History
The list was first announced in 2009, with annual award ceremonies held in London since the inaugural event in 2012. In 2022, the ceremony moved for the first time from London to Barcelona. Incorporating grand hotel bars, secretive speakeasies, quirky salons and dive bars, The World’s 50 Best Bars list aims to celebrate the diversity and universality of the drinks culture and to reflect new bar scenes developing all over the world. The World’s 50 Best Bars is owned and organised byThe Voting Process
The list is compiled by votes from The World’s 50 Best Bars Academy, which comprises more than 650 drinks experts with 50/50 gender parity, including renowned bartenders and consultants, drinks writers and cocktail specialists from around the world. The Academy of voters is spread across 28 global geographic regions, each headed by an Academy Chair who selects their region’s voters, with the distribution of voters designed to reflect the relative development and sophistication of the drinks sector, and the concentration of quality bars, in each region. Voters are required to remain anonymous and voting is confidential, secure and independently adjudicated by Deloitte.The World's Best Bars
Asia's 50 Best Bars
North America's 50 Best Bars
See also
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External links
*{{Official website, https://www.worlds50bestbars.com/ Bars (establishments) Food and drink awards