#22 Alessandro Palazzi - Dukes Hotel, Martinis, Ian Fleming, 50 Years of Bartending

#22 Alessandro Palazzi - Dukes Hotel, Martinis, Ian Fleming, 50 Years of Bartending

Alessandro Palazzi is the Head Bartender at Dukes Hotel in London where this episode was filmed. In a career spanning 50 years, he has made possibly more martinis that anyone else alive today at what is perhaps the most famous martini bar in the world. On the episode Alessandro shares his 50 year career in hospitality, the philosophy of Dukes, his tips on how to make a great martini, what it was like making martinis for King Charles, and we delve into the commonly held legend that Ian Fleming (author of the James Bond novels) drank martinis at Dukes.

Notes:

• Gilberto Preti, whose name comes up once or twice, worked at Dukes from 1984 until around 2003.

• George V (cinq) hotel is mentioned a few times - it's a very fancy hotel in Paris

• The Fleming biography that is mentioned is The Life of Ian Fleming by John PearsonTo support this podcast please share, like, and subscribe!

This episode is sponsored by Fever-Tree


03:09 50 Years of Bartending Part 1 - Origin Stories, Lessons, Savoy, George V Paris
11:54 Arriving at Dukes Hotel
15:40 50 Years of Bartending Part 2 - Los Angeles Gangs, Greek Sherry, Ritz Paris, Learning from People
22:57 Ian Fleming and Dukes - Evidence, Stories, Dukes in the 50’s, Life of Ian Fleming
34:07 Dukes Cocktails, Exploring Gin Brands, Freezers
37:29 The Dukes Experience - Regulars, Ritual, Holiness
44:09 Secrets & Inspiration, Margaritas, Bullshot
47:44 The Secrets of the Perfect Martini - Temperature, Dilution, Ingredients, Garnish, Preparation, Price, Consumption
1:01:12 Making Martinis with The King
1:05:25 Self Reflection
1:06:58 No Power in the Bar - Dealing with Issues
1:08:44 Legacy - Dukes Bartenders & Team
1:13:09 Vesper Martini - Creation Story, Gin & Vodka, Fleming, Mythbusting

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(91)

#91 Liquipedia Live – Tree Shrews vs Andre the Giant, Getting Drunk on Sweat, Champagne Tower Architecture, How Old is Water, Ian Fleming, Drinking Rocket Fuel, Soju & Swimming Pools

#91 Liquipedia Live – Tree Shrews vs Andre the Giant, Getting Drunk on Sweat, Champagne Tower Architecture, How Old is Water, Ian Fleming, Drinking Rocket Fuel, Soju & Swimming Pools

We're doing something different this time: a special edition replaying the Liquipedia seminar we delivered live at Tales of the Cocktail 2026 in New Orleans, sponsored by Belvedere — forty-five increa...

17 Aug 1h 54min

#90 David Wondrich – Cocktail History: The Only William, Savoy Without a American Bar, WW2 Supply Officers, Business Cards, Unmarked Graves, America's Love of Ice

#90 David Wondrich – Cocktail History: The Only William, Savoy Without a American Bar, WW2 Supply Officers, Business Cards, Unmarked Graves, America's Love of Ice

David Wondrich is a drinks historian and author of Imbibe!, Punch and the Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails, and The Comic Book History of the Cocktail. The conversation runs from a $3,000 fre...

10 Aug 1h 38min

#89 Julie Reiner - NYC, Clover Club, Pegu Club, Cocktail Renaissance, Milady's

#89 Julie Reiner - NYC, Clover Club, Pegu Club, Cocktail Renaissance, Milady's

Julie Reiner arrived in New York in 1998 after a stint bartending in San Francisco, following her wife to a city she'd always wanted to live in, and found a scene stuck on sour mix and nothing fresh, ...

3 Aug 1h 5min

#88 Grover Sanschagrin - Agave Matchmaker, CRT, Additives, Lawsuits, Police Raids, Agave Syrup

#88 Grover Sanschagrin - Agave Matchmaker, CRT, Additives, Lawsuits, Police Raids, Agave Syrup

Grover Sanschagrin is the co-founder, alongside his wife Scarlet, of Agave Matchmaker — the platform, formerly known as Tequila Matchmaker, that has spent over a decade cataloguing how tequila and oth...

27 Juli 1h 17min

#87 Daniele Biondi - Indiana Jones of Rum, Clairin & Haiti, Viche & Colombia, Hampden, Velier, Luca Gargano

#87 Daniele Biondi - Indiana Jones of Rum, Clairin & Haiti, Viche & Colombia, Hampden, Velier, Luca Gargano

Daniele Biondi is one of the world's leading experts on the rum category. Working with Luca Gargano at Velier, he is one of the key figures behind the international rediscovery of Haitian clairin, the...

20 Juli 2h 17min

#86 British Rum Special - Dropworks, Outlier, J. Gow: History, Production, GI, Tasting, Rum Market, Future of Rum, British vs. Caribbean

#86 British Rum Special - Dropworks, Outlier, J. Gow: History, Production, GI, Tasting, Rum Market, Future of Rum, British vs. Caribbean

We sat down — hungover, under-slept, and drinking before nine in the morning — with three of the people actually building British rum from the ground up: Lewis Hayes of DropWorks, Collin van Schayk of...

13 Juli 1h 46min

#85 Dré Masso - 30 Years of Bartending, Creating Altos, Henry Besant, LAB Bar, Nusa Caña, Dick Bradsell, Potato Head

#85 Dré Masso - 30 Years of Bartending, Creating Altos, Henry Besant, LAB Bar, Nusa Caña, Dick Bradsell, Potato Head

Dré Masso is one of the most consequential figures in the modern cocktail world — a British-Colombian bartender whose career has stretched from the epicentre of 1990s London to a beach club in Bali an...

6 Juli 1h 52min

#84 Jörg Meyer - Gin Basil Smash, 50 Best Bars, Le Lion, German Bar Scene

#84 Jörg Meyer - Gin Basil Smash, 50 Best Bars, Le Lion, German Bar Scene

Jörg Meyer is the founder of Le Lion — Bar de Paris in Hamburg, one of the most consistently recognised cocktail bars in the world and the birthplace of the Gin Basil Smash, a drink he created in 2008...

29 Juni 1h 31min

Populärt inom Samhälle & Kultur

podme-dokumentar
aftonbladet-krim
gynning-berg
p3-dokumentar
en-mork-historia
creepypodden-med-jack-werner
aftonbladet-daily
hor-har
killradet
svenska-fall
rss-schyffert-sundin-ar-det-har-nat
kod-katastrof
p1-dokumentar
rss-mer-an-bara-morsa
flashback-forever
rss-krimreportrarna
mardromsgasten
vad-blir-det-for-mord
rss-sanning-konsekvens
rss-vill-du-veta-en-hemlis-2