E266 Audrey Hands

What does it take to build a global career in hospitality—and fix what’s broken along the way? In this episode, we sit down with Audrey Hands, whose journey spans from London kitchens at 15 to Global Brand Ambassador for Havana Club—and now a consultant focused on improving team culture in hospitality. Audrey is a Franco-British hospitality entrepreneur and consultant based in Mexico City, with over two decades of international experience across the global drinks and hospitality industry. She has lived and worked in more than 10 countries and held leadership roles spanning brand strategy, education, experiential marketing, and advocacy. Audrey is the creative director of Rayo Cocktail Bar, creator of Aftermisia, marketing consultant for Elevage Wines, and co-founder of Brindemos Bienestar—a platform focused on integrating human well-being and conscious organizational culture into hospitality businesses. Her work centers on redefining leadership, sustainability, and long-term professional longevity within the industry @audrey.hands A big thank you to Jean-Marc Dykes of Imbiblia. Imbiblia is a cocktail app for bartenders, restaurants and cocktail lovers alike and built by a bartender with more than a decade of experience behind the bar. Several of the features includes the ability to create your own Imbiblia Recipe Cards with the Imbiblia Cocktail Builder, rapidly select ingredients, garnishes, methods and workshop recipes with a unique visual format, search by taste using flavor profiles unique to Imbiblia, share recipes publicly plus many more……Imbiblia - check it out! Contact the host Kypp Saunders by email at [email protected] for products from Elora Distilling, Malivoire Winery and Terroir Wine Imports. Links [email protected] @sugarrunbar @the_industry_podcast email us: [email protected]