Since 2001 Shaker has been gaining some significant attention from the media both online and offline, here are some of the features written about shaker over the last few years, here's to the ever-popular barschool and support of our clients and students alike, here's to the flairschool and the crazy flairtenders that now grace the hospitality industry, here's to social mixology and liquid therapy.
SHAKER SA PRESS
TRADE WITH BRITAIN
UK Bartending Company to shake up SA bar scene
Shaker BarSchool, a groundbraking UK Bartending Company that is set to shake up the South African bar scene, opened an office in Cape Town in August....read more
Sunday Times - Lifestyle Magazine
Everybody will be talking about.......
Becoming a SHAKER cocktail guru.
If there is a must-have skill as the party season starts, it's being able to shake that canister a la Tom Cruise in Cocktail. Now you can brush up on your mixology vocabulary and skills by taking a course on how to become a cocktail guru........read more
FHM Magazine December 2006
We sent FHM's Captain Beer to learn from the best - winner of the Beefeater Barman World Championships in Barcelona - Jamie Stephenson from Shaker..........
UK bartending company launches in SA
Shaker, a groundbreaking UK bartending company, has officially launched in South Africa by opening an office in Cape Town in August 2006. Shaker BarSchool® will be offering two five-day bartending courses in Cape Town starting in September: the International Bartenders Course (IBC) and the Intermediate Flair Course.
But this dynamic bar school is not just limited to aspiring bartenders – those individuals wanting to have some fun and develop a new skill that will spice up any home party are welcome too.
For more details on the courses call Shaker BarSchool on + 27 (0) 21 422 1574 or 083 6115 100 or send an email toinfo@shaker.co.za.
UK flair bartending champion Anil Sabharwal
of Shaker BarSchool® seen here on Camps
Bay beach in Cape Town
The Cape Towner, 24th Aug 2006
"Shaker BarSchool was officially launched in Cape Town last week with a evening of decadent cocktails and breath-taking flairing demonstrations"
The Weekender, 2nd Oct 2006
"So a man walks into a bar...the role of the bartender is a epic brew; two parts myth and one part true. Donald Paul talks to the guys from Shaker SA who want it shaken and stirred".
Anil Sabharwal, die Verenigde Koninkryk se kampioen "flair" kroegman en Maryna Coetzer van die kroegbedieningskool, Shaker SA, gesels met Anthea Warner tydens 'n uitsending van Oggend op RSG.
SHAKER UK PRESS
TELEVISION
Carlton TV - ITV
Carton tv's louise tugwell (director) acquired the expertise of adam freeth to talk about the classic bloody mary and one of adam's contemporary variations the cherry tom martini, using fresh cherry tomatoes. 2001
Discovery channel
"he's gotta have it" the popular programme introduced by the discovery channel will feature shaker uk's very own flair maestro anil sabharwal, in late autumn 2003. Stand up comedian roland revron will be taught the art of 'flair' bartending using the industries training aid 'the flair bottle'. Anil was asked to teach the wacky comedian a few moves taken from the uk's first flairschool. 2002
St Lucia TV
Adam Freeth & Jamie Stephenson spent a week on the island of St Lucia, employed by the St Lucia Distillers to train 20 of the islands top bartenders. A local TV crew followed the story and interviewed the Shaker team about professional bartending, cocktail and the Lucian style of drinks.
TRADE PRESS
Theme Magazine
"Shaker uk are quite an exceptional company" sept 2002
"Shaker is taking bartenders back to school with Birmingham?s first ever barschool" july 2004
"Shaker...Causing a Stir in the Capital" April 2005
"Richard Gillam, Shaker Operations Manager, National Mixology Finalist" April 2005
CLASS
"Shaker...Causing a Stir in the Capital" March 2005
Caterer & Hotelkeeper
"shaken all over, stir yourself to the shaker barschool"
"adam freeth he's a man worth watching" july 2004
"learn the delicate of the professional mixologist at the Uk's leading bartending school, shaker BarSchool" Feb 2005
Night
"shaker has trained students that reside amongst the more
Notable independent operators throughout the uk" july 2004
REGIONAL PRESS
The Herald and Post
"there's a whole lotta shaking going on with drinks supreme"
Feb 2002
The Birmingham Post
"twisting the tails, one city cocktail connoisseur
Has set up a school with a twist" 18th march 2004
TNT Magazine
Cocktail Culture
"Making a dilicious drink from a selection of spirits and mixers is an art worth learning" Experienced BarWomen Emily Colston remembers a few of her favourites.
"I have been to many cocktail courses during my five years (part-time) behind the bar; most of them concentrate on preparing a couple of different cocktails, cobbling together your drinks from a strict list of ingredients. If you really want the art of making cocktails to stick, you have to lay the right foundations - could there be a better place to indulge in mixology"
"Most of the cocktail courses are pretty hands on; some are directed at professionals. some are aimed at the enthusiatic drinkers, others are open to all. The only thing they'll all have in common is they aim to impart the delicate art of mixing drinks"
NATIONAL & LIFESTYLE PRESS
Sunday Times - July 2007
I’m being a barman with flair
“the next time the man serving you a drink does so with even a hint of theatrics – a cheeky high-pour, say, or a roll of the bottle along a hairy forearm – tip him well because he has “flair” in his soul…
On the cocktail course you’ll learn how drinks have moved on from the smuttily named liqueur combos (remember the Long Slow Comfortable Screw?) and sugary rims of the 1980s. Today a desirable cocktail is all about fresh ingredients and a sensory wallop that appeals as much to eye and nose as to tastebuds. You’ll stir, shake, layer, strain and smash, and you’ll learn the basics about which drinks should never be mixed – like lime cordial and Baileys, for instance.” read more
Guardian - education supplement
'you take a cocktail shaker, cold enough to write your name on it, a handful of cherry tomatoes, a good swish of ketel one vodka, and a sprinkling of lee & perrin's. Shake it all about. Strain the resulting concoction into an icy martini glass and garnish prettily with a plump little tomato. It is the colour of unripe watermelon. It tastes like a delicate, rather fragrant bloody mary. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the cherry tomato martini? Sept 2002
Maxim Magazine
Shaker designs bespoke cocktails for leading clothes designers. Including; armani, pringle, paul smith, burburry, prada and gucci. May 2004
Marie Claire
"you can learn the art of mixology and be served by some of the bar industry's top mixologists in the comfort of your own home. Shaker UK, will come to your office or home fully kitted out with bar and stock and provide a full cocktail bar service, which can involve their innovative team building activity...DIY Mixology.The Generation Game." Aug 2004
INTERNATIONAL PRESS
Asian hotel and catering times - Hong Kong
MIXOLOGY MAG - Germany
Faliraki mirror
Shaker
UK Head Office
Jubilee Centre
130 Pershore Street
Birmingham, B5 6ND.
e Town starting in September: the International Bartenders Course (IBC) and the Intermediate Flair Course.
