Originally from the UK, Mikey trained in London as a cocktail bartender before moving to Sydney in 1999 where he opened some of the most successful cocktail bars in the city, including The Loft and Zeta Bar, before venturing out on his own as the proprietor of The Barber Shop in 2013. He has consulted on prestigious bars across Asia and locally set up the Hotel Palisade in the Rocks, Sydney in 2015. He has been awarded Bar Manager of the Year twice by Bartender Magazine.