DOUBLE DUTCH SCHOLARSHIP COHORT 2021

We are super excited to reveal our cohort for the Double Dutch Scholarship Programme 2021. These aspiring female bartenders and mixologists have shown tremendous potential and we are delighted to have them on board!

Cohort For The Double Dutch Scholarship Programme 2021

Amber Halpin – The Belle Group – Bar Manager

Laura Gandon – Laki Kane – Junior Bartender

Jane Nolan – The Mother Superior – Director

Hollie Kingston – The Botanist – Bartender

Skirmante Vosyliute (Skye) – Baccarat bar – Bartender

Lauren Medway – The Botanist – Bartender

Desirée de Almeida Maldonado – Laki Kane – Bartender

Breagha Wolfgang– MacMerry300 LTD – Bar manager

Courtney Francis– Ojo Rojo – Bartender

Hatice Aydin – The Leafy Elephant – FOH Manager

Rhianna Grace Skelton – The Refuge by Volta – Bartender

Laura Simonelli – DISHOOM – Bar Trainer and Batches Department Manager

Sian Buchan – Uno Mas – Co-owner

Melanie Pihee – Dishoom – Bartender

Chloe McEwan Coll – Bunker bar – Venue Supervisor

Sinéad Boyce – Dishoom Birmingham – Deputy Head Bartender

Ana Sofia Garanito SilvaNew World Trading Company – Bar Coach

Lauren Barnett – Lcb Social – Social Media Manager

Empower & Inspire Our Aspiring Bartenders & Mixologists

Congratulations! We want to empower and inspire our aspiring bartenders and mixologists, and who better to help us than top experts from across bartending and hospitality? We have some industry icons leading the sessions, with bespoke mentoringand one-to-one training.

Our innovative 3-month scholarship programme will include sessions that are split into 3 modules; Flavour, Professional and Personal Branding. Within this we will embrace a diverse range of topics from molecular pairing, creating classic cocktails and competing in competitions to networking, branding, social media and wellness (to name just a few!).

This mentoring initiative allows our cohort to develop bartending skills, business skills and personal branding opportunities. It’s time to give talented women the tools to succeed in bartending and hospitality, so we can tackle under-representation together! And have one or two mixers and tonics along the way.

We can’t wait to get started! Let’s shake up the industry!

Joyce & Raissa