The 37-year-old is not new to India. “I first visited India in 2008, and worked with a hotel to train Indian bartenders in multiple cities, including Mumbai, Goa and Delhi. I was back in 2012 for a project in Gurgaon,” he recalls. As a flair bartender, he understands the risks. He keeps a fire extinguisher handy under the bar, and a wet cloth to cover the fire if it spills. “I have years of practice, and I always tell people to not try it on their own.”

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Go-to ingredients: My drinks are clear and don’t give a hangover. But they are strong. I focus mainly on the outcome of the drink. I use fresh ingredients, and small amounts of spices only to give a bright and fun taste. Vodka, gin and rum are my preferred liquors. There is always room for bourbon.

Favourite hack while making a cocktail: If you talk to me, and answer a few questions that I ask, the taste is going to be exactly what you were craving for.
Hangover cure: Add lots of vitamin-rich ingredients

What should a good drink have: A great knowledge of the taste, a technique that gives value, you drink it and think that this was the taste you were looking for.  In my opinion, a good drink should taste fresh, be full of vitamins and low in sugar content. Sometimes they should be sweet and sour, otherwise sweet and spicy. I like to make them in dark chocolate or creamy concoctions.

On: October 7; 8 pm to 12 am
At: Sette Mara, St Regis, Level 9M, Lower Parel. 
Call: 8657522956
Cost: Rs 1,500 for cocktails, dinner is a la carte