Dave Mulder started working in hospitality more than 15 years ago. Dave followed an entrepreneurship study on the Hotelschool in Amsterdam and started competing in hospitality competitions.

He is the owner of The Cocktail Agency & The Gourmet Agency which focuses on catering experiences, event planning, yacht supply, consultancy, bartenders hire, brand activation, training, workshops and new business with his partners in crime: Mates Rum, Moa Vodka, LALA Tequila, Bakers Best Genever, Sir Edmond Gin, 1689 Gin, Rheben Rhubarb liqueur, Bandoeng '22 liqueur, Ginamis 0% & Rumamis 0%.

Dave's work as been noticed by brands and he had the pleasure working together with brands such as: Chanel, Ray Ban, Tiffany & Co, Heineken, Netflix, Gucci & FIFPRO (during the Champions League men's finals in Paris 2022 & Istanbul 2023 and the womens finals in Torino 2022 & Eindhoven 2023.

Soon Dave starts his own A line and B line Ready To Drink cocktails with his signature award winning cocktails.

Competitions

In 2008 Mulder became European beer tapping champion during an international student bar competition where he competed in 5 different bar competitions in Estonia (AEHT competition). Soon after that, he won several prizes in cocktail mixing such as, 2^nd National Championship Cocktails & Best Technique Award in 2009, 2^ndInternational Calvados Nouvelle Vogue trophies 2010, and 1^st National Championship Cocktails & Best Technique Award in 2010.

Dave participated in the John Whyte Course in Singapore in 2009 and came back in Singapore during the World Championships Cocktails in 2010 to represent Holland and placed 14th. As the recipient of numerous awards in bartending, he has grown into a dynamic team leader, mentor and trainer in hospitality services.  

Dave is known not only as a bartender, but also as a board member of De Nederlandse Bartenders Club as competition commissioner & coach. Here he volunteers to coach & train Dutch Champions each year into World Championships Cocktails.

Over the last 14 years to World Championships Cocktails in Japan with competitor Airto Cramer, Denmark with Sharai Rodriquez, awarded Silver in Bartenders Choice category, Beijing with Robert Brommet, Bulgaria with Robert Brommet with a gold medal in the sparkling category, South Africa with Leroy Soumokil and latest championships in 2023 Italy with Nick Vrieling resulting in Gold Medal in category pre dinner.

Career

Dave has been the leading bar manager at MOMO Restaurant, Bar & Lounge for the past 6 years and was involved the start-up of the venues from the same group; Izakaya Amsterdam, The Duchess, Mr. Porter, The Butcher Albert Cuyp from The Entourage Group.

Dave also worked as F&B manager at Hotel Twenty Seven and Dave was in the start-up team of several other key places in Amsterdam such as Tunes Bar (now Taiko Bar) at Conservatorium Hotel.