‘My parents taught us to respect everyone,’ says Julio Bermejo, Tommy’s Margarita creator

This is a show about how you can go about building a creative and rewarding career in and around the world of drinks. We’re back for the 2023 season of the show, and today’s episode is a little different. It’s a live recording of a Q&A I held with JULIO BERMEJO at PS40 in Sydney after an Altos Tequila masterclass there. Julio is best known as the creator of the Tommy’s Margarita — but he’s a lot more than that. Not only does he run his family’s San Francisco restaurant, Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant, he is an offical ambassador for tequila to the world, and has won a number of accolades, including the lifetime achievement award at Tales of the Cocktail in 2014 and the industry icon award at the 2017 World’s 50 Best Bars ceremony.