Felice Capasso

Promoting education, cultural awareness, and perseverance, Felice is an award-winning Bartender, Educator, Writer and Entrepreneur in the drinks business.

Founder of The Spirits Journal and Sesto Senso Academy.

Based in Oslo, he represents a generation of professionals who combine technical knowledge with cultural curiosity and refined hospitality.

His career began behind a small coffee bar in the suburbs of Napoli, the south of Italy, where an early fascination for aromas, flavours and cocktails led him to study the craft of bartending.

At eighteen, he moved to London to explore the world, and entered the world of luxury hospitality, learning discipline, precision, and the importance of detail. Over the years, his journey took him across England, Australia, UAE, Spain, and Norway where he managed high-end cocktail bars, led beverage programs, and developed his voice as a Bartender and Educator.

During this time, Felice also served as Global Brand Ambassador and Director of Education for internationally renowned spirits brands, overseeing training programs, advocacy strategy and creative development across multiple markets. These experiences helped him merge technical expertise with communication, and taught him how education can bridge knowledge and inspiration.

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In 2023, Felice was named Industry Improver of the Year at the Bartenders’ Choice Awards in Norway for his contribution to education and professional growth in the bar community.

Two years later, he won the Diageo World Class Global Finals in Toronto, becoming the World Class Global Bartender of The Year 2025 - after competing in what is arguably the world’s most respected bartending competition, where thousands of bartenders from over fifty countries compete each year through challenges that test skill, creativity, hospitality, flavours and composure.

Through his publication The Spirits Journal, Felice writes articles about the cultural and scientific side of distilled spirits, making it accessible to everybody, while with Sesto Senso Academy he continues to develop certified spirits and wine education in partnership with the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET).

To this day, Felice travels the world making cocktails, inspiring and being inspired.

His Motto is:

Learn • Improve • Inspire • Repeat

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