This weeks guest is Lola Lau who currently works at Hope & Sesame in Shenzen, in Guandong Province, China.

Lola has been working in The Industry for over 9 years. Lola got her first job in The Industry after graduating school when she landed a job at an Irish Pub. It was around this same time that Lola saw the movie Hey Bartender and this piqued her interest in cocktails and spirits and a career as a bartender.

Lola has worked at many different bars in South East Asia such as The Compass Bar in Shenzen, Eight/Four Collective in Vietnam for both Sake Central as well as Renkon, The Odd Couple in Shanghai, and most recently as the Head Bartender at Hope & Sesame in Shenzen.

At Hope & Sesame in Shenzen, they have three different rooms with three very different concepts. The front of Hope & Sesame is Charlies - a cafe, Hope is the second space - a modern cocktail bar and the back room is called The August - a speakeasy themed bar.

Lola has also competed in numerous cocktail competitions as well. Lola won First Place in the 2017 Cointreau Queen China Competition.

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@lolasaysgo

@hopeandsesame

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