{"id":799,"date":"2020-11-02T11:22:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T10:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micheleventurini.it\/?p=799"},"modified":"2020-11-02T11:22:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T10:22:26","slug":"behind-the-bar-series-michele-venturini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micheleventurini.it\/en\/2020\/11\/02\/behind-the-bar-series-michele-venturini\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Bar Series \u2013 Michele Venturini"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our second #BehindTheBar interview presents\u2026 Michele Venturini! With a career in hospitality spanning almost two decades, 2019 will mark Michele\u2019s fifth year working for Inception Group. He has been a Bar Manager at Cahoots for the past three years!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FUN FACT: If he wasn\u2019t a Bar Manager, Michele believes he would have been a comic actor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. How did you become a Bar Manager?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After 18 years of experience in the hospitality industry, I learnt a lot from different perspectives, from my role as Head Bartender to the next level as Bar Manager. But, even though I started managing bars in Italy, London has a completely different style of business!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. What do you enjoy about bartending?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I enjoy interacting with customers, making them happy and providing them with the best experience. Although the drinks are very important, I always represent the drink as the cherry on top of the cake \u2013 the cake is the whole customer experience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. What inspired you to become a Bar Manager?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It happened quite naturally. I love every single aspect of my job \u2013 especially serving customers, working with my team to create menus and working alongside important brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. What is your favourite cocktail to drink and create?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I love classics! I\u2019m in love with Martini cocktail, stirred with olive and just a splash of dry vermouth. The Americano cocktail is also super refreshing! I love to make different styles of drinks. For example, sour cocktails topped with a nice foam, but also long or refreshing drinks using fresh ingredients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. Which seasonal drinks do you recommend during the Christmas period?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Warm drinks and twist on classics like hot punch or Hot Toddies containing spices and whiskey, but also creamy drinks with egg or milk such as eggnog!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. What makes a great Bar Manager?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are three important things behind a great Bar Manager:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Managing the business \u2013 This includes ensuring you maintain profits and control costs, while also growing the brand by organising events, pop-ups and masterclasses.<\/li>
  • Managing the team \u2013 Always keeping staff motivated, helping them develop their skills with improvements and also offering them praise.<\/li>
  • Focus on customer experience \u2013 Be attentive to guests in a professional but light and funny way!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Q. Do you have any advice for aspiring Bar Managers?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    A Bar Manager\u2019s role in a cocktail bar is one of the most important. The bar is the engine of the business, and if the car is going fast, you have to drive it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Q. What ingredients do you feel are underused? Or overused? And what is the most versatile?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    I believe that bitters (or amari in Italian) are underused here in London, and I think that vodka and sweet products such as juices and pur\u00e9es are overused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Q. How do you develop new recipes or new cocktails?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Creating new cocktails is quite a complex process. It involves research into what customers look for in a cocktail, then making that connection through a combination of ingredients. London is home to a great range of products and liquors, which makes it easy to develop new recipes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Q. Where\u2019s the next place on your travel bucket list and why?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Over the past two years, I have been on many work trips including visits to Athens, Rome and Cyprus. I will be going to Berlin for the Berlin Bar Show where I will be representing Cahoots in a branded bar stand, followed by Dubai and Greece.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Our second #BehindTheBar interview presents\u2026 Michele Venturini! With a career in hospitality spanning almost two decades, 2019 will mark Michele\u2019s fifth year working for Inception Group. He has been a Bar Manager at Cahoots for the past three years! FUN FACT: If he wasn\u2019t a Bar Manager, Michele believes he would have been a comic actor! […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micheleventurini.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micheleventurini.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micheleventurini.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micheleventurini.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micheleventurini.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/micheleventurini.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":800,"href":"https:\/\/micheleventurini.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions\/800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micheleventurini.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micheleventurini.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micheleventurini.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micheleventurini.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}