How I Built The World's #1 Bar | Lorenzo Antinori, World’s No. 1 – The World’s 50 Best Bars 2025

He knocked on doors in London with an empty briefcase. Worked as a bar back for two years before touching a cocktail shaker. Got rejected for bartender positions he was ready for. Now? Lorenzo Antinori owns Bar Leone. Ranked #1 bar in the world. But here's what nobody tells you: there were quiet Tuesdays. Empty Wednesdays. Nights where almost nobody showed up. This isn't a story about luck. It's about consistency. Hard work. Building brick by brick when nobody's watching. In this conversation, Lorenzo breaks down the real journey: from Korea to Hong Kong, opening Argo Bar at Four Seasons, then taking the leap to build Bar Leone from scratch. The mistakes. The doubts. The grind that shaped everything. If you think success is a sprint, this will change how you see everything. Subscribe for more conversations with industry leaders who built empires the hard way