The Philip Duff Show

Will is a lot of things: a psychology graduate, reformed flair bartender, PhD candidate at Cambridge University, Master of Wine, and founder of Cambridge Distillery, winner three times in a row of "Most Innovative Distillery" and producer of the world's most expensive gin, Watenshi (yours for a cool $5, 000 per bottle). 
We talk about his career journey, getting into spirits, seeing a blank space for true luxury gin built on the same wireframe as that of luxury wines, Gin-Tailoring,  making gin with ants for Noma, how (& why) he makes Watenshi, what it's like chatting about gin with King Charles, how to price for luxury, and how it feels having founded the distillery that, according to the IWSR, makes 75% of all the "luxury gin" category in the world. 
Enjoy! (This one is probably best if you like gin, tho). 
Will on IG: https://www.instagram.com/williamlowemw/?hl=en
Cambridge Distillery on IG: https://www.instagram.com/cambridgedistillery/
Watch the "Drink: A Look Inside The Glass" episode with Cambridge Distillery, episode 4, on: 
Amazon Prime: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0G3CM8Q0MCMY4ULEGSKQRF8I9U
Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/drink-a-look-inside-the-glass/umc.cmc.392yn3eec4s5dmok6wywprkkv
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Federico has worked for my friend Salvatore Calabrese in London for over a decade in total, at his Playboy Club, then at the Donovan Bar in Brown's Hotel - and now he's making the big move to New York, co-founding a hospitality group named Forget About It (nice!) that will soon open their first venue in Greenwich Village. 
Federico's hospitality career started in his native Verona, Italy, after realising his passion - motorbike racing - wasn't going to work out. 
On a whim - and without speaking any Spanish - he moved to Madrid, where he worked his way up to bartending, having started washing dishes for EUR 2.50 an hour while he learned Spanish. 
Then London and legendary members' club Quo Vadis, followed by an initial stint under Salvatore at the Playboy Club, then head bartender at the Connaught Hotel's other bar, the Coburg Bar - and then Salvatore at the Donovan Bar, right up until now. He's been Salvatore's right-hand-man, usually literally, and I know Salvatore wishes him all the success in the world with the New York venture. 
One of Federico's new business partners, ex-Ducasse chef Alberto Marcolongo, is also a Verona boy (Italians, eh?) and the first venue, also named Forget About It, will open towards the end of 2026 - yay!
Federico on IG: https://www.instagram.com/federicopavan__/?hl=en
Forget About It on IG: https://www.instagram.com/forgetaboutitnyc/
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Sarah has gone from working in the family hotel and restaurant in her native Sweden, to party bars in both the Alps and London, then a move to the Netherlands, where we met. 
She did a lot of work in Rotterdam with my old mates Jorgos and Ian at Barsupport, then moved to Amsterdam and got into brands. 
She's done over a decade of great work as a European ambassador for Patron and then Mijenta Tequila, and she's just started her own consultancy to share her deep love of, and storied experience in, brand-building through thoughtful experiences and activations that bring people together. 

She's a lot of fun (although tragically, has aged out of dancing on bars), and this is a great chat - enjoy! 

Sarah on IG: https://www.instagram.com/sarahbellesouth?vrfl=MWhuc2UxaTAyb2RkMw==
Studio Belle South on IG: https://www.instagram.com/studio.bellesouth?psln=ODRyOXZiaDVwenE0
Sarah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-s%C3%B6dersten-b94728ba?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios

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Tom's one of the most fun people I know, as well as being intelligent and a fine bartender and host; he's also forgotten more science than almost anyone in our business, and has had a life so packed with adventure we couldn't fit it all in, even in a podcast that runs almost two-and-a-half hours!
From bartending at dancing class to working in labs to making the move to bohemian Berlin, then travelling through South-East Asia doing some questionable things, modelling with a blue Mohawk in Tokyo, then making his way back to Berlin and starting a career as a bartender and then bar owner, it's been a wild ride and Tom survived to tell the tales - enjoy!
Tom & Zyankali Bar on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zyankalibar?mdxt=MW0yZTJub2g1cnZpZA==
Visit Zyankali Bar!  Gneisenaustraße 17, Kreuzberg, 10961 Berlin, Germany 
Link to Tom's acid formulas for simulating citrus: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yuxepg9lg2a6c2u108q82/Bar-Zyankali-Acid-Solutions-Formulation-Mixology-Guide.pdf?rlkey=lar1neozk8xo5ara5phh8x4k6&st=hgziwkj0&dl=0
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Nelson is an old mate  - I can't even remember where exactly we met! - but he has blazed a trail from humble upbringings in Portugal, to the Savoy organisation in London, and back to Portugal, winning countless awards along the way, and now inspiring a new generation as he prepares to reboot the legendary Ritz Hotel Lisbon as a Four Seasons, the very epitome of contemporary hotel cool. 
I loved chatting with Nelson; perhaps because we both come from very simple backgrounds.
And I have no doubt the Four Seasons Lisbon, when its bars open - in just a few weeks/months! - will become a global destination. 
Nelson on IG: http://@nelson_de_matosbartender
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