The Bar Awards Singapore 2017: Here are the Top 10 Contenders

PUBLISHED May 25th, 2017 06:00 am | UPDATED May 18th, 2020 04:26 pm

Singapore, we’re really proud of you because you’ve set a new record for The Bar Awards’ public nominations system this year! Smashing Hong Kong’s first year high of 525 respondents, 1,005 of you made your voices heard with regards to the bar community in Singapore.

After the public nominations closed on 14 May 2017, the longlist of nominees was put in the careful hands of The Panel – 55 members of the local food and beverage scene – to rank their top five in each of the ten categories. While the next round of voting by The Panel is underway to determine the Top 4 of each category and the ultimate winners for 2017 to be announced at the awards party on 18 June 2017, here’s the shortlist of the top 10 contenders:

The Rising Star, presented by Perrier

Ashwin Raj (28 Hongkong Street)
Bai Jia Wei (Employees Only Singapore)
Benedict Poh (Employees Only Singapore)
Brendon Khoo (Crackerjack)
Jayden Ong (Sugarhall)
Lee Pan Ying (Nutmeg & Clove)
Reena Rivera Mahendran (Crackerjack)
Rhyse Borland (Sugarhall)
Ronan Keilthy (Crackerjack)
Symphony Loo (Neon Pigeon)

Best Restaurant Bar, presented by Restaurant Pub & Bar Asia

Bread Street Kitchen
Burnt Ends
Crackerjack
Foc
Humpback
Neon Pigeon
Sugarhall
Tess Bar & Kitchen
Tippling Club
Vasco

Best Beer Experience, presented by Pilsner Urquell

Alchemist Beer Lab
Burger Joint
Druggists
Freehouse
Ice Cold Beer
Mikkeller Singapore
Smith Street Taps
Tap
The Good Beer Company
The World is Flat (Changi Airport) 

Best Bar Food, presented by Monkey 47

28 Hongkong Street
Ah Sam Cold Drink Stall
Antidote
Atlas
Crackerjack
Employees Only Singapore
Manhattan
Orihara Shoten
Sugarhall
Tess Bar & Kitchen 

Best Wine Experience, presented by Huber’s

Atlas
Burnt Ends
Cheek by Jowl
La Terre
Les Amis Restaurant
Praelum Wine Bistro
Restaurant Andre
Wine Connection
Wine on Tap
Wine Rvlt 

Most Creative Cocktail Bar, presented by Cointreau

Atlas
Crackerjack
Gibson
Manhattan
Native
Nutmeg & Clove
Operation Dagger
Smoke & Mirrors
The Other Room
Tippling Club 

Best New Cocktail Bar, presented by Campari

Atlas
Crackerjack
Employees Only Singapore
Fat Prince
Highball
Native
Skinny’s Lounge
The Other Room
The Wall
The World is Flat (Changi Airport)

Best Hospitality Team, presented by Johnnie Walker

28 Hongkong Street
Atlas
Crackerjack
Employees Only Singapore
Jigger & Pony
Manhattan
Native
Neon Pigeon
Skinny’s Lounge
Sugarhall

Bartender of the Year, presented by Bacardi

Anthony Zhong (Shin Gi Tai)
Bannie Kang (Anti:dote)
Boo Jing Heng (Tess Bar & Kitchen)
Davide Boncimino (The Other Room)
Joe Schofield (Tippling Club)
Peter Chua (Crackerjack)
Steve Schneider (Employees Only Singapore)
Vijay Mudaliar (Native)
Yugnes Susela (Smoke & Mirrors)
Zdenek Kastanek (28 Hongkong Street) 

Best Cocktail Bar, presented by Stolichnaya Vodka

28 Hongkong Street
Atlas
Crackerjack
Employees Only Singapore
Gibson
Jigger & Pony
Manhattan
Native
Operation Dagger
Tippling Club

 

Besides a nifty little list for all your bar-hopping needs in Singapore, The Bar Awards are also flying bartenders – 2017 winners from Bangkok and 2016 winners from Hong Kong (the 2017 HK edition will be happening in August) – from the region in for guest shifts in the days leading up to the awards party on 18 June 2017. Expect to see Ann Pinsuda Pongprom and Jamie Rhind from The Bamboo Bar (Mandarin Oriental Bangkok), Chacha Singsuwan from The Rabbit Hole (Bangkok), Arkadiusz Rybak from Zuma Hong Kong, Sandeep Hathiramani from Stockton (Hong Kong), as well CK Cho from Coley (Kuala Lumpur). Stay tuned for more details!

 

City Nomads is an official media partner for The Bar Awards 2017.