How to memorise cocktail recipes
Tom Drake

How to Memorize Cocktail Recipes

It’s embarrassing when you’re a bartender, a customer asks you for a basic cocktail, and you’re not sure how to make it because you’ve forgotten the recipe. Not only does it look unprofessional, it’s a huge time waste too. Instead

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Vagatending across the world as a traveling bartender
Tom Drake

Vagatending 101: A Bartender’s Guide to Travel

I think I was drawn to vagatending, because for as long as I can remember, I’ve been into adventures. I’ve always found the unknown intriguing, different ways of doing things interesting, and learning new skills entertaining. But unfortunately, modern day

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Customer Service
Tom Drake

10 Customer Service Rules for Bartenders

There’s nothing worse than getting terrible customer service. You probably know what I’m talking about. I mean, everyone’s been on the wrong side of bad service… Maybe it was when you tried to cancel your phone contract and you were

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