Each year we bring guest bartenders that join locals in an effort to create the best drinks and to share as much knowledge and experience possible.
We all join together for the biggest 2-day open air cocktail party Zagreb has seen and we dance the night away to great tunes served by local DJs.
Schofield's bar
Joe Schofield has bartended and lived in numerous countries across the globe. He currently splits his time working in Manchester and Asia with his own projects; Schofield’s and Sensorium. Schofield’s will be opening early next year in his home town with his brother Daniel, an awarded bartender in his own right.
In July 2018 this year Joe was awarded one of the most prestigious honours an individual can receive in his industry, International Bartender of The Year in the Tales of The Cocktail Spirited Awards. This was shortly followed by an equally as prestigious title, Bartender’s Bartender at The World’s 50 Best Bars 2018. He is the only person in history to have won both of the awards.
Blanch Edwardes Consulting
A legend that won all of the cool international cocktail prizes before they were even cool. Chris was running bars all over the world before settling in Stari Grad, Hvar, Croatia where he runs a B&B with his wife Amanda keeping himself busy with cocktail events and own distilling experiments. He is a walking encyclopedia for all things bars and drinks.
Dubai, UAE
After years in Croatian bars and opening the first cocktail bar (Shakers) and the first bartender academy in Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina his path took him to the Emirates where he was managing bars at Cafe Del Mar Dubai & Cielo and had the honors to be the first Croatian representative in World Class competition. In the past few years, he is mostly bartending at the events of major spirit brands during the night - he was part of the Chivas Icon premiere team at Burj Khalifa among others while working as a Beverages Manager in one of the largest distribution companies in UAE.
Artesian
Remy Savage is not your typical bartender. With a degree in Philosophy and a passionate interest in metaphysics and semantics, Remy’s path to his current role as Head Bartender at Artesian has been unconventional.
Recognised throughout his career for his incredible creativity and ingenious concepts, Remy was awarded The World’s Most Imaginative Bartender title in 2014 as well as the title of “Best European Bartender” in 2018 at the Prestigious Berlin Bar Convent.
As well as his role at Artesian, Remy operates ‘Bar Savage’ from his London home. A personal passion project that began in Paris in 2017, Remy explores the versatility and simplicity of just 20 bottles with a new cocktail each week and guest bartenders from some of the world’s best bars. The recipes are elegant, creative and innovative but most importantly, can be recreated at home.
Bar 1661
Ivana thinks of herself as a professional hedonist whose main focus are cocktails and wine. She discovered her passion for the drink industry and history quite recently - while working in a multi-awarded cocktail bar in Ireland, Peruke & Periwig. Last year she competed in the semi-finals of World Class Ireland and today she is part of the crew at a new, exciting Bar 1661, cocktail bar focused on Irish produce and locally sourced ingredients.
The Street Food Cub
Marko is know to the local audience as a young talent from the first team of Aperitivo bar. He replaced his short Zagreb career by accepting new challenges in Utrecht. Not even a year later, he is the bar manager of The Street Food Club - a venue with 130 employees from over 50 different countries which focuses not only on street food but also high volume cocktails and has won the best restaurant concept in 2018 Entree Awards.
Cocktails for You
Cocktails_for_you was founded in 2013 by bartender Eddie Rudzinskas as a platform from which to display his cocktail creations with the world. It grew over the years into a bartending platform for sharing cocktail pictures, videos, recipes and bartending ideas.
In 2017 he partnered up with another bartender, Danil Nevsky, and together they expanded the platform globally to grow it into the world's largest bartending network on Facebook, followed by over 900,000 people worldwide.
Their principle is 'by bartenders, for bartenders.'
Their motto 'sharing is caring.'
Their mission 'to educate, inspire & entertain.'
Americana Bar
After working in some of the best bars in Croatia and running his own bar Alan moved to Ireland and managed Koh & Urchin while competing in the finals of World Class Ireland for two years in a row. He now shares the bar manager position with Milan Ormanović at the Americana where they focus on fermentation and new trends and techniques in the industry.
Cocktails for You
Cocktails_for_you was founded in 2013 by bartender Eddie Rudzinskas as a platform from which to display his cocktail creations with the world. It grew over the years into a bartending platform for sharing cocktail pictures, videos, recipes and bartending ideas.
In 2017 he partnered up with another bartender, Danil Nevsky, and together they expanded the platform globally to grow it into the world's largest bartending network on Facebook, followed by over 900,000 people worldwide.
Their principle is 'by bartenders, for bartenders.'
Their motto 'sharing is caring.'
Their mission 'to educate, inspire & entertain.'
Americana Bar
From nightclubs of Croatia to cocktail bars of Dublin, this guy has done it all and won the Best Cocktail bar in Ireland with Koh Restaurant which is only one of the cool bars he worked at. Respecting his roots of old school distillers, winemakers and self-taught fermentation experts he feels he has been built as a bartender since childhood.
Join us for a classic martini cocktail in the oldest running cocktail bar in Zagreb.
Ivana Marešić
Alan Petrović
Marko Pećnik
Slaven Macura
Milan Ormanović
Program reserved for hospitality industry professionals only. Click here to apply for free tickets.
All the Zagreb bartenders taking part in CWZG 2019 will present their cocktails and vote for the best among them.
This event is for the hospitality industry professionals only. Click here to apply for free tickets.
Join us for a special night of cocktails created by all CWZG 2019 guests and visit Genova, London, Manchester, Amsterdam, Dublin and Dubai without leaving Zagreb.
This event is for the hospitality industry professionals only. Click here to apply for free tickets.
Lectures and masterclasses are available to hospitality industry professionals only. Click here to apply for free tickets.
Remy Savage
The guy behind "A Most Minimalistic Menu" will guide us through all of the aspects of removing unnecessary parts in his bar operations.
Every country has its national spirit, learn how to use it in new ways to promote the cocktail culture from Sharla Ault representing two centuries long tradition of Nardini Distillery.
Joe Schofield
Eddie Rudzinskas
Danil Nevsky
After gaining 329,000 new followers on Facebook & Instagram in 2018, these guys are ready to explain the importance of social media in the hospitality scheme.
This event is for the hospitality industry professionals only. Click here to apply for free tickets.
Croatian bartenders working around the world
Chris Edwardes
A hands-on cocktail bar stand-up romantic comedy
Open to public.
A Posto
A Most Unusual Garden
Botaničar
Cooltura Hub
Dežman
Dežman Mini Bar
Egoist Cvijetno
Esplanade 1925 Lounge & Cocktail Bar
Glow Bar
Kosta Gin Bar
Noel
Roots
Swanky Monkey Garden
Verde Centar
Poco Loco, Dubrovnik
Lokal One ,Dubrovnik
Hilton Imperial Bar, Dubrovnik
Noor, Split
Fro, Split
Bokamorra, Split
Kinoteka, Split
Kalavanda, Hvar
Rebus, Šibenik
Three monkies, Rijeka
Sunshine, Levan
Laganini, Hvar
BARS:
Bon Vivant, Hvar
Noor & Kinoteka, Split Botaničar, Zagreb
A Most Unusual Garden, Zagreb
Egoist, Zagreb
Bokamorra, Split
Lokal One, Dubrovnik
Three Monkeys, Rijeka
CWZG All Stars
G&T & HIGHBALL STATIONS
Fentiman’s
Thomas Henry
Schweppes
Lamb&Watt
Erasmus Bond
Jamnica