Campari and Imbibe Magazine will present the 2026 edition of Negroni Week from 21 to 27 September, marking the 14th year of the global initiative. Across Asia Pacific, this edition will run the most extensive programme of international guest shifts staged in the region to date, bringing bartenders from London, Edinburgh, and across Asia behind the bar at 18 venues across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Proceeds from participating venues will go to Slow Food, the initiative’s charitable partner.

In 2025, close to 15,000 bars and restaurants across more than 90 countries took part in Negroni Week, raising a combined USD 700,000 that supported educational scholarships and community-based projects worldwide. For 2026, the Negroni Week Fund will again be distributed by Slow Food, directed toward preserving cultural and biological diversity, food and beverage education, and equity and wellness initiatives within the hospitality community.

Guest bartenders taking part include Alex Kratena and Monica Berg of Tayēr + Elementary (London), Giorgio Bargiani of The Connaught Bar (London), Iain McPherson of Panda & Sons (Edinburgh), and Erik Lorincz of Kwānt London, appearing alongside bartenders based across Asia, including in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Jakarta, Bangkok, and Singapore. Rankings cited throughout are drawn from The 50 Best Bars Asia 2026, announced in Macau on 28 July 2026, and The World’s 50 Best Bars 2025.

MAINLAND CHINA

Mainland China hosts guest shifts across four cities, following a year in which Hope & Sesame in Guangzhou was named The Best Bar in Asia 2026 and Pony Up in Shanghai entered The 50 Best Bars Asia at No. 19.

Chengdu, 21 September: Nicholas Ansel Liawinata, Senior Manager of Carrots Bar (Jakarta, No. 21), opens the regional programme with a guest shift at Odyssey.

Shanghai, 22 September: Joash Conceicao, Bar Manager of Offtrack (Singapore, No. 16), takes over Mishang PRADA Rongzhai.

Shanghai, 24 September: Monica Berg, co-founder of Tayēr + Elementary (London, No. 5 in The World’s 50 Best Bars 2025), takes over Bar Leone Shanghai, the mainland outpost of the Hong Kong bar named The Best Bar 2025 and No. 3 in The 50 Best Bars Asia 2026.

Guangzhou, 26 September: Berg continues to Hope & Sesame, ranked No. 1 in The 50 Best Bars Asia 2026 and named both The Best Bar in Asia and The Best Bar in Mainland China, as well as No. 29 in The World’s 50 Best Bars 2025.

MACAU

Macau, 24 September: Joash Conceicao of Offtrack (Singapore, No. 16) makes a second Greater China appearance, at Pony & Plume, Capella at Galaxy, Macao.

HONG KONG

Hong Kong, 21 September: Zuma Hong Kong hosts the Negroni Week opening party, with Matteo Cadeddu, Bar Manager of Opium (Bangkok, No. 25), and Michele Montauti, Director of Beverage & Bars at Aman Nai Lert Bangkok, each serving their own interpretation of the Negroni.

THAILAND

Bangkok hosts four visiting bartenders from London and Edinburgh across the week.

Capella Bangkok, 21–22 September: Alex Kratena and Monica Berg, co-founders of Tayēr + Elementary (London, No. 5 in The 50 Best Bars 2025), open the Bangkok programme with a two-night residency.

Capella Bangkok, 24 September: Iain McPherson, founder of Panda & Sons (Edinburgh, No. 34 in The 50 Best Bars 2025; No. 20 in the inaugural 50 Best Bars Europe 2026). The bar’s team has developed a series of freezing techniques, including Switching, Sous Pression, and this year’s Densing, and won World’s Best Cocktail Menu and Best International Bar Team at the Spirited Awards, with McPherson named Best International Bar Mentor.

Aman Nai Lert Bangkok, 26 September: Giorgio Bargiani, Assistant Director of Mixology at The Connaught Bar (London, No. 6 in The 50 Best Bars 2025). Bargiani received the Altos Bartenders’ Bartender award at The 50 Best Bars Europe 2026 and International Bartender of the Year at the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards 2023.

