About the bartender “I have not been in the hospitality trade that long,” says Aodhan. “I started off doing events like Belsonic and Tennent’s Vital, before going to Australia for a year. It was in Australia I found myself starting off as a kitchen porter and then working in different... View Article
About the bartender Rhys is relatively new to Henry’s, on Joys Entry in Belfast, and has only been working in the trade for two years. “Whenever I first started, it was a side job just for the weekend and it bored me a bit,” he says, but a move to... View Article
About the bartender Jonni started his career in the trade in 2014, as a nightclub bartender in Café Ceol. “By Christmas, I was behind the cocktail bar and just fell in love with it,” he says. “After four years there, I had got my cocktail knowledge up and went to... View Article
About the bartender Conleth started out in the trade as a glass collector at Massereene Golf Club in Antrim when he was 16 and then began bartending in the Sweet Afton in Belfast after university, rapidly working his way up to head bartender. “Then I got approached to go to... View Article
About the Bartender Rhian has worked in the trade for about three years, starting out in a pop up bar at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and then working as first a bartender and then a supervisor in a craft beer bar just outside Edinburgh City Centre for a year. “I... View Article
About the Bartender Hailing from Glasgow, Pamela started out in the trade working in a small local bar in her home city. After university, she worked abroad for a few years, at a karaoke bar in Turkey. “It was a ball,” she says, “and then when I came back, I... View Article
About The Bartender Josh started out his career in hospitality working for the Patterson family for an eight-year stretch, starting off as a part-time waiter and barman at The Tannery in Moira. Progressing through the ranks to supervisor and then manager, he moved within the group to The Plough in... View Article
About the bartender Billy Duffy has spent his entire career in the trade at Bootleggers on the corner of Church and Ann streets in Belfast City Centre. “I’ve worked here since day dot,” he says. “I started bar backing here in 2014, and have just worked my way up from... View Article
About the bartender Based at The Stokers Halt in Holywood, leading the beverage programme, Michael has been busy refining the categories in preparation for a new Stokers Halt opening in Belfast in 2018. His strong background in the drinks trade includes stints at Muddlers Club, Oliver’s and Botanic Inns. “Diversity and... View Article
About the bartender Christopher commenced his hospitality career cleaning dishes for his head chef brother at the age of 15, progressing to a bartending role at Madison’s Hotel in Belfast when he was 18. Moving on to the Fitzwilliam Hotel’s cocktail bar, “that’s where I started to learn about cocktails,... View Article
