Emanuele Balestra

Emanuele Balestra, the master mixologist at the Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes, is continuing his quest for excellence, reaching new heights through his invention of edible perfumes - a unique ingredient for an equally unique sensory experience. Bit by bit, Majestic's cocktail king is expanding his realm. In the bar at the Hôtel Barriere Le Majestic Cannes, Emanuele Balestra continues to develop his own highly personal vision or mixology - the art or creating cocktalls. An art that, according to chis Italian bartender, flirts with science. This starts with botanics. Balestra grows his own plants, enabling him to work with raw materials of a rare quality. He adds to this a dash of shysics in order to extract intense aromas from their leaves, fruits and petals. Meticulous, highly skilled work that has recently enabled him to unveil exclusive cocktails that are the first anywhere in the world to be based around edible perfumes.