Meet The Mixos at the 8th Annual StarChefs.com International Chefs Congress

Audrey Saunders
Pegu Club New York, NY

A solid mixed drink is one thing, a successful career in bartending is entirely another. Join icons Audrey Saunders and Dale DeGroff in their Mixology Workshop Guts, Glory, and the Birth of the Modern Cocktail Movement for a well-crafted cocktail or two and a candid conversation on what it takes to make it in the industry.

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Brian Miller
Mother’s Ruin – New York, NY

Brian Miller and Ryan Liloia have their zombie apocalypse game plan: get behind the bar, refer to the works of tiki legend Donn Beach, and pour some of his legendary rum cocktails. In their Mixology Workshop The Zombie: What One Rum Can't Do, Three Can!, the duo behind Tiki Mondays at Mother’s Ruin will discuss Donn, the tiki movement, and the role of Puerto Rican rum in one of the world’s most iconic tiki drinks.

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Dale DeGroff
KingCocktail.com – New York, NY

A solid mixed drink is one thing, a successful career in bartending is entirely another. Join icons Audrey Saunders and Dale DeGroff in their Mixology Workshop Guts, Glory, and the Birth of the Modern Cocktail Movement for a well-crafted cocktail or two and a candid conversation on what it takes to make it in the industry.

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Derek Brown
Mockingbird Hill – Washington, D.C.

In Mixology Workshop My Sherry Amor: Cocktails and Ibérico Love, join Bartender and Sommelier Derek Brown of D.C.’s Sherry-focused Mockingbird Hill and esteemed Cortador Mario Hiraldo Regalado to taste the worlds of jamón and Sherry converge. Jerez aficionado Brown will walk attendees through Sherry tasting, pairing, and cocktail making

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Joe Raya
Gin Joint – Charleston, SC

Whether you’re trying to save money, be creative, or make your own signature cordials, bitters, and shrubs, there’s an abundance of extraction techniques that can be daunting to sort out. In his workshop Extraction for Attraction: Building Signature Cordials Mix Master Joe Raya will demonstrate a combination of maceration and distilling techniques to show how you can build seasonal (and even bizarre) flavors behind the bar. Raya will share his library of extracts—from common-place fruits, herbs, and spices to off-the-wall flavors like soil, grass, minerals, and flowers. 

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Juan Coronado
barmini by José Andrés – Washington, D.C.

Mezcal marshmallows, hand-chipped ice-globe jewels, peanut spirits, and pineapple grog are all the fantastical creations of cocktail innovator and the leader of José Andrés’s Think Food Group Research and Development Team, Juan Coronado. In his Mixology Workshop Cocktail Innovations at barmini, Coronado will share the secrets and science behind the sprawling bar program at barmini.It’s personal for Coronado; you’ll learn why conversation is the key when he creates any cocktail, from classic to crazy.

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Karin Stanley
Dutch Kills – New York, NY

How do they do it? Take a seemingly endless back bar, add an indecisive imbiber, throw in a Friday night crowd, and somehow deliver a successful, profitable bartender’s choice program? In their Mixology Workshop The Business of Bartender’s Choice, leading NYC Bartenders Meaghan Dorman, Theo Lieberman, and Karin Stanley will divulge the art and discuss the business of making cocktails (seemingly) on the fly—from mastering guest interactions to learning a catalog of modified classics.

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Meaghan Dorman
Raine’s Law Room – New York, NY

How do they do it? Take a seemingly endless back bar, add an indecisive imbiber, throw in a Friday night crowd, and somehow deliver a successful, profitable bartender’s choice program? In their Mixology Workshop The Business of Bartender’s Choice, leading NYC Bartenders Meaghan Dorman, Theo Lieberman, and Karin Stanley will divulge the art and discuss the business of making cocktails (seemingly) on the fly—from mastering guest interactions to learning a catalog of modified classics.

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Paul Tanguay
The Tippler – New York, NY

Self-proclaimed “liquid libertines and perpetuators of libational awareness and enjoyment” Tad Carducci and Paul Tanguay are spilling their gin (and vodka and bourbon) in a hands-on mixology workshop at ICC. These enterprising mixos of Tippling Bros. consulting and NYC’s The Tippler will teach attendees best practices in batching and selling debauchery in the form of draught cocktails.

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Ryan Liloia
Clover Club – Brooklyn, NY

Brian Miller and Ryan Liloia have their zombie apocalypse game plan: get behind the bar, refer to the works of tiki legend Donn Beach, and pour some of his legendary rum cocktails. In their Mixology Workshop The Zombie: What One Rum Can't Do, Three Can!, the duo behind Tiki Mondays at Mother’s Ruin will discuss Donn, the tiki movement, and the role of Puerto Rican rum in one of the world’s most iconic tiki drinks.

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Tad Carducci
The Tippler – New York, NY

Self-proclaimed “liquid libertines and perpetuators of libational awareness and enjoyment” Tad Carducci and Paul Tanguay are spilling their gin (and vodka and bourbon) in a hands-on mixology workshop at ICC. These enterprising mixos of Tippling Bros. consulting and NYC’s The Tippler will teach attendees best practices in batching and selling debauchery in the form of draught cocktails.

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Theo Lieberman
Milk and Honey – New York, NY

How do they do it? Take a seemingly endless back bar, add an indecisive imbiber, throw in a Friday night crowd, and somehow deliver a successful, profitable bartender’s choice program? In their Mixology Workshop The Business of Bartender’s Choice, leading NYC Bartenders Meaghan Dorman, Theo Lieberman, and Karin Stanley will divulge the art and discuss the business of making cocktails (seemingly) on the fly—from mastering guest interactions to learning a catalog of modified classics.

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