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    Bar Director

    Odd Strandbakken

    Head Bartender, Charles H., Four Seasons Hotel Seoul

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    Portrait of Odd Strandbakken

    Portrait of Odd Strandbakken

    i. Biography

    Odd Strandbakken is the head bartender at Charles H. inside Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, where he oversees the bar program and cocktail development. The Four Seasons says he is a native Norwegian who began making mocktails at age nine, started bartending in the Arctic Circle, and has since worked in 42 countries at top bars while focusing on minimal, house-made, locally sourced drinks.

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