F&B NY 2019

George Duval
Master Mixologist & Owner
Open Hospitality


MASTER MIXOLOGIST & OWNER, OPEN BAR HOSPITALITY George Duval, native New Yorker, with a passion for creating one of kind cocktails. He’s been behind the bar, shaking & mixing cocktails for some of Manhattan’s top restaurant, catering firms and clubs. While working at these restaurants he perfected his bartending skills and developed his own individual style.His first experience was at Negril restaurant in NYC. With in a short time he was bartending. While at Cook Shop he developed his wine knowledge, and gained more insight, on the importance of using fresh seasonal ingredients for his cocktails. He learned all about beers at BLT and at Boom Boom Room inside the Standard hotel while servicing a high-end hipster, celebrity clientele, he gain important insight on the art of mixology. His love of being behind the bar, lead him to create Open Bar Hospitality in 2004 with Lisa Lindo. George’s insistence on using only fresh ingredients for his cocktails and impeccable customer service quickly propelled the company to the forefront of the bar catering industry. Under the Open Bar Hospitality brand, George consults for varies restaurants creating their specialty cocktail menu and training their staff on how to make the libations, along with customer service behind the bar. George is also working on a line of organic herbs simple syrups, under the Open Bar Hospitality brand and a cocktail book cocktail book coming soon. George’s cocktails have been featured in: Daily News, Essence Magazine, Telemundo, Fox 5 Good Morning, Chilled Magazine, Rachael Ray, The Gleaner, Jet, Behind the Bar and Cooking in Brooklyn.

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