Known from First Dates

Victor Abeln

Bartender · storyteller · host

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Victor Abeln
photo: Annemieke van der Togt

About Victor

Yes, the one with those blue eyes.

To the wider public, Victor Abeln is known as bartender Victor from First Dates. The man behind the bar who has literally watched more than four and a half thousand first encounters begin with a nervous little smile and a drink. From his spot behind the bar he sees everything: the spark, the silence, the laugh someone gives away without realising it. He brings that unique view of love and connection with him beyond the set: as an expert, storyteller and host.

Clients

INGGall & GallDeloitteBreitlingBol.comHEMAClarinsERURoyal BlissBLG WonenHogeschool van AmsterdamPensioenfonds Horeca & CateringSt. Anna zorggroepBrocacefINGGall & GallDeloitteBreitlingBol.comHEMAClarinsERURoyal BlissBLG WonenHogeschool van AmsterdamPensioenfonds Horeca & CateringSt. Anna zorggroepBrocacef

Cocktail book

Anyone can make cocktails!

In Cocktails met Victor, Victor shares his professional secrets. Step by step, he walks you through setting up your own home bar, easy and approachable. What are the basics? Which tools are probably already in your kitchen drawer? And how do you actually get a cocktail in balance?

With just a handful of base spirits, Victor teaches you to make more than a hundred delicious cocktails: from the Whiskey Sour and Cosmopolitan to the Sex on the Beach, classics as well as new twists and mocktails.

Sipping a White Russian while listening to anecdotes from the most beloved bartender in the Netherlands: who wouldn't want that?

Podcast: De stamgast

People know me, but I know the people too. There's equality. A good local pub is welcoming: you leave your ego at the door and the conversations are about life, not about your career. Wonderful!

Bartender Victor talks to people about their favourite local pub and discovers why they feel so at home there, what makes the place so special, and the highs, and perhaps lows, the guest has experienced in that café.

More about De stamgast

at the table in the local pub
at the table in the local pub

Contact

Good conversations at the bar and beyond

Victor is used to good conversations, at the bar and beyond. Do you have an idea for a collaboration, an event, a performance or something else? Or just want to get something off your chest? Send a message and he'll get back to you as soon as possible.

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Victor is represented by Performer Agency.

photo: Lin Woldendorp