Category: Meet the Mixologist
Q&A With Chef Steve McHugh
James Beard Award-nominated Chef Steve McHugh is with Landrace in San Antonio. What was your first job in the beverage or hospitality industry? I grew up …
Meet The Mixologist: Carisa Brooks
Carisa Brooks is the bar supervisor at Pennyroyal in Seattle, a European-style bar in the Kimpton Palladian Hotel. What was your first job in the beverage or hospitality …
Meet The Mixologist: Johnny Kozlowski
Johnny Kozlowski is beverage director of The Avra Group, which operates Avra Estiatorio Greek/Mediterranean restaurants in New York, Beverly Hills and soon to open in Miami. …
Meet The Mixologist: Jose Luis Betancur
Luis Betancur is beverage director at Boston-based Tuscan Brands, which includes seven restaurant concepts and two retail markets. A sommelier and a Chilean native who immigrated to …
Meet The Mixologist: Morgan Weber
Morgan Weber is a co-owner and beverage director of Agricole Hospitality, which includes the Miss Carousel cocktail bar and lounge in Houston, TX. What was your first job …
Meet The Mixologist: Sophie Burton
Sophie Burton is the beverage director of JoJo’s Beloved Cocktail Lounge in Atlanta, which opened in July 2021. Hidden behind a secret door inside a food hall in …
Q&A: Mariena Mercer Boarini, Wynn Las Vegas
A cocktail alchemist, Mariena Mercer Boarini has been experimenting with molecular mixology since 2007. She creates multi-sensory experiences complete with “cham-feign” foams, show-stopping edible garnishes and …
Q&A: Jason Knoll, Another Broken Egg Cafe
As vice president of culinary for Another Broken Egg Café, Jason Knoll oversees both the food and drink menus and innovation for the “breakfast with a …
Meet The Mixologist: Keyatta Mincey-Parker, Atlanta
Keyatta Mincey-Parker brings a diverse background of more than 20 years in the foodservice industry, from hotels to fine dining to dance clubs. Originally from Liberia, …
Meet the Mixologist: Ellen Talbot
What was your first bartending job? The first place I got behind the bar was a French restaurant here in Nashville. I had worked for the …
