Bartenders

Alexandre Lambert

Type

Bartenders

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

Cognac

WHERE DO YOU/HAVE YOU WORKED?

Bar Louise at the Hôtel François Premier Cognac

FAVORITE BARS?

La Conserverie, L'Antiquaire, Le Bar Louise

FAVOURITE DRINK?

Genever Martinez

Bad ass barman/rock n roll moment?

Break my mixing glass during a stir in front of David Wondrich.

Ever done it on a bar?

Yes

What's next for you?

Nobody knows the future, why not open my own cocktail bar?

Best/worst chat up lines you've heard at a bar?

A customer to a waitress... Customer: "Can I kiss you?" Waitress: "I don't think so, no" Customer: "Why?" Waitress: "Because you will like it and then we will have sex until the end of the night, you will love it and you'll ask me to marry you, we will and in 10 years you will leave me alone to continue another life with my best friend... ...so no, I wont kiss you!!"

Tell us a secret or something we don't know?

I'm batman !!! chuuuuutt !!!

If you were to make a barchick cocktail, what would you put in it?

My "Dutch Lady" cocktail, homage to Ara Carvallo and my signature cocktail: 1.1/2 oz Bols Genever 1/2 oz Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao 1/2 oz Lillet Blanc 2 dashes Regan's Bitters    

How do you like your Martini?

Directly in a frozen glass, a spoon of dry Noilly prat and 2 shots of gin, no garnish

What did you want to be as a kid?

A psychologist