World Bartender Day

Every February 24th is World Bartender Day, held every year to honor the Bartenders who serve their customers every day. Bartender is a combination of "bar" and "tender". In particular, bar is a word related to the workplace and alcoholic beverages prepared by Bartenders such as cocktails, mock tails... Bartender profession is one of the professions with attractive salary, professional working environment like home. Restaurants, hotels, bars, lounges, clubs... With the specificity of the job, Bartender will be knowledgeable about wine lines, herbal ingredients, flavor syrups, wine preservation, and cocktail serving... In addition, "tender" “means considerate, this is one of the qualities a professional bartender needs.

Bartender is a bartender, "bartender" mainly mixes alcohol and alcoholic beverages such as cocktails, wine, beer... Bartenders work at the Bar of Restaurants, Hotels, and Bars or Club, Pub... With the specificity of mixing alcoholic beverages, Bartenders are knowledgeable about wines and beers, how to select, prepare and preserve fresh ingredients such as fruits and herbs used for cooking. Mixing, decorating and having mixing techniques such as: Mixologist, Stirring, Blending, Layering skillfully... Bartender's job is mainly to prepare drinks to serve customers. A good bartender is someone who can memorize recipes and create many new drinks to attract customers. In addition, the Bartender will be responsible for arranging spirits, liqueurs, wines and other ingredients on the counter, preparing bartender equipment and cleaning work areas, taking inventory, and checking amount of raw materials…

Bartender is the person who has direct contact with customers. You will be in charge of communicating and taking orders from customers. Therefore, Bartender's skills also extend to the ability to communicate and handle situations to bring satisfaction to each customer. Mixing and performing skills combined with charming conversation will help Bartender impress and attract customers to your store in the next time.

History of Bartenders

Although the preparation of wine or other alcoholic beverages has been done by Americans long before, even thousands of years before, by the owner of that bar or distillery; But it was not until the 19th century that Bartender was officially recognized as a profession thanks to Mr. Jeremiah "Jerry" P. Thomas (known as Jerry Thomas) – the father of the modern Bartender profession, famous for his Blue Blazer cocktail. The famous (blue flame) is created from a beautiful performance: pouring whiskey being burned back and forth between two metal cups to create a blue flame that flows non-stop through the air.

In addition, he is also credited with popularizing and elevating the work of mixing drinks with many innovations in performance techniques - showmanship; The Bartender's Guide, How to Mix Drink wine, and at the same time build the image of professional Bartender staff with their own rules to follow. Today, nearly every Bartender is looking for and owning this valuable book because most of the current recipes, although newly created, are still maintained and based on his background recipe.

Observing World Bartender Day

To observe World Bartender Day, you can go to the Bar, the Hotel where the Bartenders are ready to serve you, admire how they create attractive drinks for you. If you are someone who intends to be a bartender, take this day to talk to bartenders around the world. Share your drink made by any bartender and your World Bartender Day on social media with the hashtag #WorldBartenderDay.