The award is voted for by the bartenders on this 12 months’s record of The World’s 50 Finest Bars, who have been requested to call one peer who pushes the bounds of what it means to be an ideal bartender.
“This award actually isn’t about me, however everybody concerned with the bar. Sure, my identify is on it however the previous few years have been an ideal journey with the entire workforce,” Trinh advised Drinks Worldwide.
French with Vietnamese heritage, Trinh was born into hospitality, rising up in his mother and father’ eating places. In 2013, his journey led him to Cartagena de Indias and the expertise of Colombian hospitality, opening his first pop-up bar six months later, to then set up Alquímico inside three years.
In 2020, Alquímico joined the record of The World’s 50 Finest Bars at No.47, the primary Colombian bar ever to function. The bar presents three ideas, La Mansión, El Balcón and Terrazza, every with their very own distinctive cocktail menu.
“We’ve made reminiscences for all times and on high of that, we’ve fully modified the best way we take into consideration operating our bar,” stated Trinh.
In 2018, Alquímico invested in a 25 acre farm in rural Colombia to develop produce for the high-volume cocktail programme, in the course of the pandemic, Trinh led his workforce #FromTheBarToTheFarm, housing his bartenders and their households and collaborating with native small producers and farmers.
“In fact, I need to thank 50 Finest Bars and Altos and all the bartenders on the market who voted. It’s nice to get recognition for what we achieved however the true prize has been to see the expansion of the workforce and bond with them by way of such a tricky time,” Trinh added.
The countdown of the record of The World’s 50 Finest Bars 2022, sponsored by Perrier, may even be broadcasted reside to a worldwide viewers who aren’t in a position to attend in particular person. Bars and cocktail lovers are invited to affix by way of The World’s 50 Finest Bars Fb web page and 50 Finest Bars TV channel on YouTube.
Mark Sansom, content material director for The World’s 50 Finest Bars, stated: “From his ingenious method to the artwork of cocktail making to his forward-thinking angle in the direction of sustainability and his dedication to his workforce and his group, Jean’s spirit rings true to every of the important thing tenets of what makes a winner of the Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award.”
