Kaneko Michito (金子 道人, Kaneko Michito, born August 24, 1981)is a bartender from Japan.[1] He won the title, "Bartender of the Year", in Diageo World Class bartender competition in 2015.
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Kaneko was born in an artists' family in a countryside in Nara on August 24, 1981. He majored in food and beverage department. Before starting to be a bartender, he worked as a cook and a construction worker. His first job as a bartender was in Bar Tender in Wakayama. And then worked in the hotel bar, Bar Old Time, in Fujita Hotel in Nara.[2] His own bar, Lamp Bar ,was opened in Nara since December 2011.[3][4]。
He attended Diageo World Class Japan bartender competition in 2014, and placed in the top 10. In 2015, he won the champion of Japan in June, and won the global champion from more than 50,000 bartenders in August.[5] The competition location was in Cape Town, South Africa, Africa.[6]
Kaneko regards Takumi Watanabe as his mentor. There is a book about Kaneko and Takumi's cocktails, named "The Japanese Cocktail" in Chinese.[7]
References edit
- ^ Ellis Huang (2020-05-26). "來自古都奈良的調酒職人-金子道人……從廚房走進吧台的世界冠軍！". 史塔夫科技事務所 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ Smoker (2021-06-10). "金子道人の作る世界一のカクテル。お店や経歴は？匠の作品が知りたい。". SMOKER.Lookupトレンド (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "Six things we've learned about this year's Asia's 50 Best Bars list". DRiNK. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "Lamp Bar". 50 BEST Discovery. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ Lucy Jenkins (2015-09-07). "Japan's Kaneko named 'world's best bartender'". the drink business. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "金子道人(バーテンダー)の経歴や学歴は？ランプバーも紹介！". コモトピ (in Japanese). 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ 劉奎麟 姜靜綺 (November 2021). The Japanese Cocktail : The Philosophy of Takumi Watanabe & Michito Kaneko (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taiwan. p. 25. ISBN 9786269538508. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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