Bar Ampère

Danger. Madness. Vernon Chalker’s newest Melbourne destination - Bar Ampere - is finally up and running. It’s been a while in the making, but good things come to those that…you know the word. Bar Ampere, which stands above an antiquated electrical substation, serves as a monument to the French physicist Andre-Marie Ampere.

Bar Ampere is Chalker’s realisation of a futurist dream and in testament to his vision the staff reject all traditional notions of consumption. Splayds (those things that look like a fork, knife and spoon in one) are the tool of choice for diners - a move which Chalker says ‘allows guests one hand free to engage in more animated table talk’.

Vernon’s On Track

Vernon Chalker is set to open his latest venue, Bar Ampere. “It’ll be an aperitivo concept bar/ café,” Chalker told Bartender magazine.

2nd to 9th Place Most Influential List Interviews

The Most Influential List is a celebrated biennial industry initiative launched by Australian Bartender magazine in 2009 that aims to showcase the home-grown talent that makes the Australian bar scene what it is today - a thriving and developing culture, full of creative and passionate people that work hard for you.

Bartender Magazine’s Most Influential List Top 10!

The Top 10 for the Bartender Magazine Most Influential List was announced last night at a sensational celebration held at one of Sydney’s newest and trendiest venues - The Norfolk Hotel in Surry Hills. The pub was packed out with a huge range of industry personalities for the highly anticipated announcement.

Who Will Make the Top 50?

Bartender Magazine’s Most Influential List

The voting for the Bartender Magazine’s Top 50 Most Influential List has just wrapped up. The nominated Top 50 for 2011 will be released in Bartender’s upcoming March edition. The inaugural Most Influential List event took off in 2009 with Vernon Chalker (Gin Palace and Madame Brussels, Melbourne) taking out the top spot. “It was a great honour to win,” said Chalker recently, “the greatest form of flattery is if others look to my work for inspiration.”

Vote now in the 2011 Bartender Magazine’s Most Influential List

With the huge success that was the 2009 Bartender Magazine Most Influential List, this biennial event is already underway in 2011. Take part and vote to WIN a Sydney BarShow Week Package valued at over $700.

Chalking Up Some Plans

Big things are developing for Melbourne’s Vernon Chalker (Winner of Bartender’s The Most Influential List 2010).

OPERATOR FOCUS: Vernon Chalker, Melbourne

After snaring Operator of the Year (multiple venues) at the Australian Bar Awards in September 2009 and then snatching the top spot in the inaugural Most Influential List in December, Bartender mag saw fit to catch up with this leading Aussie bar industry personality to search for the secret behind his success.

Alex Ross moves to Order of Melbourne

One of Australia’s favourite (and Most Influential!) bar personalities, Ms Alex Ross, has left Match Bar & Grill to work Mr Influential himself, Mr Vernon Chalker, at his venue, Order of Melbourne, kicking off next week.

VIDEO: Bartender Magazine Most Influential Party!

All the best footage from the Bartender Magazine Inaugural Most Influential List Party held at Melbourne’s Match Bar & Grill on December 8th. Watch as drinks are whipped up by some of the best bartenders in town and the country’s most influential get their party on!