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    Bartender / bar director

    Nguyen Hoang Lam

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    Bartender / bar director
    Portrait of Nguyen Hoang Lam

    Portrait of Nguyen Hoang Lam

    i. Biography

    Bartending and product development sit close together in Nguyen Hoang Lam’s work: one tests the day-to-day discipline of service, the other demands structure, repeatability, and an eye for what can be built into a product. As bartender and product development instructor of First Footsteps Group, and R&D manager of Classic Fine Food Vietnam, Lam works across service, teaching, and development without separating them into different worlds. The result is a practice defined by precision, feedback, and the ability to move an idea from concept into usable form.

    Where They Are Now

    Current bar craft is only partly about what happens behind the counter; it also depends on how standards are taught, documented, and carried forward. Nguyen Hoang Lam’s role as bartender and product development instructor of First Footsteps Group places him in that working middle ground, where technique and instruction meet. His parallel position as r&d manager of Classic Fine Food Vietnam adds the development side of the trade, where detail and consistency shape the outcome. Together, the roles describe a professional working in service, research, and the practical maintenance of quality.

    Career - bartender and product development instructor, First Footsteps Group, Vietnam - R&D Manager, Classic Fine Food Vietnam

    Signature

    Bar skills are the center of Nguyen Hoang Lam’s practice. That focus points to a craft built on fundamentals: repetition, timing, control, and the ability to teach those same standards to others. With Lam, the work reads as measured rather than decorative, with the bar treated as a place for exacting technique and steady development. It is a signature grounded in execution.

    Honors

    Top 20 World Class Vietnam is the recognition attached to Nguyen Hoang Lam’s name. In trade terms, that places his work inside a competitive field where consistency and technical standard matter as much as flair. The accolade marks a level of performance that stands up under scrutiny.

    FAQ What is Nguyen Hoang Lam's current role? Nguyen Hoang Lam is Bartender and product development instructor. What recognition has Nguyen Hoang Lam received? Top 20 World Class Vietnam (2021).

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