Dale DeGroff
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Dale DeGroff, aka King Cocktail is a master mixologist
who developed his techniques tending bar at many establishments, most notably, New York’s Rainbow Room
, where in the late 1980s he pioneered a gourmet
approach to recreating the great classic cocktail
s.
DeGroff is the founder and president of The Museum of the American Cocktail
, the first museum in the world dedicated to education in mixology and preserving the rich history of the American cocktail and has been credited with reinventing the profession of bartending and setting off a cocktail explosion around the world. He is the author of The Craft of the Cocktail, and The Essential Cocktail.
DeGroff provides consulting and bar training to beverage companies, hotels, and leading restaurants, and is a partner in Beverage Alcohol Resource, a provider of training and credentialing in distilled spirits and mixology.
DeGroff is the recipient of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Outstanding Wine & Spirits Professional Award for his impact on the national industry.
Bartender
A bartender is a person who serves beverages behind a counter in a bar, pub, tavern, or similar establishment. A bartender, in short, "tends the bar". The term barkeeper may carry a connotation of being the bar's owner...
who developed his techniques tending bar at many establishments, most notably, New York’s Rainbow Room
Rainbow Room
The Rainbow Room was an upscale restaurant and nightclub on the 65th floor of the GE Building in Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan, New York City.-Cuisine:...
, where in the late 1980s he pioneered a gourmet
Gourmet
Gourmet is a cultural ideal associated with the culinary arts of fine food and drink, or haute cuisine, which is characterised by elaborate preparations and presentations of large meals of small, often quite rich courses...
approach to recreating the great classic cocktail
Cocktail
A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...
s.
DeGroff is the founder and president of The Museum of the American Cocktail
The Museum of the American Cocktail
The Museum of the American Cocktail is a nonprofit organization dedicated to education in mixology and preserving the rich history of the American cocktail.- Overview :...
, the first museum in the world dedicated to education in mixology and preserving the rich history of the American cocktail and has been credited with reinventing the profession of bartending and setting off a cocktail explosion around the world. He is the author of The Craft of the Cocktail, and The Essential Cocktail.
DeGroff provides consulting and bar training to beverage companies, hotels, and leading restaurants, and is a partner in Beverage Alcohol Resource, a provider of training and credentialing in distilled spirits and mixology.
"Dale DeGroff, who has done more than anyone to bring baroque standards back to the bar, encountered Jerry Thomas' [work] for the first time in the early 1980s, when Joe Baum, who wanted a different kind of bar for his new restaurant Aurora, directed him to “The Bon-Vivant’s Companion.”
-William Grimes, New York Times
DeGroff is the recipient of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Outstanding Wine & Spirits Professional Award for his impact on the national industry.
See also
- List of cocktails
- The Museum of the American CocktailThe Museum of the American CocktailThe Museum of the American Cocktail is a nonprofit organization dedicated to education in mixology and preserving the rich history of the American cocktail.- Overview :...