The Bar Methods Team

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Chris Bidmead

Founder & CEO

Chris Bidmead is the most rounded, dynamic events and hospitality professional you’re likely to meet. From events to hospitality consulting, to construction and logistics, Chris is known throughout the spirits industry as a mechanic. Chris builds the engines that run bars, restaurants, events, and his most enduring masterpiece Bar Methods. He also literally builds ergonomically correct, and functional bars and the concepts they serve.

As the silent hand propelling profitable bar operations in the New York metro area for the last fifteen years, Chris has developed a signature methodology that all but assures the success of his clients in the most demanding and competitive market in the world.

Chris’ brainchild Bar Methods is a hospitality and cocktail masterclass drilling down on the essential techniques and skills of a proficient modern bartender. This is punctuated with an annual prestigious invitation-only course that has been attended by hundreds of bartenders from around the world and has yielded the next generation of bartenders, bar managers, and beverage directors. Bar Methods is enjoying its sixth year in operation and continues to feature the brightest minds and thought leaders as its instructors.

Meet Our Experts

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Past & Present

Josh Terrill

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Ted Kilpatrick

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Sother Teague

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Naama Tamir

Clare Gordon

Kate Gerwin

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John Henderson

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Zahra Bates

Jason Littrell

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Kate Hollowcheck

Adrienne Byard Hastings

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John Guarda