The Mixing Glass | Guest Shift - Akil Babb | Cooking with Liquid

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You're listening to Bardtenders! In this episode of "The Mixing Glass", Akil Babb joins us to talk about his career in the hospitality industry as he moved from a chef to a bartender and how his past experiences paved the way for cocktail creation. Akil also discusses his upcoming consulting company, "Twisted Spoon Hospitality" and how his career has led him to this amazing opportunity.
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Akil Babb is a bartender/bar consultant that’s been behind the stick since 2013. Starting his cocktail career at Whiskey house, in downtown Gainesville, Florida. Akil worked in a wide range of bars and restaurants and he has worked for to better his understanding of the craft cocktail scene.

Akil moved to Pittsburgh a few years later and become the bar manager of a modernistic cocktail bar called “bridges and bourbon.” After curating that program for 3 years, he started working for Mindful Hospitality in Pittsburgh, where he got opportunities like help putting together and working the celebratory party for Pittsburgh’s first black Mayor and the opening of the August Wilson House.

Akil is on his way to opening his own consulting and hospitality company as we speak.(We can drop the name on the podcast if ya want!) Currently residing in Cincinnati Ohio. He Helped open Second Story Bar, which is right over the bridge in Covington, KY. Which got awarded best bar in Cinci (Even though it was over the the Bridge in KY)

Akil has a passion for Education when it comes to consulting. He feels that It is essential to learn the basics (The correct Basics!) to get the most out of what this industry has to offer. And it starts, first and foremost, with hospitality.”
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