Our guest is Rico Suave: @suaveicious

Rico is a man known across the globe when it comes to the Bar & Hospitality sector which has seen him rise to be The Official Absolut Vodka Global Brand Ambassador!

In this chat we cover:

+ His love for Manchester

+ The Northern Quarter back in the day

+ How a holiday to Faliraki set the course of his Love and career in bar work

+ His Love of art and anime

+ Making a unique deal with his Uni which got him to remain in Leeds

+ How bartending became viewed as a more specialist artform profession and how that called to his artistic endeavours

+ The various bars n roles that lead to him working at Jakes Bar in Leeds

+ Putting Jakes Bar on a World renowned stage and tales from that time

+ Being in a bad financial spot on leaving Leeds to London

+ Out of nowhere getting a job with Absolut

+ Adjusting to life in Stockholm and its difficulties while adapting his job role with constant travelling around the globe

+ Finding his friendship crew that helped him settle in the city

+ Sweden been warmer than people perceive

+ How Sweden is handling the lockdown and what is still open under restrictions

+ Him branching out with Absolut into product integration partnerships with up n coming artists and building those relationships and collaborations

+ Doing his cocktail making videos and looking to shine a light on bartenders to crossover into the public mainstream so that its the equivalent of popular chefs and their exposure

+ Shout out to the Schofields Brothers

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