About
Jamie Boudreau was born on the other side of the continent in Montreal, Quebec. Realizing that the weather and politics of Quebec were too much for him as soon as he popped out of the womb, he decided, as many before him had, to go west!
Traveling across Canada by car, Jamie has lived in, or visited, every major (and quite a few minor) cities in Canada, before he finally decided to call Vancouver his home.
Jamie has worked all over Vancouver where he ran some of the best bars that the city has to offer, and is now stationed in Seattle, Washington.
Jamie’s next call to fame was the Giffard West Cup, were he was part of the first team of three North Americans to be invited to this 50+ year event held in France. While there, he toured over 100 of Europe’s great bars, experiencing firsthand classic cocktails made in their birthplace.
Jamie now presides over the bar at VESSEL, an upscale bar in Seattle, furthering his quest for the perfect cocktail. He has had articles about him or his drinks published in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Time magazine, Playboy, Details, Esquire, GQ, Forbes, Difford’s Guide to Cocktails, Wired magazine, Wine Spectator, Imbibe magazine, Food & Wine, Wall Street Journal, Wine Enthusiast, Saveur magazine, InStyle, Sante magazine, Vancouver Magazine, Continental magazine, Seattle Magazine, Seattle Metropolitan, Bride & Groom magazine, enRoute, Northwest Palate, Vendor, Mulligan’s Bar Guide, Bar Magazine, Eat magazine, the Vancouver Sun, Seattle Times, Seattle PI and was called one of the world’s greatest bartenders by WIRED magazine. He has been chosen as the only Canadian representative in 2006’s Cocktails in the Country, has been the subject of European radio stations, and was featured in an episode of The Leading Edge: Innovation in BC due to his dabbling in Molecular Mixology as well as the Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess. In 2007, Jamie was named Seattle Magazine’s Bartender of the Year.
Jamie’s influence is also developing internationally as well, as he is consulting for bars in the United States as well as leading mixology seminars in the New Orleans, Prague, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil.
Jamie’s thirst for cocktail minutia is infamous, and if conversation turns to a subject that he is unsure of, you can be assured that he will research it as soon as possible. He has a love for the classics, but at the same time is always looking for new, exciting ingredients with which to try out new recipes.
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Hi Jamie,
Nice website.
Kanpai
Stan
Hey Jamie,
Been a fan of your drinks and blog for some time.
Na zdrowie from Poland.
Tomek
Jamie! Wow looks like you’ve hit the big time dude. Congrats! I always said if I was ever in Vancouver I’d look you up, but now that I have the opportunity to come west you’ve gone south!
Well best of luck to you in all that you do, and maybe our paths will cross one day.
Bizzy
hi,jamie…im sohini….wanna knw a few abt..fee brothers..bitters…would like 2 kwn more abt bitters and its related industries.neways..seems 2 b a good breverage,,guy…
I didn’t hear about the Seattle accolade. Congrats, Jamie. You’re missed.
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I saw you were mentioned in the current Details Magazine. Good advice on the Cuba Libre .
Interesting Martini Sorbet, I’m going to have to try it. I’m on a panel for the The First International Symposium of Cocktail Shaker Collectors at Tales of the Cocktail. I’ll try to get to yours. Thanks for the recipes.
I asked for something “sweet and a little bitter.”
You made me something rose-pink, rimed with almost-liquid ice, with a bitter Campari heart. You called it a Navarro.
Thank you.
It could be argued that I don’t know my alcohol, but I don’t know who this Murray guy is, so as far as I’m concerned you _are_ the #1 bartender in Seattle.