartender Federico Bassani, of Mezcal in Glasgow, shares his creative cocktails made using ingredients from his pantry.
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Cocktail Tutorials

Harrison Morris, a bartender at Northcote Hotel in Blackburn, has created simple cocktail tutorials featuring ingredients from the kitchen.
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Lukas Stafin's To Do List

Bartender Lukas Stafin shares a number of creative avenues he's been exploring since the UK was put under lockdown.
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Imagined Libations

Bar manager of The Pig at Combe in Exeter, Thomas Ryan presents his creative series of drawings that he is using as inspiration for new drinks.
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All The Booze

Callum Rixson from Hideout in Bath shares his views on bartending and cocktail creation.
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Cupboard Cocktails

Rhys Mclean, bartender at Gin 71 Merchant City in Glasgow, has been encouraging customers to create cocktails at home from ingredients in their kitchen.
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From Bar to Bar-Bell

Passionate about health and fitness, Robb Collins of The Covent Garden Social Club and Covent Garden Cocktail Club in London, hopes to inspire other bartenders
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The Ugly Duckling

Jonathan J Ellison is a bartender from Baker Street in Preston, UK. With lockdown underway, he's explored the story of the Vesper Martini and his preferred
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Bartender & artist

Lizzie Clake is both a talented artist and bartender at London's The Ivy Club. As she says, Got a lot of time on my hands now and my hands are so used
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Mocktails back home

My name is Ricky Cubley. I'm a bartender from the UK, living and working in Melbourne, Australia at Rice Paper Scissors in Fitzroy.
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Menu design

Like so many bartenders, Tomas Cisty has been using his forced time at home to write and even design the new menu for 12 Hay Hill, the members' club where
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Taste of Thailand

John Bowe shares his cocktail A Taste of Thailand.
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The cocktail for the lovers and haters of coffee

Espresso Martini, the coffee cocktail for the lovers and haters of coffee.
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The Planktini

Peter Konkoly experiments with reverse spherification during lockdown.
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