From the time he was a young bartender, Robert had a vision. He opened his first restaurant successfully in 1997 followed by nine more. This was all great training for his biggest vision yet and in 2012 he opened the first Punch Bowl Social. Since then, the team has opened locations across the U.S., each designed specifically for the local market. Recently, Punch Bowl Social was named as one of Fast Company’s Top 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World 2019.

Sheamus Feeley is part of the third generation in a family of restaurateurs. Before he turned 20, Sheamus was on the opening team for Wolfgang Puck’s restaurants. His platinum resume includes the Gramercy Tavern, Chez Panisse, the Hillstone Restaurant Group and opening Farmstead Restaurant in Napa Valley. All the while, he gets plenty of air time on Top Chef and various other shows as well as participating on the James Beard Foundation Celebrity Chef Tour.

Around 17 years ago, Patrick stepped behind a bar for the first time. Born in Akron, Ohio, he came to Denver in 2006 to follow his dream in the bar and restaurant business. Learning from the creativity and ingenuity of his mentors, Patrick fell in love with the ‘process’ and all things muddled and shaken. Crowned Denver’s Punch King 2015 & 2016, Patrick is most proud of founding PBS’s Best of the Bowl national cocktail competition.