Living Proof: Conversations for Bartenders

Salvatore Calabrese is a bar consultant, author, competition judge and industry great who's been in the game for over 40 years. In The Master Series, The Living Proof Podcast will be taking in the advice, stories and opinions of those considered to be legends of the industry.

Jim Meehan is a bartender, journalist and author of The PDT Cocktail Book and Meehan’s Bartender Manual, who has spent half his life perfecting the art of hospitality. In The Master Series, The Living Proof Podcast will be taking in the advice, stories and opinions of those considered to be legends of the industry.

David Wondrich is the author of two of the most widely popular books in the bartending biz, Imbibe and Punch. We chat to the drinks historian for our fourth installment of The Masters Series. In The Master Series, The Living Proof Podcast will be taking in the advice, stories and opinions of hose considered to be legends of the industry.

Philip Duff is a consultant, educator, producer, writer, judge, former bar-owner and overall bar industry great. In The Master Series, The Living Proof Podcast will be taking in the advice, stories and opinions of hose considered to be legends of the industry.

Marcus and Nicole return to their chat with the late Gaz Regan, bartending legend and pioneer of the cocktail revolution.

In The Master Series, The Living Proof Podcast will be taking in the advice, stories and opinions of those considered to be legends of the industry.

Nicole and Marcus revisit one of their first interviews with King Cocktail himself, Dale Degroff.

In The Master Series, The Living Proof Podcast will be taking in the advice, stories and opinions of those considered to be legends of the industry.

It’s been a year like no other, especially for bartenders and anyone in the hospitality industry. So for our final episode of 2020, we're taking a look back at the year that was on the Living Proof podcast.

Stuart Gregor is Co-founder and Trade Director at Four Pillars, the Australia gin distillery that's just won International Gin Producer of the Year for the second year running.

Dushan Zarić is an owner and co-founder of Employees Only, one of the most recognisable hospitality brands in the world. To date, EO has operated bars in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, Sydney, Hong Kong and Miami.

Kevin Diedrich is Tales of the Cocktail's 2020 American Bartender of the Year. He's also at the helm of the American Cocktail Bar of the Year - Pacific Cocktail Haven in San Francisco.

PCH's reputation in San Francisco precedes it. But four years ago, when Kevin was still in the process of re-imagining the existing neighbourhood bar that would become PCH, a bunch of regulars were asking why he was ruining their bar. He said it was like getting punched in the stomach, over and over again.

But listening to Kevin speak about hospitality and service leaves nothing to the imagination as to how he's been able to push through that initial pain to become one of the emerging stars of the industry.