Who | Jenna Hemsworth
Where | Sydney, Australia
Current Role | Owner and Director of Real Good Drinks, Co-Founder and Creative Director for Sorry Not Sorry Collective
Past Bar(s) | Double Deuce (Sydney), Black Pearl (Melbourne), Vue de Monde (Melbourne), Bad Frankie (Melbourne), Cookie (Melbourne)
Favourite Spirit | Whisky
Favourite Juice | Creme de Cassis
Favourite Classic Cocktail | Coronation
Favourite Part of the Job | Mise en place
Favourite After Work Drink | Red Wine
Favourite at Home Drink | Red Wine (boxed)
Favourite bar in the world | New Sydney Hotel (Hobart, Australia)
Best known for | Making hospitality a little safer and more inclusive for everyone.
Favourite “at work” memory | It’s all a bit blurry to be honest.
What do you collect? Trinkets of all varieties. Nice rocks.
Favourite thing about your city? The weather
What was the last photo that you took? Most likely of my cat. 100% of my cat.
Where was last place you traveled? Currently on a world tour. Ask me this every day for the next two weeks and I could give you one of six different answers.
Any claims to fame? Suing my ex-employer and sparking a worldwide movement that is Sorry Not Sorry, a collective dedicated to speaking candidly and openly about discrimination, harassment and abuse in the hospitality industry.
I also won a bunch of cocktail competitions when there was limited female representation in that category.
Lager or IPA? Lager
Sparkling or Flat? Flat
Miami or Mexico City? Mexico City
Olive or Twist? Twist
Are you available for freelance gigs? Yes. Hire me.
Find her: Instagram
Media: BARTENDER AT LARGE – Advocating for Change w Sorry Not Sorry | Bartender at Large ep 439
CLASS – Sorry Not Sorry Collective announces UK activations
BOOTHBY – Jenna Hemsworth is still standing
BOOTHBY – Get Jenna Hemsworth’s recipe for Pavlova Milk Punch
BOOTHBY – Sorry Not Sorry: ex-Swillhouse bartenders’ takeover tour for change
HOSPITALITY MAGAZINE – Sorry Not Sorry collective: “We chose power”
BROADSHEET – Sorry Not Sorry National Bar Takeover Tour
BARS & COCKTAILS – Sorry Not Sorry collective leads hospitality industry’s reckoning with justice
THE CANBERRA TIMES – ‘It takes a village’: Bartenders band together to protect vulnerable workers
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD – ‘I’m still in disbelief’: Ex-Swillhouse staff take fight global with tears, dancing and packed bars
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD – ‘Kicking down the door’: What’s next for women in hospitality in wake of investigations
BROADSHEET – Four Ex-Swillhouse Staff Are Taking Their Claims to Court
AUSTRALIAN BARTENDER – Ian Burrell, World Rum Ambassador chats about Reàl Infused Syrups
AUSTRALIAN BARTENDER – Vodka: Let’s give it some love, writes Jenna Hemsworth
BRISBANE TIMES – Bartender of the Year alleges sexual assault at Swillhouse as SafeWork NSW probe claims
