30 Best Bars India Introduces Best Sustainable Bar, a New Award Category for the 2022 Edition

A jury of over 50 industry professionals and bar enthusiasts from across the country are currently at work to create the long list of Top 100 Bars for 2022. Starting early November, a larger pool of more than 200 jurors will vote to rank the country's 30 Best Bars, and also pick winners in 10 jury-nominated categories including Best Hotel Bar, Best Restaurant Bar, Best Independent Bar, Best Cocktail Menu, Best Bar Team, Best Bartender, etc. 

The 2022 Jury Chairs for the 30 Best Bars ranking across various cities include names like Sanjay Ghosh (YouTuber and Director, Cocktails India), Rohan Carvalho (Founder and Partner, Bar Square India), Harinath Shanker (Director, Bar Masons), Puru (Drinks Enthusiast), Shatbhi Basu (Author, Managing Director & Owner,  STIR Academy), Shreya Soni (Founder and CEO, DSSC), Minoti Makim (CEO, Carpe Diem), Karthik Setty (Founder of Hyderabad Thirst Club), Kimberley Pereira (Marketing Director at Kade Communications),  Nolan Mascarenhas (Photojournalist, UpperCrust), Vaniitha Jain (Founder, The Perfect Pour) and Karina Aggarwal (VP, India Craft Spirits Co). 

 Speaking on the occasion, Vikram Achanta, Co-Founder of 30 Best Bars India, said, “India’s bar industry has been remarkably resilient over the past two years, and we are now witnessing an incredible resurgence – as new ventures are transforming the bar scene every day. We are incredibly excited to open applications for our third edition, with a new award category introduced to applaud sustainability innovations. We look forward to working with leading alco-bev industry members to unveil our 2022 rankings.”   

 This year the Best Bar Design Award, which commends bars that set new standards of excellence in design, interiors, and bar ergonomics will be voted on by experts of the bar design industry. Bar owners who feel they may have been missed out from being included in the 30 Best Bars India long list can self-nominate themselves on https://www.30bestbarsindia.in/enroll-your-bar/, with required information and photographs. 

“When we started, we wanted to honour the country’s best bars and bartending talent. Today, 30 Best Bars India is on every bar’s radar, and they are constantly upping their game to be featured on our Top 100 and Top 30 lists. With our masterclasses, workshops, and cocktail carnivals, we are rapidly shaping India’s cocktail culture, and aim to be the go-to list for consumers to find the best watering holes in their cities," added Radhakrishnan Nair, Co-Founder of 30 Best Bars India.   

Prior to the finale, 30 Best Bars India will also host immersive Masterclasses for the bartending community, cocktail workshops by renowned mixologists, and first-of-its-kind cocktail carnivals with specially curated cocktail menus from the world’s best brands across India.  

Co-founded in 2019 by Vikram Achanta and Radhakrishnan Nair of Bar 30 India LLP, 30 Best Bars India India aims to raise awareness about the rising standards of Indian bars and beverages nationally, and on international platforms. 30 Best Bars India ranking of the country's best bars in the previous two editions in 2019 and 2021 have included well known bars that have gone on to be part of international bar ranking lists over the last three years. To see the full list of bars and their rankings in 2019 and 2021 please visit: https://www.30bestbarsindia.in/.