Would you drink a cocktail made with ants? Maybe not, unless it was mixed by our guest today. His creations have won him that elusive title of a Diageo World Class UK Bartender of the year. Today we find out what led him to select a picnic pest as a potable ingredient. Ali Reynolds’ first
Lush Life Podcast, Season 1
How to Drink at Theo Randall at the InterContinental with Vittorio Gentile
What sommelier is busy making his own signature vermouth, barrel aging Vesper Martinis, and shaking up fruit martinis? Our guest today, Vittorio Gentile, is one sommelier who thinks like a mixologist which makes drinking at Theo Randall at the InterContinental so exciting. Vittorio hails from Southern Italy with a degree in Economics, but he was
In 2010, divers discovered 168 bottles of champagne off the Finnish archipelago in the Baltic Sea, many of those produced by Veuve Clicquot. The miraculous thing was they had been down there for 170 years. Our guest today, Fabienne Moreau, recounts the origin of this Maison de Champagne and who made the world-famous brand what
Lush Life Podcast, Season 1
How to Drink at The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. with Jason Elliott & Jon Lalu
Max “Boo Boo” Hoff would be so proud today. This “King of Philadelphia’s Bootleggers” & one of the city’s most notorious gangsters of the1930’s is the inspiration for Philadelphia’s first modern cocktail bar. Our guests today, Jason Elliott and Jon Lalu, recount his story as well as many of their own. It all did end
Lush Life Podcast, Season 1
How to Drink at the Waldorf Astoria with Jason Vickers & Pablo Moreno Garcia
Want to get even? Open a bar right next door to the bar of the one who scorned you. Miss Homage (now The Parrot) did and now it’s the place to be in Covent Garden. Lipstick covered, mirrored walls, feather boas swinging from chandeliers, over-flowing champagne-filled coupes? Yes, you are in the right place –
The fact they are both from Australia has nothing to do with how Alix Nardella felt for Mr. Black. Her first love may have been whisky, but now she only has eyes for this smooth and sexy coffee liqueur. Born in 2012, Mr. Black is the love child of Tom Baker and Philip Moore. After
Was it the flair, the fans, the fame – a mixture of all three – that made our guest today watch Tom Cruise in Cocktail and say “I want to do that”? Yes…and Vincenzo Sibilia is wowing them in Chelsea’s only speakeasy, but you need to know the password to see him in action. From
From a family full of fisherman comes our next guest, Tiago Serrão. His rapid rise from Bar-back to Bar Manager shows an innate knack for, not only conceiving creative cocktails, but also, chatting up the customers. Galvin at Windows at first sight. Located on the 28th Floor of the Hilton Park Lane, it’s not hard
Lush Life Podcast, Season 1
How to Drink at Westin Doha’s Hunters Room & Grill with Thor de Mendoza & Gary Jones
One is from India and the other Spain, but together they have conquered the Doha cocktail scene. Thor de Mendoza, Venue Manager, and Gary Jones, Bartender, of the Hunters Room & Grill at the new Westin Doha Hotel & Spa have drawn local and foreign crowds to their happy hour, thanks to their creative cocktail
From life guarding on an Italian beach, to bartending at one of the most iconic bars in London is not a logical career step unless you are Riccardo Vecchio. It was sink or swim and, thankfully for us, he’s safe behind the bar at Brown’s Hotel. The famed stained-glass window of St. George stares down