Monica Berg

Monica Berg is a London based multi – award winning bartender and entrepreneur. Her work includes Muyu liqueurs and London bar(s) Tayēr + Elementary with partner Alex Kratena – currently no 4 on The Worlds 50 Best Bars 2024, and in 2022 won “Best International Cocktail Bar” at Tales of The Cocktail’s Spirited Awards.

She has been featured in Wallpaper* Graduate Directory 2018, as one of the brightest new talents to watch, and in 2019 she won the prestigious “International Bartender of The Year” at Spirited Awards, Tales of The Cocktail, and “Bartender’s Bartender” by The Worlds 50 Best Bars. 

In 2022, she is took on the role as Creative Director of the Campari Academy globally, a role that allows her to focus of her love for education, and empower learning opportunities for the wider hospitality community.

In 2024, she was named the most influential person in Bar World 100 by Drinks International for the 5^thconsecutive year, and received the “Industry Icon” award from The Worlds 50 Best Bars.

Her project BackOfHouse.Info, a free online resource for small businesses to get anonymous feedback from their teams, and where employees can flag harmful behavior, discrimination and harassment. 

In 2020 and 2022 Monica Berg and Alex Kratena won the Bar Innovators Of The Year Award by Class Magazine and during the Covid19 crisis launched Tayēr RTD; a collection of ready to drink bottled cocktails, which bring together the best of classic and contemporary flavours.

In 2024 the Tayēr Double Station which she co-designed with Alex Kratena & Behind Bars was longlisted at the Créatures Design Awards, and in March same year she received the Parabere Care Awards for business practices.