Natasha Bahrami

Owner, The Gin Room, St. Louis

Since her first encounter with a Dirty Martini, Natasha has been passionate about, and a passionate advocate for, the world of gin. She has dedicated her professional life to elevating gin, teaching its fans more about the spirit and introducing more people to the category. She is the owner of The

Gin Room in St. Louis, Missouri, a bar with hundreds of world gins on its shelves which also hosts gin seminars and workshops to engage and educate drinkers. Through her renowned venue, Natasha helped found the Gin Week festival in St. Louis in 2015.

She is also the founder of The Gin World, a platform designed for the ‘exchange and expansion of knowledge’ on the world of gin; it has so far expanded to St. Louis, New York City, Washington DC, San Francisco and New Orleans, with gin festivals featuring educational programmes with distillers and brand ambassadors. Natasha was inducted into the Gin Guild in 2017 and was made the director of gin curation and education at the US Museum of Distilled Spirits in 2020.