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Meet the Shaker Team
Adam Freeth
Founder and Managing Director of Shaker UK Limited. Adam set up Shaker UK as part of a BA and MSc in Business Management coupled with his bartending exploits throughout Europe. With over a decade of experience throughout the bar industry Adam Freeth has developed Shaker into being one of the authorities on training and bartending. Having tended bar for the rich and famous, Freeth has also appeared on TV as an authority on drinks and appeared in national and trade press.
Freeth has been responsible for training over 2000 bartenders over the past four years and has taken the International Bartenders Course globally, training bartenders from Hong Kong to St Lucia.
Nickname: Charlie (Shaker Angels call him that)
Shoe Size: 11
What do you do: everything
What do you like: travelling and my mountain bike
What don't you like: driving
Fav Tipple: gin and tonic with fresh lime
Fav Cocktail: daiquiri classic
Fav Record: depends on mood
Fav Film: Goonies
Happiness is: Cycling
Hero: My Bro and Jerry Thomas
Where would you rather be: Chapmans Peak Cycling
What do you know?: beer is regarded as a staple food in bavaria
Anil Sabharwal
Anil was pivotal in setting up the Shaker BarSchool and FlairSchool in the UK and has trained more than 2000 budding bartenders since 2001. As a competition bartender he has been a finalist many times including, Winning TGI Fridays Birmingham Flair, Roadhouse World Flair Finalist on several occasions, Northern Flair League Champion (2004) and National Bartenders Challenge (2000), which he won. His flair training has taken him worldwide. He is currently ranked amongst the best flair bartenders on the planet. A real bartenders bartender, you will rarely see anil not working a shift or flairing.
Anil oversees all operations in Cape Town.
Nickname: er...anil?
Shoe Size: 8
What do you do: run cape town ops
What do you like: flairing and 700's
What don't you like: people who don't say please
Fav Tipple: quite enjoying a nice glass of red
Fav Cocktail: sailor jerry mojito
Fav Record: depends on mood
Fav Film: Shawshank redemption & anchorman
Happiness is: making people smile
Hero: spiderman
Where would you rather be: chilling in the jacuzzi at lordy mansion watching the sunset
What do you know?: apparently 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the population
myles cunliffe
Myles is a Drinks Mogul, 7 years working in a multitude of different venues from Babington House, Blanch House, Fifth Floor to event work for some of the countries top agencies, his vast knowledge of all things wet surpasses most in the industry. In 2004 myles gained 3rd place in the UK's largest mixology competition and graduated with a HND in Wine studies at
Brighton
University.
Myles has joined Shaker as a consultant trainer and is currently studying for the WSET Diploma and working as a brand ambassador.
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Nickname: milo
Shoe Size: 10 1/2
What do you do: educate and inspire, help run london ops
What do you like: wine, food and fishing
What don't you like: wet days
Fav Tipple: sancerre sauvignon blanc
Fav Cocktail: bramble
Fav Record: no roots - faithless
Fav Film: usual suspects
Happiness is: beach, cocktail and my lovely lady
Hero: wolvereen
Where would you rather be: zanzibar
What do you know?:
Zack Foley
Zack joined the Shaker crew in 2005 as a bartender from Las Iguanas. His passion, commitment and enthusiasm for his craft accelerated him to become event manager. With over 200 events under his belt and having managed some of the most exciting events throughout the country Mr Daiquiri now oversees the events operations for Shaker UK.
Nickname: daiquiri
Shoe Size: 11
What do you do: events ops and training
What do you like: skateboarding
What don't you like: marmite
Fav Tipple: aged rum
Fav Cocktail: daiquiri
Fav Record: st peppers lonely hearts club band
Fav Film: wedding crashers
Happiness is: cocktails with friends
Hero: me
Where would you rather be: nowhere
What do you know?: watch this space!!!
Simon Clarke
Simon joined the Shaker crew in 2005 as a bartender from Type3, having graced the wood of Award Winning Ocean & Collins, Zinc Bar & Grill, Digress and 52Degrees North. As a bartender in Birmingham Mr Clarke is at the top of his game, placing 1st in the following comps; Havana Club 2005, Wokka Saki, Spirit of Birmingham, Johnnie Walker 2006, including placing in the Bacardi and Belvedere mixology comps in 2006. Simon is one of the hottest bartenders in Birmingham with bags of energy and enthusiasm for his craft this has accelerated him through to become a Shaker Trainer.
Simon is also involved in training and consultancy imparting his experience, knowledge and energy to bartenders around the UK.
Nickname: diy si/clarkey
Shoe Size: 13...no really a wopping 13
What do you do: events and training
What do you like: bartending and rugby
What don't you like: bad service
Fav Tipple: booze
Fav Cocktail: anything made well
Fav Record: the tracey chapman collection
Fav Film: Memphis Belle
Happiness is: a drink with the boys
Hero: I have many inspirations...read Chronicles of an Average Bartender
Where would you rather be: nowhere
What do you know?: i don't know much........but i know i love you
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