Spirited Awards® 2023: Tales Visionary Award Recipient Tiffanie Barriere Speech

The Tales Visionary Award recognizes an individual who has encouraged mentorship and contributed to making the hospitality industry equitable and inclusive by working to remove barriers as it pertains to gender identity, race, religion, and socioeconomic status.
The Visionary Award Winner is an individual who has:
• Made unique and lasting contributions to the
accessibility and intersectionality of the global drinks
community
• Shaped the beverage landscape and provides visible
models of achievement for tomorrow’s leaders
• Served as a leader and mentor
• Worked in the hospitality industry for 10+ years
Tiffanie Barriere is the bartender’s bartender, an influencer and educator who has been awarded with some of the beverage industry’s highest honors. The Bar 5 graduate is a Tastemakers of the South award-winner who spent seven years as the beverage director of One Flew South the “Best Airport Bar in the World.” As an independent bartender she is known for creative and innovative cocktail menus and bar consultancy clients; hosting mixology classes around the nation and connecting culinary, Black history and farm culture with spirits. In 2020, Tiffanie was featured on Food Network’s The Kitchen along with being inducted into Tales of the Cocktail's Dame Hall of Fame. As a leader, she is a member of the Tales of the Cocktail Philanthropy & Development Committee, Co-Chair to the Tales Catalyst Award and a member of the Atlanta chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier. Barriere and her cocktails have been featured in multiple publications (print and online) from Food and Wine, Southern Living, Forbes and Garden and Gun. In 2021 Barriere appeared on the cover page of Imbibe Magazine for the Top 75 for Imbibe, allocated her palate as a graduate of Bar 5 by becoming a spirit’s judge for panels such as L.A. Spirits Awards, Ascot Awards Judge, American Craft Spirits Association, American Distilling Institute and New Orleans Spirit Competition. Barriere has also taken the stage in Berlin for Bar Convent, shared birthday cocktails with Hoda and Jenna on the Today Show, was featured as a guest judge on the Netflix show Drink Masters, and Amazon Prime’s Three Drinkers. The Louisiana-Texas native is the trustworthy mentor of some of the best bartenders and mixologists in the world and remains a goal of education, service and fun with every pour.
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