Englishman Jason Crawley has a rich industry profile with over two decades of international experience. Since arriving in Australia in 2000, Jason has been at the forefront of the bartending community and opened some outstanding venues; Hilton’s Zeta being his swan song in 2005, where he won “Cocktail List of the Year” & “New Venue of the Year”. Since moving into corporate life, Jason has won Brand Ambassador of the year twice in 2008-09 and was recently recognised as the top three most influential industry figure heads by Australian Bartender magazine. Jason has carried on his scholarly passion as a keen and satirical writer developing a cult industry following from his monthly contributions to both trade and consumer press. Jason now works as the Brand Training Team Manager for CCA.

Sebastian was Bartender magazine’s Bartender of the Year in 2008 and in the same year 1806 was awarded ‘Best Cocktail List in the World’ at New Orleans’ Tales of the Cocktail. Following that success, Sebastian settled down to write Complete Cocktails (in stores now) and has a new book on cocktail history that will be available late 2011. When not reading or writing about cocktails, Sebastian is either making them, or training other people to make them. With a little searching, Sebastian can still be found behind the bar at 1806.