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{{Infobox person
| name = Yangdup Lama
| image = Yangdup Lama.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Lama in his new bar Sidecar, Delhi
| birth_name = Yangdup Lama
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = [[Gayabari]], [[Darjeeling]], [[India]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| occupation = Mixologist, bartender, entrepreneur, author
| years_active = 1995 - Present
| known_for = * Sidecar: Top 50 bars in Asia
* Drinks International Magazine: 100 most influential people in the beverage industry
* India attaché by Tales of the Cocktail New Orleans
* Indian Bartender of the Year 1996
* Indian Bartender of the year 1997 under 30
* American Whiskey Ambassador India 2017 by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS)
* Cocktails & Dreams/Thirsty Three Hospitality ''(bar service and beverage consultancy)''
* Cocktails & Dreams Speakeasy ''(beverage bar)
* Cocktail and Dreams Beverage Studio ''(school of bar and beverage management and training)
| notable_works = Cocktails & Dreams: The Ultimate Indian Cocktail Book
}}

'''Yangdup Lama''' is [[bartender]], bar-owner, [[Entrepreneurship|entrepreneur]], author and [[Bartender|mixologist]] based in India and is known to be one of [[India|India's]] finest [[Bartender|mixologists]].<ref name="indiatoday">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/food/story/this-young-bartender-is-planning-to-open-an-artisanal-bar-in-delhi-1150811-2018-01-21|title=This young bartender is planning to open an artisanal bar in Delhi|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2018-07-18}}</ref><ref name="in">{{Cite web|url=http://youngturks.in.com/article.php?autono=147|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006040256/http://youngturks.in.com/article.php?autono=147|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-10-06|title=Young Turks - Yangdup Lama|website=youngturks.in.com|access-date=2018-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Borah|first=Prabalika M.|date=2020-05-21|title=All about Sidecar, the only Indian bar in Asia’s Best 50 list, and its creator|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/food/yangdup-lamas-sidecar-the-only-indian-bar-in-asias-best-50-list/article31641622.ece|access-date=2021-03-21|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Lama has been featured by drinks international magazine in the Bar World 100 list of most influential people in the global beverage industry 2020, the first Indian to feature on this list. This follows the feat of having his bar Sidecar win a coveted spot in the Asia's 50 Best Bars awards 2020.<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/delhi-mixologist-raises-bar-debuts-on-world-100-list-of-top-watering-holes/articleshow/78084041.cms|title=Delhi mixologist debuts on list of world’s top bars | Delhi News|website=The Times of India|date=September 13, 2020|author=Shobita Dhar |access-date=2020-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Drink International Supplement|url=https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=6fbe3ec6-0733-4761-8525-943e25b364b3|access-date=2020-09-14|website=edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="theweek"/>

== Early life ==
Lama is the second child born to mother Kamala Lama (Sherpa) and father Late Namgal Lama (Yonzon) in the village of [[Gayabari]] near Kurseong in the hill district of [[Darjeeling]] in the [[Northeast India|North Eastern]] part of India. He completed Secondary School Certification (Class 10th) from [[Victoria Boys' School|Victoria Boys’ School]], Kuseong and Senior School Certification (Class 12th) from [[Army Public School, Bengdubi|Army Public School Bengdubi]].

Lama moved to [[Kolkata]] in 1992 to study [[Hotel Management]] after completion of which he moved to [[Delhi]] in 1995.<ref name="indiatoday"/>

== Career ==

=== Sidecar ===
Lama is the co-owner of artisanal cocktail bar Sidecar (Lama's second bar) in Greater Kailash, New Delhi in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gorge On Bloody Mary Prawns, Doughnut Toast & Much More At Sidecar - LBB|url=http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/lbb-epaper-lbb/gorge+on+bloody+mary+prawns+doughnut+toast+much+more+at+sidecar-newsid-96849466|access-date=2019-03-05|website=Dailyhunt|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-02-27|title=Mixologist Yangdup Lama Shares Tips on How to Appreciate Alcoholic Drinks|url=https://www.franchiseindia.com/restaurant/mixologist-yangdup-lama-shares-tips-on-how-to-appreciate-alcoholic-drinks.12776|access-date=2019-03-05|website=www.franchiseindia.com}}</ref>

In 2020 the [[William Reed Business Media|William Reed Group]] ranked Sidecar amongst the top 50 bars in Asia making it the only bar in India to feature in the list.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Borah|first=Prabalika M.|date=2020-05-21|title=All about Sidecar, the only Indian bar in Asia’s Best 50 list, and its creator|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/food/yangdup-lamas-sidecar-the-only-indian-bar-in-asias-best-50-list/article31641622.ece|access-date=2020-07-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-28|title=Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: At home with food|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/rude-food-by-vir-sanghvi-at-home-with-food/story-MlHFq9kSpj1HswND874VwI.html|access-date=2020-07-11|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

