Friday, July 24, 2009

People I've met 4: Best Bartender


This week I got the opportunity to see and interview T.G.I.Friday's National Champion Bartender 5-years running, Brian Zachau.
The Maple Grove restaurant was hoppin', but Brian was keeping up and making moves that would've made Tom Cruise in the movie "Cocktail" a bit jealous. It was impressive to watch, and easy to understand why people come here specifically to watch the bartending show.
Brian got into bartending in college, where else? He's been a competitive bartender for several years since and even runs his own company training other bartenders and providing flair bartenders for weddings and events.
Good Luck Brian in this year's world competition--the US hasn't had a winner since 1998, but Brian has placed 2nd four times...

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