How to win the UK’s Best Gin at the People’s Drink Awards

KATHY CATON, Brighton gin, Brighton

How many of you have a great idea while jogging? Probably quite a few of you. How many of you put that idea into practice? Our guest today did and, now, Kathy Caton is picking up an award for her Brighton Gin. Brighton Gin is not only distilled with juniper, but also with Kathy’s love

How to be Traditionally Unconventional

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 Whenever I interview someone, I try to discover that special something in their story that keeps me coming back for more. G’Vine Gin calls itself “traditionally unconventional” and that could also describe their Brand Ambassador and my guest today, Jamie Campbell. It wasn’t just his half French/ half English upbringing that made Jamie Campbell almost

How to Make the Perfect Italian Negroni

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How many bartenders were inspired by Enzo Ferrari? Danilo Tersigni, our guest today, was the first one I’ve met. His impetus for creating VII Hills gin was for it to become the perfect Italian lifestyle brand, remembered forever in the annals of history like the famed Ferrari sports car. He’s traveled far from tiny Sora,

How to stay in one job for 30 years and be happy

Gino for ALLM new

Developing a taste for wine is easy when your family owns vineyards and your father won’t start a meal unless a bottle is on the table. It was a natural progression for our guest today to go from wine drinker to Master Sommelier. Once he left Puglia and arrived at the Stafford London, Gino Nardella

How to Make the White Mouse Cocktail

The White Mouse, The Stafford Hotel, London

The cocktail was created by Benoit Provost and made with Saffron Gin, shaken with lemon juice, honey and Champagne and garnished with star anise.  It has long been the most popular drink on The American Bar’s Cocktail menu. If you want to hear Benoit Provost, Head Bartender at the American Bar in the Stafford, head

How one man avoided a lifetime of house flipping with Sam Carter, Bombay Sapphire, Laverstoke

Sam Carter, Bombay Sapphire, Laverstoke

Our guest today had a moment of doubt. After watching too many episodes of Location, Location, Location, he thought he would switch from making Rum Flips to doing Room Flips. Thank goodness for us, it only took a matter of months before Sam Carter saw the errors of his ways and settled back behind the