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2020 Finalists
2020 Finalists

2020 Finalists

In its second year, the Havana Club Bar Entrepreneur Awards received a fantastic response from talented bar entrepreneurs around the world, with 165 nominations received from three continents, from March to July 2020.

We were delighted to announce the 13 finalists of the Bar Entrepreneur Awards 2020. Click the boxes below to find out more about each entrepreneur.

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Andrew Ho and Bastien Ciocca

At Hope & Sesame we have done over 100 guest shifts across China, Asia, Australia and Europe, trying to put Guangzhou on the world's cocktail map, says
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Claudia Cabrera Rodriguez

Kaito is the first bar in Mexico and Latin America which was created, designed and 100% operated by females, says Claudia Cabrera Rodriguez, bar owner
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Dave Mulligan

I am totally dedicated, committed and slightly obsessed with the revival of Irish poitín while making it a respected and requested global category amongst
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Diego Cabrera

Our goal is to stamp out the inequality that exists in the world of bars, says Diego Cabrera, bar owner of Madrid's Salmón Gurú. Not because it is a
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Igor Zernov

Five years ago nobody even thought about promoting bar events in Saint-Petersburg, about bringing alcohol budgets into the city and not even about launching
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James Hopkins

Since 2010, London Cocktail Club has gone from strength to strength. But James Hopkins, co-founder of the UK bar chain, considers the pandemic as one of
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Lucas Groglio

Our vision is to become leaders in sustainability and healthy habits inside the cocktail and spirits industry, says Lucas Groglio, Argentinian bartender
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Monica Berg

It took us four years, more or less, to open our bar. It was a great learning experience, and despite being very tough and challenging, we did it, says
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Oliver Margan

Primarily, I want to create a venue whereby guests and staff alike leave feeling enriched and happier than they did arriving, says Ollie Margan, the entrepreneur
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Omer Gazit-Shalev

In the last 10 years in hospitality I've found my passion and strength, says Omer Gazit-Shalev, founder of Tel-Aviv Cocktail Week and director of international
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Rani al Raji

Normally, people go into this business to make money, says Rani al Raji, bar owner of Beirut's cocktail bar Brazzaville. In my case, of course I want to
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Tato Giovannoni

My main goal was to do a bar that represents Argentina in some way, says Argentinian entrepreneur Renato 'Tato' Giovannoni. We tell the story of immigration
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Yeferson Avila Rodriguez and Jean Trinh

Yeferson and Jean are the duo behind cocktail bar Alquímico in the city of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. We opened Alquímico as a cocktail bar in 2016
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Havana Club 7 Year Old

This Cuban rum, aged for a minimum of seven years in ex-bourbon casks, is produced by a joint-venture between Pernod and state-owned Cuba Ron.
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Havana Club 3 Year Old

The best-known expression of the leading Cuban rum brand, this light rum is aged for three years in ex-bourbon casks giving it a light straw yellow hue.
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Havana Club Anejo Especial Rum

A blend of rums made from the fermented molasses of sugar cane harvested in Cuba, distilled using column stills and aged for up to five years. The blend
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Havana Club Professional Edición A

El Floridita is one of Havana’s, and indeed the world’s, most legendary bars. Pouring some 90 cases of rum per week, it’s also one of Havana Club’s
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Havana Club Professional Edición B

Bottled in July 2018, this rum is the brilliant result of a mistake and a bartender, Nick Strangeway, working with a Cuban Maestro del Ron Cabano, Asbel
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Havana Club Professional Edición C

Havana Club Professional Edition C is a rich and raw gold rum blended from young aromatic aguardiente with older rum bases aged in San José distillery's
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Havana Club Professional Edición D

Havana Club Professional Edition D is a fresh aromatic white rum made from a blend of fresh destilado de caña with full-bodied and aromatic extra-aged
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Havana Club Tributo 2017 (2nd Edition)

Launched in March 2017, Tributo 2017 is the second release in Havana Club's Tributo collection and comprises 2,500 bottles. The press release which accompanied
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Havana Club Seleccion de Maestros Rum

Launched in 2011, the liquid inside Selección de Maestros is believed to be the same as the former Cuban Barrel Proof. Exceptional casks of aged rum are
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Havana Club Maximo Extra Anejo Rum

Máximo is an ultra-premium rum created by Don José Navarro, Primer Maestro Ronero, by blending a selection of rums from the ageing cellars of Havana