the how-to guide for living life one cocktail at a time
What a few months we’ve had. Most of the world has been stuck inside while bars and restaurants have had to close, often never to reopen. Since every bar I love has been shut, I’ve had to make myself a cocktail or two or many.…
Next time you’re eating ice cream – add a dash of Angostura Bitters on top. It will blow your mind. What is the most globally distributed cocktail ingredient in the world doing on your ice cream and why is it so darn tasty? Only our…
People may think that nursing and bartending are two worlds apart, but they’re not. They are both professions whose practitioners strive to look after people, to always have a smile, and to make you feel better. Our guest was about to follow the path to…
Johnny Livanos, founder of Stray Dog Wild Gin, was born into the restaurant industry. His grandfather emigrated from the island of Lesbos and opened many of New York’s most iconic Greek restaurants. Still, it wasn’t guaranteed that he would follow into the family business. We…
It’s rare that one would move to another country purely because of how it looked in a movie. Our guest did just that and it only took the perfect job opportunity to tempt him to return to the UK. Jack Sotti, Senior Tanqueray Gin &…
The motto for Hendrink’s Gin is “No other gin tastes like Hendrick’s Gin because no other gin is made like Hendrick’s Gin.” That sentiment is especially true in regards to my guest today, Hendrick’s Gin UK Brand Ambassador. Sasha Filimonov never set out to be…
Could you imagine getting a job in one of the most iconic bars in the world from an advert on Gumtree, the global classifieds ads website? Our guest did and it kick-started a career in the industry that would take her all over the world. …
We left Lauren Mote, last week, just as she was finishing up her Diageo Global World Class Competition experience. For those of you who missed Part 1 of our two-part series, please go back to the previous episode and start there! Now it’s time to…
If you combine the story of winning the Diageo World Class Competition in Canada, launching one successful company, and finally, becoming the first Diageo World Class Global Cocktailian, you’ve just mixed up a few of the many ingredients that make up our guest today. Before…
Whether someone gives it to you or you buy it for yourself, a one-way ticket out of town can, in some cases, mean the end of one life and the beginning of a new one. In our guest’s case, this was the start of something…