BARTENDER
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
Have you got what it takes to thrive as a bartender? Are you already working within the trade but want to bolster your skills and learn from some of the best in the game? Double Dutch’s Scholarship Programme could be just what you’ve been waiting for! As a female-led business, we’ve always been passionate about celebrating women in drinks and hospitality. It’s close to the hearts of Joyce and Raissa de Haas, the twin female co-founders of Double Dutch Drinks. Sadly, in 2022, there is still clear under-representation across the industry, and this is something we hope to help tackle through our innovative scholarship and mentoring initiative.
WHAT WILL IT ENTAIL?
The annual Bartender Scholarship Programme has been set up to empower aspiring female bartenders and mixologists in the UK – to foster up-and-coming talent through a line-up of unique educational sessions. Open to women aged 21 and over who are already working within the industry or are looking to break into bartending, it will encompass professional training and bespoke mentoring.
Double Dutch is partnering with several industry icons who will take on important roles as mentors, offering expert, one-to-one training and sharing their knowledge, insights and advice.
The holistic mentoring scheme will embrace a diverse array of topics, from molecular pairing, creating classic cocktails and competing in competitions to networking, branding, social media and wellness, to name just a few. It will cover all the bases that you need to succeed and achieve star quality!
Confirmed mentors so far (more will be added over the next month!):
- Joyce de Haas, co-founder, Double Dutch
- Raissa de Haas, co-founder, Double Dutch
- Laura Willoughby, Co-founder Club Soda
- Sarah Wildman-King, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Wonderworks Communications
- Millie Milliken, Freelance Drinks & Hospitality Journalist
- Anna Sebastian, Hospitality Consultant
- Kate Lloyd, Founder, Second Chapter
- Kelly Harrison, Head of Bars, New World Trading Company
- James Goggin, Head of Sales, Empirical Spirits
- Claudia Carrozzi, President, United Kingdom Bartenders Guild
- Emma Stokes, Founder, Gin Monkey
- Tess Pothumus, Bar owner & bartender, Flying Dutchmen Cocktails & Dutch Courage
- Nicolas Medicamento, Founder, Doctor Cocktail
- Georgi Radev, Creative Director, Laki Kane
- Harp Mann, Mixologist, Drink Content Innovator & Social Media Pro, Mix Mann
- Patrick Howley, Founder, So lets talk
HOW TO APPLY
*Please note deadline is 30th May.
UK entrants only.
All information supplied will be kept confidential.
