Four questions for four of Singapore’s award-winning bartenders
Singapore is shaking things up across the world cocktail scene
We speak to the team who represented Singapore.
The inaugural Southeast Asia Diageo World Class Finals recently concluded, which saw three of our homegrown bartenders come out on top.
The intense two-day competition, which saw 28 of the best bartenders from six Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong compete against each other, ended with Singapore coming out top, with Steve Leong taking home the award for Diageo Reserve World Class South East Asia Bartender of the Year 2015 ad the team taking home the Team Challenge Award.
We chatted with the island’s top four bartenders who recently showcased their talents at the Diageo World Class Bar Experience to find out how they found the competition and where they see Singapore in the world’s cocktail scene.
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Sam Wong is bartender and owner of Ah Sam’s Cold Drink Stall. He clinched the Occasion Challenge Award at the competition.
In the finals … we got to see people playing with different stuff that we didn’t even think about doing ourselves – which is a good thing because we get to learn form them as well.
My inspiration … is in the everyday. For example, if I feel a certain way, I want to create a drink that replicates that feeling. The same for events, they often make it into my menu as well — which is why we don’t have a fixed drinks menu. Most of the time we just ask the guest what they like go from there.
The Singapore cocktail scene … is progressing really fast. We still have room to grow, but so far, so good — we’re doing well.
Food pairings are popular now… people like to whip up stuff to eat along with the drinks they’ve created. Sometimes the classics get a little boring, so people like to add a twist, say with Asian flavours — like our champion, who paired a dry martini with chicken rice.
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