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Las Carretas
Mexican Restaurant
Training for the Team
March 2009
Las Carretas recognizes the importance of continuous training for the Team to keep up with today's world-wide trends on lifestyle dining.
As a result, our working partner, Diageo Inc. coordinated the training on Don Julio Tequilas. Spike Merchant, the world brand ambassador for Diageo Inc. was flown-in to train our Team specifically on Don Julio Tequilas.
Expect some new concoction from us SOON !
Spike Marchant
 Spike Marchant first stepped behind the bar over twenty years ago while still under legal drinking age! After surviving being banished to the kitchen as a dishwasher he has since worked all the way back up in the industry.
He has an extensive professional background working in some of London's top bars since the early1990's. Part of the opening management teams of theseminal institutions of the Atlantic Bar & Grill and Mezzo, he also worked on the opening of Mondo, Two Floors, Red and many more.
In1997 he opened his own venture award-winning venue Alphabet part of theclass of new-wave bars that helped transform cocktail culture in London, and followed this three years later by Amber an Iberian-Brazilian fusion restaurant.
He has worked as an spirit ambassador for several major spirit companiesincluding and was part of the highly awarded Gorgeous Group consultancy for several years working on projects like the Bar at the Dorchester, Cloud 23 in Manchester and the 5 star Molino Stucky Hilton in Venice.
Spike travels extensively with work and for the last few years has been centrally involved with the "Inspired Luxury" and World Class programmes for Diageo a global platform for brands, cocktail and spirit education.
The Inspired Luxury programme has already been to Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore, Taipei, Singapore, Caracas, Bogotá, Mexico City, New York and LosAngeles, Johannesburg and most major European capitals in the last two and a half years.
World Class is the first worldwide bartender competition on a truly global scaleand Spike and is passionate about it's importance and how it will build thegrowing international awareness of drinks creativity and brands.
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