The Winners of the Bar Awards 2022

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The full list of the winners of the Bar Awards 2022 as announced by Australian Bartender magazine during Sydney Bar Week on Wednesday 7 September 2022.

Fortunate Son in NSW took out the Bar of the Year award for 2022. In the Bartender of the Year cocktail competition, Priscilla Leong of The Flowing Bowl was declared the winner with Liam Shephard, Bar Brutus, Brisbane in second place and in third place, Kate Bartlett of Cobbler, Brisbane. Here is the full list of the winners of Australian Bar Awards 2022.

Bar Awards 2022

Bar of the Year
Fortunate Son, Enmore, NSW

Pub of the Year
Goldy’s Tavern, Melbourne, VIC

Nightclub of the Year
Bar Bambi, Melbourne, VIC

New Bar of the Year
Bar Planet, Enmore, NSW

Wine Bar of the Year
Sonny, Hobart, TAS

Bar Operator of the Year
Swillhouse, NSW

Best Specialty Beer Venue
Odd Culture, Newtown, NSW

Bar Team of the Year
Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne, VIC

Brand Ambassador of the Year
Shay Chamberlain, Never Never Distilling Co.

Host of the Year
Natalie Ng, Door Knock, Sydney, NSW

Best Bartenders Bar
Hats & Tatts, Melbourne, VIC

Best Live Music Venue
Memphis Slims House of Blues, Adelaide, SA

Training Program of the Year
Campari Academy

Cocktail List of the Year
Maybe Sammy ‘Stardust’, Sydney, NSW

Cocktail Bar of the Year
Above Board, Collingwood, Melbourne, VIC

Hotel Bar of the Year
Dean and Nancy on 22, Sydney, NSW

Gin Bar of the Year
Moya’s Juniper Lounge, Redfern, NSW

Best Distillery Bar
Hickson House Distilling Co, Sydney, NSW

Best Bar Food
Alba Bar & Deli, Brisbane, QLD

Best Brewery Bar
Bodriggy Brewing Company, Melbourne, VIC

Bar Manager of the Year
Jay Cozma, The Baxter Inn, Sydney, NSW

Whisky Bar of the Year
The Baxter Inn, Sydney, NSW

Small Bar of the Year
Double Deuce Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Rum Bar of the Year
Rude Boy, Hobart, TAS

Tequila Bar of the Year
Cantina OK! Sydney, NSW

Restaurant Bar of the Year
Pearl Diver Cocktails & Oyster, Melbourne, VIC

Rookie of the Year
Martin McConnell, Frog’s Hollow Brisbane, QLD

Regional Bar of the Year
Santé, Toowoomba, QLD

STATE AWARDS
Bar of the Year
ACT: Bar Rochford
NSW: Fortunate Son
NT: Smoke & Oak
QLD: Alba Bar & Deli
SA: Memphis Slims House of Blues
TAS: Sonny Bar
VIC: Caretaker’s Cottage
WA: Foxtrot Unicorn

Cocktail Bar of the Year
ACT: High Jinks
NSW: Double Deuce Lounge
NT: Hanky Panky Lounge
QLD: Death & Taxes
SA: Maybe Mae
TAS: Rude Boy
VIC: Above Board
WA: Bar Rogue

Outstanding contribution
Martin Lange, Cobbler, Death & Taxes & Dr Gimlette