Shawn Chong

A bartender extraordinaire who is a 3-time  Diageo World Class Malaysia Champion,  opened his first bar Omakase + Appreciate in  2013 which ranked No.10 in the Asia’s 50  Best Bars list in 2016. He also established an  academy for bar and spirits education in the  same year. All achieved before he was 30.

He occupies his time now with the Mizukami  Collective and assisting building foundations  for bar teams.

Awards & Recognitions :

Diageo World Class Malaysia Champion 2009, 2011, 2015.

Diageo World Class Regional Champion 2015.

Certified under the WSET Level 2 Awards in Spirits by Diageo Bar Academy

The Bar Awards Bartender of the Year, Kuala Lumpur,2018