Bartender’s Circle is a brand new occasion organised by the crew behind Belgrade Cocktail Fest and bartender Vladimir Simić.
Simić is the previous bar supervisor at Belgrade’s Josephine bar.
Starting Monday 17 November, Bartender’s Circle is each a convention and a citywide guest-shift sequence.
The occasion will open on the metropolis’s Sava Centar, with a day of lectures and discussions overlaying girls in hospitality, tendencies for 2026, disaster administration within the bar business and extra.
Dr Irena Djordjević, a psychiatry specialist and authorized psychotherapist in transactional evaluation, will ship a lecture on psychological well being in hospitality. Her discuss will give attention to stopping burnout, sustaining steadiness in a demanding business, and constructing a tradition that helps skilled and private development.
In the meantime, Anja Tojčić, co-owner of Q Bar and Finest Bartender of Belgrade 2024, will host a panel on the subject of girls within the on-trade. She can be joined by Nora Koufou of Line Athens; Raiza Carrera, named Finest Bartender in Spain 2023 and head of Agite Membership; Claudia Orlandi, a meals and wine journalist; Milica Aleksić, an skilled in gastronomy and resort, restaurant and catering administration; and Andrijana Pjeović, a younger Belgrade bartender, winner of the Regional Bartender Competitors.
Different matters will embody AI and cocktails, ready-to-drink (RTD) and low-and-no tendencies, menu personalisation and expertise, in addition to discussions on tips on how to keep high quality in instances of cost-cutting, specializing in creativity in sourcing and innovation throughout the business.
The day’s occasion will shut with an invite to the 2026 Belgrade Cocktail Pageant, which can be held on 6 June.
The visitor shifts will kick off on 17 November, with groups from Line and Bare in Athens, alongside Raiza Carrera, descending on Dragoljub New Balkan Delicacies.
On 18 November, the identical bar will host Sentaku Izakaya from Bologna in Italy, whereas Kissa10 will host Bokamorra from Break up in Croatia. The Bokamorra crew may also head over to Isabel Speakeasy on the identical night, the place they are going to be accompanied by mixologist and creator Diego Ferrari.
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