Mixologist with the “secret sauce” Lucas Winkler was born and raised in Poland. Getting into maturity, he pursued an training in Hospitality and Tourism Administration at Rhodes College in Greece.
Throughout his early years of bartending, he mastered each basic and fashionable cocktails, permitting him to develop a variety of abilities. With that skillset, he went on to finish quite a few internships on the prestigious Park Resort in Athens, Sofitel Rhodes Resort, and Kolibia Palace. Including sensible expertise to his already-sturdy basis of information accomplished Lucas as a mixologist, bringing his experience to a complete new degree.
Quick-forward to 2019, he relocated to america and joined W South Seashore as a bartender, and finally turned the in-house mixologist. At this time because the Common Supervisor, Winkler oversees the Residing Room Bar’s cocktail program.
W South Seashore is essentially the most iconic W Resort on the earth, positioned within the coronary heart of Miami’s South Seashore. It’s a favourite amongst celebrities, world-travelers, and locals. Onsite there are two bars and two eating places. Craft cocktails are served within the Residing Room Bar, which is in the principle lounge. Then there’s Irma’s, an outside bar named after the 2017 hurricane. It’s a perfect spot for company to get pleasure from refreshing drinks within the Miami sunshine.
As for the eating places, W South Seashore has RWSB (Restaurant W South Seashore), a hidden gem for Tuscan delicacies, and Mr. Chow, genuine Chinese language delicacies.
For his beverage program at Residing Room Bar, Lucas focuses on a Miami-flavored theme. The picks include tropical fruits like pineapple, mangos, passionfruit, and coconut as the favourite.
Arising with cocktail concepts is a pure prevalence for Winkler. “I’m at all times discovering inspiration for cocktails in my each day life and through my travels. I take that inspiration, perform a little research, and take a look at it out. It’s by the experimentation, new strategies and mixing completely different components collectively that the artwork involves life in a glass.”
At the moment, his favourite spirit is tequila reposado and favourite ingredient is coconut cream. Each of that are profoundly versatile and supply a ton of taste, physique, and texture.
As a bartender, Lucas finds essentially the most pleasure in placing smiles on his company’ faces. To guarantee that’s at all times the case, he makes certain to deliver his “secret sauce” to each shift behind the bar. Its not an ingredient, however as an alternative a metaphor of service damaged into two components; “anticipating the visitor’s wants and adapting to the setting of the individuals and bar.”
To all bartenders striving in the direction of greatness of their craft, he advises them to remain inventive, keep curious, strive new concepts, recipes, and strategies. And most significantly, don’t worry failure.
