Annually on the Bartender Journal Australian Bar Awards a person is recognised with the award for Excellent Contribution. This award pays tribute to somebody who has made a marked distinction to the bar trade by their ardour and dedication, and who has had an outsized, constructive impact on the trade.
The 2023 Excellent Contribution recipient, Stefano Catino, actually wants no introduction. He has gained many awards – all the pieces from our Most Influential Listing #1 in 2022, to his bar Possibly Sammy making the World’s 50 Greatest Bars Listing constantly over the previous few years.
“I even have this loopy want to ensure everyone seems to be having time, possibly generally is an excessive amount of however I simply like it.” – Stefano Catino
Stefano is co-founder of the Possibly Group, the crew behind Possibly Frank, Possibly Sammy, Sammy Jnr and Dean & Nancy on 22. This 12 months, they joined forces with Public Hospitality, opening their first venue with the, El Primo Sanchez in Paddington.
Coming from the famed Cinque Terre area of Italy, hospitality is in Stefano’s blood. And when he moved to Australia, and labored underneath the tutelage of fellow Italian Marco Faraone, he actually honed his hospitality expertise and his ardour for the Australian trade.
What everyone knows and love Stefano for is his ardour for enjoyable. In a current interview with us he mentioned: “I even have this loopy want to ensure everyone seems to be having time, possibly generally is an excessive amount of however I simply like it.”
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David Spanton, Bar Awards Founder, says: “Stefano’s enthusiasm and fervour for the hospitality trade is contagious and it shines by in his venues. He’s additionally not afraid to talk up on contentious points that impression our bars. Australia is fortunate he determined make that is residence.”
An enormous congratulations to Stefano and his crew. We sit up for presenting this award to you on the Bar Awards on 13 September throughout Sydney Bar Week.
BAR AWARDS TICKETS
And when you’re a finalist on this 12 months’s awards, ticket gross sales are actually open at sydneybarweek.com.au/bar-awards Tickets are solely obtainable for sponsors and the bar commerce, so wait till your class is introduced earlier than buying.
Please word: Tickets could be bought in Tables of 10 or 11. For something lower than that, you may be seated with different visitors. We’ll do our greatest to accommodate all seating requests however generally it isn’t doable.
The twenty second Annual Bartender Journal Bar Awards is a part of the official Sydney Bar Week 2023 line-up.
Sydney Bar Week 2023, 9-13 September, 2023
