Takumi Watanabe (bartender)

Takumi Watanabe (渡邉匠, Takumi Watanabe, May 5, 1972) is a Japanese bartender.[1] He has worked in The Sailing Bar in Sakurai Nara since 1994.[2] He is known for the cocktail Takumi's Aviation.

Takumi Watanabe (渡邉匠)
Personal details
Born (1972-05-25) May 25, 1972
Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
OccupationBartender

Life

Watanabe was born in Gifu on May 25, 1972. After graduating from high school, he moved to Nara and majoyed in law. He worked for tuition in a bar and restaurant. At the time, he started to learn bartending. He has worked in The Sailing Bar since the bar opened in Sakurai since 1994. He was a brand ambassador for Taketsuru Japanese Pure Malt Whisky.[3]

Takumi's Aviation

He created a riff of Aviation in Diageo World Class bartenders competition in Athens, Greece in 2010.[4] Gary "Gaz" Regan, cocktail historian, named the drink Takumi's Aviation.[5] The drink was recorded in his book The Joy of Mixology.[6]

Cocktails
  • Takumi's Aviation an Aviation variant, recorded in Gary Regan's The Joy of Mixology.
  • Red Thorn is a riff of Blackthorn, recorded in Jared Brown & Anistatia Miller's The Deans of Drink and Gary Regan's 101 Best New Cocktails, Volume III.[7]
  • Cove was recorded in Gary Regan's 101 Best New Cocktails Volume IV, made with Taketsuru Whisky. At the time, Watanabe was the brand ambassador.

References
  1. "トップバーテンダーが感じた「パーフェクト・カクテル」渡邉 匠さんに聞く". BAR TIMES STORE (in Japanese). 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  2. Maggie Hiufu Wong (2015-05-02). "Are mixologists glorified bartenders or true drink masters?". CNN. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  3. 劉奎麟 姜靜綺 (November 2021). The Japanese Cocktail : The Philosophy of Takumi Watanabe & Michito Kaneko (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taiwan. p. 204. ISBN 9786269538508. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. "TAKUMI'S AVIATION". STEVE THE COCKTAIL. 2020-01-12. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  5. Gary Regan (2017-04-26). "Takumi's Aviation". LIQUOR.COM. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  6. "Takumi's Aviation". Difford's Guide. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  7. "Red Thorn". Difford's Guide. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
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