World Class Guest Bartending
Charlie has the pleasure of inviting David Rios (World Best Bartender 2013 Diageo World Class) behind the counter.
David started working in bars aged 18, but a party thrown in a bar two years later got him really interested. The owner commissioned a set of cocktails, and he was hooked.
He became a sommelier and matre d, first at the three-star Michelin restaurant Mugaritz, and then contributing to the opening of the Sheraton Hotel in Bilbao.
But his love of cocktails didnt leave him and so, with his brother, he now owns Caf Kobuk, Jigger Bar, and a catering company, Kobuk Events.
David describes himself as mainly self-taught in bartending although I have attended a few courses. Known for his great ability to present cocktails to guests and competition judges, he is an outstanding bartender.