The world's best bartender is Italian and works in Melbourne

Orlando Marzo, from Melbourne's Lûmé restaurant, has been named the world's best bartender by the biggest bartending competition on the planet, WORLD CLASS Global Bartender of the Year 2018.

(L-R) Lorena Vasquez, Master Blender Ron Zacapa and Orlando Marzo, WORLD CLASS Bartender of the Year 2018 on stage during the global finals. Source: Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for WORLD CLASS

Orlando beat over 10,000 bartenders from every corner of the globe in a competition that spanned five continents, six months, hundreds of challenges and countless cocktails. It culminated in a four-day final, where 56 of the best bartenders in the business battled it out in the global cultural hotspot of Berlin.

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