=== Cocktails & Dreams/Thirsty Three Hospitality ===
After serving in Hyatt for four and a half years, Yangdup founded a mobile bar tending service company called ''Cocktails & Dreams'' and in September 2003, ''Cocktails & Dreams/Thirsty Three Hospitality'' – a bar service and beverage consultancy company. Later he opened a commercial bar called ''Cocktails & Dreams, Speakeasy'' in [[Gurgaon|Gurugram (Gurgaun)]] and also a bar training and beverage management school by the name ''Cocktail and Dreams Beverage Studio'' in Delhi.<ref name="indiatoday"/><ref name="in"/><ref>{{Cite news|title=Add flair to your bartending|language=en-us|work=Hipcask|url=http://editorial.hipcask.com/add-flair-to-your-bartending/|access-date=2018-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2009-11-24|title=Raise the bar|language=en|work=hindustantimes.com|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/raise-the-bar/story-wrrObQO21XbXZLFTzIGMiP.html|access-date=2018-07-18}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes2">{{Cite news|title=Keep it low, ‘speak easy’ at Cocktails & Dreams - Times of India|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Keep-it-low-speak-easy-at-Cocktails-Dreams/articleshow/18607415.cms|access-date=2018-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-12-20|title=Raising the bar|language=en|work=Deccan Herald|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/649139/raising-bar.html|access-date=2018-07-18}}</ref>

=== Polo Lounge, Hyatt Regency Delhi ===
Lama joined the [[Hyatt Regency Delhi]] as a food and beverage server in the year 1995 where he took to bar tending and worked at the prestigious Polo Lounge bar in the hotel.<ref name="indiatimes2"/>

== Awards and accolades ==

* SIdecar- Asia's 50 Best Bars 2020<ref name="theweek">{{Cite web|title=Amid crisis in dining and drinking industry, a Delhi bar enters Asia's best 50 list|url=https://www.theweek.in/leisure/society/2020/05/15/amid-crisis-in-dining-and-drinking-industry-a-delhi-bar-enters-asias-best-50-list.html|access-date=2020-07-11|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref>
* Drinks International Magazine- 2020 list: 100 most influential people in the beverage industry globally<ref name="indiatimes"/>
* Indian Bartender of the Year 1999
*The Asia-Pacific 30 under 30 Award 1997.<ref name="in"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pritishaborthakur.com/2016/03/19/behind-the-bar-in-conversation-with-mixologist-yangdup-lama/|title=Behind The Bar: In Conversation With Mixologist Yangdup Lama {{!}} Pritisha Borthakur|website=www.pritishaborthakur.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tulleeho.com/yangdup-lama/|title=Yangdup Lama - Tulleeho|date=2017-07-18|work=Tulleeho|access-date=2018-07-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mansworldindia.com/fooddrink/behind-the-bar/|title=Behind the Bar|date=2014-10-06|work=Man's World India|access-date=2018-07-18|language=en-GB}}</ref>
*India attaché by [[Tales of the Cocktail]] [[New Orleans]] for the years 2017–18
*[[American whiskey|American Whiskey]] Ambassador India 2017 by [[Distilled Spirits Council of the United States|Distilled Spirits Council of United States]].(DISCUS)<ref name="indiatoday"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.india.com/news/agencies/distilled-spirits-council-of-the-united-states-hosts-great-american-whiskey-experience-in-bangalore-2568190/|title=Distilled Spirits council of the United States hosts ‘Great American Whiskey Experience’ in Bangalore|last=Feeds|first=ANI|date=2017-10-26|work=India.com|access-date=2018-07-18|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dssc.co/delhi/2017/11/20/yangdup-lama-capitals-ace-mixologist-shaking-cocktails-sculpting-dreams/|title=Yangdup Lama: The Capital’s Ace Mixologist On Shaking Cocktails & Sculpting Dreams|date=2017-11-20|work=DSSC {{!}} The Best of Food, Art & Culture in your city|access-date=2018-07-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="deccanherald">{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/649139/raising-bar.html|title=Raising the bar|date=2017-12-20|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=2018-07-18|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiaretailing.com/2017/10/22/food/food-service/mastering-art-mixing-fixing-american-whiskey-ambassador-yangdup-lama/|title=Mastering the art of mixing & fixing with American Whiskey Ambassador, Yangdup Lama - Indiaretailing.com|last=Roy|first=Nibedita|date=2017-10-22|work=Indiaretailing.com|access-date=2018-07-18|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Books ==
Cocktails & Dreams: The Ultimate Indian Cocktail Book<ref name="deccanherald"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indulge.newindianexpress.com/master-the-cocktail-with-yangdup-lamas-new-book/section/10525|title=Master the cocktail with Yangdup Lama's new book - Indulge|date=2014-05-16|work=Indulge|access-date=2018-07-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cocktails-Dreams-Yangdup-Lama/dp/8183283500|title=Cocktails & Dreams|last=Lama|first=Yangdup|last2=Chaturvedi|first2=Gitanjali|date=2014-06-02|publisher=Widsom Tree|isbn=9788183283502|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cocktails-dreams-yangdup-lama/1120512274?type=eBook|title=Cocktails & Dreams: The Ultimate Indian Cocktail Book|last=Noble|first=Barnes &|website=Barnes & Noble|language=en|access-date=2018-07-18}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://cndspeakeasy.com/ Cocktails and Dreams Speakeasy official website]
*[http://cocktailsndreams.co.in/ Cocktails and Dreams bar tending school official website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ0gd3GCawA Yangdup Lama TEDx talk]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2RrC3bfY9M Metro News, Zee News]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO6AvwDCOlQ Yangdup Lama, CNBC Young Turks]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL5x3t6Ck7I Top Chef Awards 2015 Season 2]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pli3uJt4k Master Yangdup Lama speech at Mixology & Flair Camp 2015 - Flairology]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deV5VtV5XfQ Yangdup lama in Hyderebad 2007]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TANRgtDvnF0 Indian Food Entrepreneur - Passion for Food - Yangdup Lama - Food Moments - Food first]

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