Mixing it up

Steve Schneider found his way to cocktail stardom by accident, after the Sept 11 tragedy and an injury made him rethink his life, he tells Dong Fangyu

Wall Street bankers do it before work; laborers do it after work. Bartenders are among a rare bunch who need to do it both before and after work.

Perhaps the fact that anyone would need to shower twice a day is no surprise given the sweat that pours from the likes of Steve Schneider and the two bartenders who work with him each night as they make an average of 600 or so cocktails in total.