World Class Announces Australian Champ

June 8 saw the Australian final of the year long World Class program. Over two gruelling days 10 bartenders selected from three rounds of the World Class Program - The Ketel One Vodka Martini Awards, The Tanqueray No. Ten Classic Cocktail Awards and the World Class Dark Spirits Experience - battle it out to see who will represent Australia in the World Class Global Final held in Athens this month.

BLOG: It Pays to Read by Adi Ruiz

A journey into cocktail lore…
By Adi Ruiz

“Giddy with anticipation to get down to the bar I was taken aback further still, when reading on soon after, to discover “martini’s” cocktail.”

Anyone that knows me, knows that I’m quite easily distracted. Because of this fact I’ve been known to go off on a tangent at times [...]

Adi Ruiz joins Black Pearl Team

Adi Ruiz, bartender extraordinaire, is leaving his post at Seamstress/Sweatshop to join the team at Black Pearl…

Cracking New Site for Melbourne Drinkers

www.broadsheet.com.au is an all new online, entertainment, food and drink site dedicated to the Melbourne scene. While normally, this in itself wouldn’t be enough to get us excited, Broadsheet also includes the editorial stylings of oft time Bartender contributer and ex-bar manger of Seamstress/SweatShop Adi Ruiz.

The Influence of Bradsell By Adi Ruiz

Adi Ruiz pays tribute to one of bartending’s greatest movers and shakers - the legendary Mr Dick Bradsell

C’mon Adi… All the latest from Diageo World Class

If you want to stay abreast of all the action at the World Class Finals happening in London next week then all you have to do is join the Global World Class Finals page on Facebook.
During the week of July 13th, the folks at Behind Bars will update this page twice a day with video [...]

Australia Finds World Class Bartender

Tuesday saw the long anticipated Australian final of Reserve Brands’ World Class bartending competition with Adrian Ruiz-Avila (Adi Ruiz) from Melbourne’s Seamstress/Sweatshop taking out first place after an arduous day of competition.