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    Bartender / bar director

    Jimmy Barrat

    Discipline
    Bartender / bar director
    Portrait of Jimmy Barrat

    i. Biography

    Coming Up

    At Fouquet's Dubai, the guest mixologist role put Jimmy Barrat into the mechanics of service under pressure: pace, precision, and consistency in a high-profile room. That kind of station asks for more than drink-making alone. It requires reading the room, holding standards, and presenting each serve with enough control that it lands as deliberate rather than routine. Those are the working habits that tend to shape a bar lead before the title arrives. Founding Ergo in Dubai marked the shift from executing a house style to setting one. The move from guest mixologist to founder puts Barrat on the other side of the bar program, where timing, presentation, and the feel of a venue become part of authorship. Ergo reads as the extension of that earlier discipline: same attention to detail, now applied to a space and point of view he can claim as his own.

    Where They Are Now

    The founder role at Ergo in Dubai places Jimmy Barrat in the present tense of his own work: not just serving within a format, but shaping one. In a city where hospitality is judged quickly and remembered for its polish, that position depends on momentum, control, and a clear local identity. Barrat has tied that identity to a "Made in Dubai" idea, making the city part of the work rather than just the address.

    Career - Founder — Ergo, Dubai - Guest mixologist — Fouquet's Dubai

    Signature

    Apple Mon Amour and Fabulous Amélie are the named signatures attached to Jimmy Barrat, and their function is telling: they signal a style that treats naming as part of the serve. Before a guest tastes anything, the titles already do some of the work, setting a tone of specificity and a degree of play. In that sense, the signatures point to a bar language that understands memory starts earlier than the first sip.

    FAQ What is Jimmy Barrat's current role? As of 2026, Jimmy Barrat is Founder. Where did Jimmy Barrat work before? Jimmy Barrat's earlier career included Fouquet's Dubai.