Okku’s Graziella Nieto, Dubai, picked up the award for bartender of the year and was at the time “overwhelmed”. Judges liked her ambitious attitude and she was recognised for the training integration of junior members of staff.
Since then, Nieto has moved on from Okku and is bar manager at New York-owned Nirvana.
“When I won I was offered so many amazing job opportunities but I just had to choose what was best for me, I am very happy,” Nieto recently told Caterer Middle East.
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