Chris Hannah
Years of Participation
2025
Chris Hannah has bartended in the French Quarter for over 20 years. He ran the French 75 Bar for 14 of those and won the James Beard Award for outstanding bar program in 2017. In 2018 Hannah co-founded Manolito, a Cuban bar on Dumaine Street. In 2019 he opened Jewel of the South on St Louis Street where he leads the restaurant’s innovative bar program. Hannah was awarded Bartender of the year in ’22 by Tales of the Cocktail Spirit Awards and his team won Best Restaurant Bar in America that same year. In 2024 Jewel of the South won the James Beard Award for most outstanding bar program. Under Hannah’s leadership, the cocktail program is decidedly modern, yet steeped in history. Each drink is prepared with reverence, and each ingredient is selected with intention.