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JULIAN SHORT is good at making cocktails, and he likes drinking them, too.
This might be why he is a multiple winner of cocktail-making competitions. The 31-year-old secured his second South African Diageo World Class Bartender of the Year title, having previously won in 2017. Diageo’s World Class competition has trained more than 400 000 bartenders from 60 countries over the past 14 years.
Ballito’s Richie Nahlaka, bar manager at Alchemy Bar, came second, and Johannesburg’s Maynard Boozen, bar manager at Ethos, claimed third spot.
Short said: “I am overjoyed about winning this
