Chris Beaney

Since 2011, the work has been Restaurant/Bar Consultant, Trainer, & Mentor for Chris Beaney — a mix of roles that points to the operational side of hospitality as much as the teaching side. Advising, training, and mentoring all sit under the same discipline: setting standards, shaping service, and keeping attention on the details that define how a floor performs. Alongside that, the chair role at The World's 50 Best Bars places Chris Beaney in a position of industry oversight, where judgement and consistency matter as much as visibility.

Journey to the West is served at XO Restaurant in Accra, Ghana. That placement gives the cocktail a fixed point in service, where Chris Beaney’s name is attached to a drink that continues to circulate through a contemporary dining and bar setting. The link is straightforward: one venue, one cocktail, one working identity.

Chris's signature dishes include Journey to the West. As a signature, the cocktail shows how a single drink can carry professional recognition without needing embellishment. For Chris Beaney, it is a marker of authorship in the bar trade: specific, attributable, and understood through service.

Journey to the West remains the cocktail associated with Chris Beaney at XO Restaurant in Accra, Ghana. That continuing association gives the drink its weight: not as a standalone flourish, but as a working piece of hospitality tied to place and reputation. In trade terms, the recognition comes from clarity — the drink, the room, and the name stay bound together.