Cocktail alchemist and architectural artist Richie Fawcett is a Saigon bar scene personality whose name precedes him in the Vietnamese hospitality industry.
The 52-year-old moved his life to Ho Chi Minh City in 2011, head-hunted from a training ground in Hong Kong’s world-class, glitzy nightlife and bars to build a comparable cocktail scene from the clean slate of Saigon’s then-sleepy backwaters.
15 years later, the father of one has solidified his name as the architect of some of Ho Chi Minh City’s most iconic bars and restaurants, and mentor to a generation of the city’s next top bartenders. His client list runs long: bars and eateries such as Sorae, Glow Sky Bar, Mam Mam, and An An; to Wink Hotels, Intercontinental Saigon, Park Hyatt and Caravelle Saigon, among others.
Now in the fourth instalment of his storied career, we re-acquaint with Fawcett in his capacity as a full-time artist to reflect on the legacy he’s built from more than a decade of documenting change.
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