Zero Waste – Creative Techniques in Mixology
Education: In person
Duration: 5 teaching hours
Language: Greek
Start date: Nov 2026
Aris Hatjiantoniou takes us to the world of Mixology by creating original concept cocktails!
Gain valuable theoretical and practical experience in the comfort of your personal work–station with Zero Waste – Creative techniques in the field of Mixology Seminar by Hotelbrain Academy.
Get in touch with the necessary bartending tools, elegant glasses and countless spirits of all kinds.
Upon completion of the Seminar participants will receive a manual with information on each distillate in the programme.
- Ways to produce creative cocktails with prebatching in large quantities
- Molecular applications that give solutions. Important rules of molecular applications and introduction to basic techniques. What is the philosophy behind the use of hydrocolloids and what are the “pitfalls” in creating concept cocktails.
- Viscosity and perception of alcohol sensation. How we exploit the way we recognise flavours in a cocktail
- Acid cocktails and ways to enhance their flavours. Ingredients that complete the sour sensation in the mouth and recipes with multiple uses
Aris Hatziantoniou
Aris Hatziantoniou belongs to the category of bartenders who turn a simple drink into a work of art. With over 25 years of experience in the restaurant industry, he started his career in 1997 and since then he has left an indelible mark in the field of bartending. He has presented and trained bartenders in more than 35 countries worldwide, winning distinctions in national bartending competitions and honorary awards from universities for the application of scientific techniques in food service.
He is currently a Global Ambassador Bartender for Metaxa, while he also holds the position of Bar Manager at the Dipnosofistirion Group. As a Leading Bartenders Society Ambassador for the Karoulias company, he plays an important role in promoting the profession, while he is a columnist in F.L.A.G. magazine and a judge in bartending competitions in Greece and abroad. Creator of MoMix Cocktails and co-creator of MoMix Bars, offering innovative mixology experiences, as well as the creator of Mr. Goodmix.
Students at the end of the program will be certified with a Certificate of Attendance from the Lifelong Learning Center (LLL) HotelBrain Academy.
HotelBrain Academy is a certified by the Ministry of Education and the EOPPEP Lifelong Learning Center (K.D.V.M. (license no. 29755/K6/15.3.2023 - Gazette B 1792/2023).
With your participation in the program you are entitled to free participation in the"Career Days" that HotelBrain Group implements every year, where you will meet and talk to the Managers of all 110 hotels of the Group.
