Diplomat Bar @ Conrad Bangkok hold opening party to welcome Nicolas Everrard- Master Mixologist from Belgium

Conrad Bangkok, in collaboration with co-sponsors Ketel One and China Airlines, welcomed Nicolas Everrard, the master mixologist from Conrad Brussels, acclaimed twice as “Best Barman in Beligium” and awarded 4^th place at the World Cocktail Competition, at an opening party on Friday August 19th at the Diplomat Bar.

Nicolas has more than 10 years experience in cocktail creations in hotel bars & restaurants in Belgium, initially at the Hilton Brussels as Bar Waiter. After 9 years expertise, he moved to the Conrad Brussels, joining Loui Lounge & Bar as Assistant Manager, where he creates his very special seductive cocktails named Fancy Rescue and Flower Power that become very popular and have won many honor prizes. He is visiting Bangkok for the first time, and during his short stay at the Conrad Bangkok, will be creating cocktails and demonstrating his bartending skills at the Diplomat Bar- from August 19th to 27th.

At the opening event, Nicolas was presented with the daunting task of preparing six of his specially selected cocktail creations for a throng of invited guests and media eager to taste his creations. With a bar counter fully loaded with cocktail glasses, Nicolas and the team of bartenders at the Diplomat Bar admirably provided a steady flow of cocktails for over two hours. The house jazz band provided the background music for the event.

Preparing the cocktails

An impressive large ice sculpture of a “hand holding a cocktail shaker” was the centre piece for the official opening with Nicolas pouring one of his cocktails down through the sculpture to be collected in a cocktail glass at the other side by Conrad Bangkok Director of Food & Beverage, Jean-Philippe Joye.