These Six Big Ideas Have Been Voted Australia’s Idea Lab Winners for 2021 – Concrete Playground

Last year was tough for Australia’s hospitality industry, but hope is on the horizon thanks to the inspirational ideas submitted by talented bartenders, managers and venue teams in this year’s Idea Lab competition. Beam Suntory‘s competition initiative awarded grants from $5000–20,000 to support hospo legends and their passion projects with a goal to improve the industry as a whole. And the result is a series of new projects that will revitalise the bars you visit week after week, as well as supporting the industry as a whole. Whittled down from 20 finalists, these six ideas were chosen from around the country as 2021’s Idea Lab champions. Read on to find out what’s coming — or relaunching — in a city…