Kicking off our 15 minutes of fame

Each newsletter we will be featuring members and patrons of BuGils Bali, giving stories on their lives and adventures and welcome  any funny stories you may have on our staff or guests...

For any articles you would like to have published and any gossip you want to share please pass it onto Melida or Mark. This newsletter we are kicking off our 15 minutes of fame with arguably the hottest bar ops manager serving the coldest beer in Indonesia, Widi (on the photo) !!!

"I was born on the 11th of October 1978 in Jakarta in Java but raised in Solo. One of four siblings with an older brother and sister and a baby sister to play with. At the age of 18 I started my hospitality career in a café called Balemang where I remained employed for 3 years.

On one evening we held a farewell party at the cafe for a Dutchman, during the party I was called over by one of the guests who asked “why are you still working and your work mates are all sitting down?” Well I told him, because they are senior to me and they are tired from working during the party. Well, this man introduced himself as Bart and said that he had a bar and wondered  if I would like to join  the team  and work there?  I asked
him which bar is it and where, he said the bar is called BuGils and it is in Senayan so I agreed to visit the bar for an interview and the rest is BuGils all the way!!!!

I have been part of the BuGils team since June first 2000 an still going strong, starting off as a waitress and moving into a bartenders position which was easy with my cocktails knowledge and worked my way to assistant bar manager along with the nickname (Speedy Widi) if you want to know why, come and sit at my bar!! Four years have past and it was a bitter/sweet time, my manager had to leave us and return to Paris with her husband. As sad as it was losing a team member and good friend, it gave me the opportunity to become bar manager which is the position I hold to this day.

BuGils Jakarta remained until the 13th of December 2008 although several other bars of the BuGils group were busy in Jakarta the decision was made to open BuGils Bali where I was asked to run and here I am, Speedy Widi BuGils Bali!!!"