Alice Lascelles
Transform drinks experiences with Alice Lascelles, speaker, award-winning drinks journalist and author. Alice works with audiences to explore beverage culture, spirits expertise, and cocktail mastery, delivering engaging insights as Financial Times columnist and multiple Drinks Writer of the Year winner.
London, United Kingdom
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Alice has authored three books. Her guide for home bartenders, The Cocktail Edit: Everything You Need to Know About How to Make All The Drinks That Matter (Quadrille 2022), was named a Book of the Year by The Times, The Telegraph, the Financial Times, and Esquire. Her latest book, The Martini: The Ultimate Guide to a Cocktail Icon, will be published by Quadrille in September 2024.
An expert on drinks production and provenance, Alice enjoys exploring the stories behind them. Her topics have included the rise of Japanese whisky, the science of bubbles, and profiles of Syria's only working winery, as well as the bar scene that helped regenerate New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. She is an experienced public speaker, having led talks and tastings at events such as FT Weekend Live at the Kennedy Centre and the Speyside Whisky Festival.
Alice has received several accolades, including Fortnum & Mason Drinks Writer of the Year and IWSC Spirits Communicator of the Year. She is also a Keeper of the Quaich and a Chevalier of the Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne. Before her journalism career, she studied English at Cambridge and worked in the arts. Additionally, she is a musician with a White Stripes tour and several releases, including an album under the name Alice Gun. Her interests include gardening, dogs, and fell walking in the Lake District.
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