Discover The Grand Encounter: Behind the Bar
It’s not just about the drinks. A bar is the subtle line that slightly separates stories, made of people, experiences, memories and projects. It’s where cocktails are silent witnesses of magic unfolding, the one that occurs when ideas and backgrounds merge: encounters, the unexpected combinations that happen together with everything that comes into their creations.
The Grand Encounter: Behind the Bar is the new mini-series created by Grand Marnier, launching today and delving into the occasions, very often surprising an unexpected, that can happen in the bar industry. A series of three episodes, each depicting the encounter of two apparently different worlds that merge into one, just like the iconic combination of cognac and bitter orange does in Grand Marnier.
In each episode, world-renowned bartender and bar entrepreneur Carina Soto Velasquez will host an industry leading contributor, sharing their ideas and opinions about hospitality and their conception of bartending: The Grand Encounter: Behind the Bar will describe the creativity that sparkles from the collision of different worlds, ranging from historical notes to technical details, all while including personal stories and useful suggestions for other bartenders.
Coming from Canada and USA, the three guests will each feature their local heritage and their specific talents and interpretation of hospitality, bringing The Grand Encounter: Behind the Bar to life and tackling the most important and relevant themes for the bartending community.
Hugo Togni (bar manager and co-owner of Bar Pompette, Toronto), Takuma Watanabe (founder and owner of Martiny’s and L’Americana, New York) and Deniseea Head (founder of Chicken&Champagne and Good Trouble, New Orleans) will take you on a grand journey, thanks to their Grand Encounters.
Stay tuned for more.
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