Bartending
A firm believer in serving the guest foremost,
Mixologist Stanislav Vadrna's life-long mission is to rejuvenate the
professional bartender’s status in the realm of hospitality. To that
end, Vadrna is working to redefine the global bar industry standards in
line with the Japanese philosophy of “ichi-go ichi-e,” or “one lifetime,
one meeting.” Though the concept—which says this moment is the only
moment and will not come back—originated in the Japanese tea ceremony,
and it translates fluidly into the wider world of hospitality,
especially behind the bar. Some people may drink to forget, but for
Vadrna, the experience of a cocktail is as much about celebrating and
acknowledging this moment (as it passes) as it is celebrating the craft
of a well-made drink.
It’s natural that Vadrna became so professionally enamored of the
“ichigo ichie” concept, as it falls directly in line with his own
bartending manifesto, which is both a declaration of presence (“be here
now”) and a promise to uphold the true “aloha” spirit of hospitality.
And as principal founder of the internationally acclaimed Analog
Bartending Institute, Vadrna is able to travel the world, spreading
these joint ideas and thus encouraging the evolution of the profession.
Born and raised in Slovakia, Vadrna’s cocktail career has taken him all
over the world. But when he’s not connecting Eastern ideals with
Western bar practices, Vadrna makes his home in Paris and Bratislava,
where he lives with his wife and daughter.
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