ABOUT COCKTAIL CURATIONS
Cocktail Curations produces beautifully crafted cocktail bars for private and corporate events. With a combined mastery in mixology, culinary arts, spirits, and events experiences, the founders of Cocktail Curations take pride in elevating bar services with thoughtfully curated beverages. We provide a wide range of knowledge and services, including technical education and training in: spirits, mixology, and recipe creation; developing cocktail menus; designing thoughtfully garnished cocktails; and curating mind-blowing cocktails with or without alcohol.
Botanical Waters
Designed and created by an award winning gin and vodka distiller, Botanical Waters by Cocktail Curations is the perfect non-alcoholic option to provide balance, creativity, and depth to any beverage. Botanical Waters are water distilled with all natural citrus, herbs, and other botanicals to give flavor and depth like great gins, without any alcohol or sugar.
Nicole Hassoun
In 2011, Nicole began crafting creative cocktails at a small bar called Gin Joint. She uniquely transformed her skills in engineering into pairing flavored tonics with an endless supply of gins to showcase different characteristics. In 2013, Nicole started Sinchona LLC, a bespoke tonic water company, where she designed and created delicious homemade tonic syrups branded as Chronic Tonic. In that same year, she taught classes all around the DC Metropolitan area on cocktail-making, tonic-making, and the history of gin. In the following year, Nicole was awarded Best Bartender in DC by the Washington Post Express. She then made the move from creating cocktails to distilling spirits and worked her way up to become Master Distiller of Gin and Vodka at Jos. A. Magnus & Co. Distillery in Washington DC. In 2018, she won Best Navy Strength Gin in the World by Gin Magazine, as well as multiple other awards for her line of gins.
Currently, Nicole owns and operates two companies in the food & beverage industry: Cocktail Curations produces beautifully crafted cocktails and Botanical Waters for every type of event, and Sinchona LLC specializes in distillery and beverage industry advising.
Thy Parra
A professionally trained chef, Thy’s career is a 20+ year repertoire of coveted Washington DC hospitality jobs. After attending, the University of Maryland and L’academie de Cuisine, Thy began her career working as a chef for renowned restaurateurs Jeff Buben of Bistro Bis and Cathal Armstrong of Restaurant Eve. She expanded her hospitality expertise as Senior Account Executive for a boutique catering company, as Director of Social Catering at the 5-star Mandarin Oriental Hotel, as well as luxury Event Planner at EVOKE Design and Creative. Thy then led the Events and Marketing department for the award-winning Jos. A. Magnus & Co. Distillery. With her multitude of experience in the hospitality, food and beverage industry, it was inevitable that she integrates her passions to co-found Cocktail Curations with distiller Nicole Hassoun.
Thy has received accolades for her work in the event industry including 2012 Top 30 Under 40 Rising Young Event Professionals by Special Events Magazine, as well as, Washington DC’s 2018 Top 12 Dynamic Women by national publication Modern Luxury.