The Curator
Chanel Adams is an internationally recognised hospitality and beverage professional whose career spans the United States and Asia, including barmini by José Andrés in Washington D.C., PDT Hong Kong, and The Bamboo Bar at Mandarin Oriental Bangkok, where she became the bar’s first female manager in its 70-year history. Alongside leading The Bamboo Bar, her work extended across Mandarin Oriental Bangkok’s wider food and beverage operation, as well as serving as Bar Ambassador for Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group.
Her work extends beyond the bar into concept development, commercial strategy, education and international industry programming. She serves on the Business Education Committee of the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation and has judged leading global competitions including Diageo World Class and Pernod Ricard’s SIP Supernova.
During her leadership of The Bamboo Bar, the bar received the Tales of the Cocktail Timeless International Bar Award, was recognised by Asia’s 50 Best Bars, and received multiple Tatler recognitions. Chanel’s work and perspective have also been featured by publications and platforms including The World’s 50 Best Bars, Tatler Asia, Time Out and Lifestyle Asia.
Why Quiet Curators
I created Quiet Curators around the three things I believe make hospitality work.
The first is the idea: creating something with a clear point of view that people want to experience.
The second is community: bringing the right people together and creating reasons for people to care, engage and return.
The third is commercial performance. Awards, recognition and community matter, but the numbers have to make sense.
Quiet Curators brings all three into balance: creating something people want to experience, giving them a reason to care, and building a business that can sustain the experience it provides.