Capella Bangkok, 27 September: Erik Lorincz, founder of Kwānt London (No. 79 in the extended list of The 50 Best Bars 2025) and former Head Bartender of The Savoy’s American Bar, closes the Bangkok programme.

VIETNAM

Ho Chi Minh City hosts four guest shifts during the week itself, with two further dates in October.

Ne Bar, Ho Chi Minh City, 24 September: Hiroyuki Yamada of Bee’s Knees (Kyoto), Campari Red Hands Japan Winner 2025 and third place at the APAC Finals. Bee’s Knees is a Prohibition-era-inspired speakeasy that reworks American classics using Japanese ingredients.

Laila, Ho Chi Minh City, 25 September: Cris Song, Head Bartender at Pony Up (Shanghai, No. 19) and Campari Red Hands APAC Champion 2025. Song trained in music for over a decade before moving into hospitality.

Park Hyatt Saigon, 26 September: Matteo Cadeddu of Opium (Bangkok, No. 25), in his second regional appearance of the week.

Stir, Ho Chi Minh City, 29 September: Erik Lorincz of Kwānt London continues from Bangkok to Stir (No. 84).

Beyond Negroni Week itself, the regional programme continues into October with two further guest shifts in Vietnam:

Drinking & Healing, Ho Chi Minh City, 9 October: Niko Idham Kholid of Between the Sips (Jakarta, a new entry at No. 73).

The Haflington, Hanoi, 28 October: Philip Bischoff, Beverage Manager of BKK Social Club (Bangkok, No. 20), closes the regional programme.

SINGAPORE

Milli’s, Singapore, 21 September: Demitria Dana Paramita, Co-Founder of Hat’s Bar (Jakarta, No. 77; recipient of the Campari One To Watch award), opens Negroni Week in Singapore. Paramita, a former culinary arts student who worked in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Semarang before opening Hat’s Bar in Jakarta in 2024, incorporates pastry and baking technique into her cocktails.

MALAYSIA

Cabinet 8, Kuala Lumpur, 23 September: Demitria Dana Paramita continues from Singapore to Cabinet 8 (a new entry at No. 65), trading places with Cabinet 8’s own bartender for the week (see Indonesia).

INDONESIA

Osteria Gia, Jakarta, 18 September: Melvin Lim of Bar Trigona (Kuala Lumpur, No. 38). Bar Trigona’s cocktail programme is built around local ingredients and a sustainability-led philosophy.

Hat’s Bar, Jakarta, 24 September: Sam Yap Chun Fai of Cabinet 8 (Kuala Lumpur, No. 65) completes the exchange with a return shift at Hat’s Bar (No. 77 on the same list). Yap is an East Imperial Gin Jubilee champion and former senior bartender at Coley; Cabinet 8 was named Tatler Best-in-Class Best New Bar 2025.

PHILIPPINES

The Backroom, Shangri-La Manila, 21 September: The Negroni Week opening party features Agung Prabowo and Laura Prabowo of Penicillin (Hong Kong, No. 49), alongside Kiki Moka of The Cocktail Club (Jakarta). Penicillin, led by a team including Prabowo, Prabowo, and Jacob Laxamana, operates as Hong Kong’s first closed-loop sustainable bar, built around circular cocktail practices.

Symphony Loo, Regional Trade Advocacy Manager, Asia Pacific at Campari Group, said: “Negroni Week is about bringing people together through great cocktails and great hospitality. By welcoming some of the world’s most respected bartenders to our region, we are creating opportunities for cultural exchange, inspiration and unforgettable guest experiences while supporting a meaningful cause.”

Mattia Carlozzo, Head of Marketing at House of Aperitifs, said the Slow Food Negroni Fund reflects the brand’s ongoing commitment to “building a fair and sustainable future for the industry,” adding that the 14th edition of the initiative continues to strengthen what he described as the link between Campari and the Negroni, which remains the No. 1 best-selling classic cocktail in the world’s best bars, according to the Drinks International Cocktail Report 2026.