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Thandi Walton is a master mixologist and certified sommelier based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is currently the Head of Beverage at Thompson Buckhead, and previously led the critically-acclaimed bar program at Bar Margot inside the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta. She also supported the cocktail menu creation at Gypsy Kitchen and White Oak Kitchen.

Walton was born and raised in Zimbabwe, where her grandmother taught her how to prepare afternoon tea with scones and how to maintain a garden. Playing amongst mulberry trees, Walton learned to grow and harvest tomatoes, peppers, leafy greens, corn, and fruit-bearing trees like peaches, mangoes, guava, as well as fresh herbs. By the age of eight, she was preparing dinners with these fresh ingredients for her family. Today, she credits her lifelong familiarity of farm-fresh ingredients for giving her an exceptional palate and natural ability to create new cocktails with intricate flavor compositions.

A member of the United States Bartender's Guild, she continues to refine her craft through participating in workshops as well as teaching sessions. Walton has won several tastemaker competitions, including Crowd Favorite at Ketel One’s Master of the Mule. She has worked in partnership with Maker's Mark and Courvoisier, most notably as the featured mixologist for the brand's Up Close & Personal event. She is a certified sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers and also holds a Tequila Certification within “El Consejo Regulador Del Tequila, A.C.” Walton participated in the mentorship program through Speed Rack, which hosts an all-female high-speed bartending competition celebrating women in the cocktail industry while raising funds for those impacted by breast cancer.

Walton has been featured in publications such as Food & Wine Magazine, Forbes.com, Liquor.com, Eater Atlanta, Imbibe Magazine, Atlanta Magazine, Thirsty Magazine, The Atlantan, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Miami Times, Peachtree TV’s Atlanta Eats, Modern Luxury magazine, 17 South Magazine, Beevy, Fox 5’s Good Day Atlanta, In The Loop With Christian Bryant, and TV One’s Sister Circle, which highlights master chefs and mixologists of color.

From 2020-2022, Walton produced the live cocktail-dinner series on social media, “Thandi Tuesdays," which taught viewers how to pair cocktails with meals prepared by Atlanta-based guest chefs. In 2021, she hosted a taco and cocktail competition with Atlanta mixologists and chefs. Currently, she hosts “Together with Thandi” events every Thursday at the Thompson Buckhead’s lobby bar where she chooses a different spirit to feature each month and curates a menu of exclusive cocktails for her guests.

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