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The Philip Duff Show

Hosted by Philip Duff · arts · EN-US

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Liquor, bars, cocktails: the people and companies who make them, sell them and drink them, plus everything & everyone in-between, with your host, globetrotting spirits guy and escaped bartender, Philip Duff.

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36%

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What is The Philip Duff Show about?

Liquor, bars, cocktails: the people and companies who make them, sell them and drink them, plus everything & everyone in-between, with your host, globetrotting spirits guy and escaped bartender, Philip Duff.

Who hosts The Philip Duff Show?

The Philip Duff Show is hosted by Philip Duff. The show has published 178 episodes to date.

What has The Philip Duff Show covered recently?

Recent episodes include "#179, Sarah Södersten, founder Studio Belle South, former brand ambassador & bartender, brand experience & activations expert" (26 October 2026, 106 minutes), "#177, Nelson de Matos, multi-award winning bartender and bar manager, Four Seasons Lisbon" (5 October 2026, 82 minutes), and "#176, Ibrahima Guenne and Lorenzo Cisi, owners, MUGI Bar, Barcelona" (28 September 2026, 68 minutes).

How often does The Philip Duff Show publish?

The Philip Duff Show publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 97 minutes across 178 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on The Philip Duff Show?

Booking probability for The Philip Duff Show is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Philip Duff Show requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Philip Duff Show's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch The Philip Duff Show?

The strongest fits for The Philip Duff Show are Bars & Pubs. The Philip Duff Show has an arts audience.

About the host

Philip Duff hosts The Philip Duff Show, an arts podcast with 178 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #179

    #179, Sarah Södersten, founder Studio Belle South, former brand ambassador & bartender, brand experience & activations expert

    Oct 26, 20261h 46m

    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...

  • Episode #177

    #177, Nelson de Matos, multi-award winning bartender and bar manager, Four Seasons Lisbon

    Oct 5, 20261h 22m

    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...

  • Episode #176

    #176, Ibrahima Guenne and Lorenzo Cisi, owners, MUGI Bar, Barcelona

    Sep 28, 20261h 8m

    I met Lorenzo and Ibrahima just last week, and their Japanese-style cocktail bar, Mugi, which opened in Barcelona in April of this year, impressed me so much I wanted to get them on the podcast to tell their story...

  • Episode #175

    #175, Natasha Bermudez, New York City bartender and Bar Manager, Seed Library NYC 22 September 2026

    Sep 21, 20261h 47m

    Natasha is a whole bundle of energy: raised in the Dominican Republic, she moved to NY young and amassed an impressive background bartending and managing in New York at places like Zuma, Llama Inn & Llama San, and, now...

  • The Philip Duff Show

    #174 Adam Reiner, James Beard-award winning food, drinks, restaurant & bars writer, hospitality lifer, author of “The New Rules of Dining Out”Episode

    Sep 14, 20262h 45m

    Adam's a veteran of legendary Manhattan restaurants including Babbo, Carbone and The Grill (formerly The Four Seasons) and became an award-winning writer for publications including Bon Appetit, The Wall Street Journal...

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  • Episode #173

    #173 Tony Sachs, official The Philip Duff Show 6-time guest & sidekick, drinks writer, whiskey sage, bar haunter 7 September 2026

    Sep 8, 20261h 1m

    Officially our most-interviewed guest, me and Tony did our first-ever intercontinental podcast via satellite, and we jammed in a whole lot - spicy margs, Drastic Dave firing 36% of the staff at Diageo's NY HQ, how the...

  • Episode #172

    #172 Shannon Tebay, Director of Mixology for The Venetian Resort (Las Vegas), former head bartender The American Bar at The Savoy (London), Death & Co (NY), 17 August 2026

    Aug 18, 20261h 52m

    Shannon is an utter powerhouse, and after seeing her nail it at Death & Co, then the American Bar at the Savoy, then the ultimate (massive) rock 'n' roll venue Outernet London, it came as no surprise she was tapped to...

  • Episode #171

    #171, Allen Katz, spirits & cocktail educator and founder of New York Distilling Company

    Aug 10, 20262h 2m

    I met Allen in an Amsterdam bar in 2008, and everyone in the US scene already knew him; I assumed he'd been a bartender and transitioned into education & consulting, as so many of us did in the late 1990s and early...

  • Episode #170

    #170, J’Nai Angelle Williams, Lead Bartender at the Chandelier Bar, Four Seasons New Orleans, & Content Creator

    Aug 4, 20261h 33m

    J'Nai, a born-and-raised New Orleanian, is lead bartender at The Chandelier Bar inside the rather ritzy Four Seasons New Orleans, was just nominated into the final 4 for "US Bartender of the Year" at the 2026 Tales of...

  • Episode #169

    #169, Philip Duff solo - The Tales recap! 27 July 2026

    Jul 27, 202649 min

    Well, we - meaning me - survived Tales! (not that Delta Airlines were any bloody help). Here's a recap of what I did, where I went and how I think it all shook out, including of course some - sometimes salty...

  • Episode #168

    #168, Leslie Merinoff Kwasnieski , master distiller, Matchbook Distilling, North Fork, Long Island, NY. 20 July 2026

    Jul 20, 20261h 43m

    I didn't realise Leslie was the person behind Matchbook Distilling until I had her brother, Andrew Merinoff, on the show (Episode #154, here...

  • Episode #167

    #167, Emma Janzen & Toby Maloney, award-winning authors of “The Bartender’s Manifesto” and “The Classic Cocktail Sessions”

    Jul 13, 20261h 34m

    Toby is a veteran bartender and mixologist, who added high-level mixology to his legendary drinkmaking speed with stints at Milk & Honey (NY), The Violet Hour (Chicago) and Mother's Ruin, before turning his hand to (as...

  • Episode #166

    #166, Scott Mayer, bartender, manager , beverage director & founder of Blended Family liqueurs

    Jul 6, 20261h 46m

    I first ran into Scott down in New Orleans at Tales of the Cocktail, but we've since hung out many times, also in Atlanta. His story, about coming up in mixology, especially in Miami in the early years when it wasn't...

  • Episode #165

    #165, H (Ehrmann), owner, Elixir bar (San Francisco), co-founder and Chief Mixology Officer, Fresh Victor cocktail mixers 29 June 2026

    Jun 29, 20261h 46m

    H is an old friend and I'd been meaning to catch up with him anyway, but when I heard he was piloting a ground-breaking new mentorship program for bartenders, in association with the brand he co-founded, Fresh Victor...

  • Episode #164

    Unt#164, Seymour Ferreira, global liquor CEO, brand owner (inc. Ridgeview Wine Estate), founder of Chimera import, distribution & brand development

    Jun 22, 20262 hour

    Seymour has has a long career in liquor and has been a global CEO multiple times, adding millions of cases and value to every firm he worked at, from the Philippines to Singapore, to Amsterdam, and from Allied-Domecq to...

  • Episode #163

    #163, Hemant Pathak, partner & beverage director Junoon, Jazba, Room 207 & Tandoor Oven (NYC), World Class and Bacardi Legacy winner (India)

    Jun 15, 20261h 19m

    Hemant , who is from a small village in the foothills of the Himalayas, became a star overnight after winning Diageo World Class India, followed quickly by winning Bacardi Legacy India, but when he moved to New York he...

  • Episode #162

    Brian Maxwell, owner & beverage director, Vieux Carre, Pittsburgh

    Jun 10, 20262h 1m

    Brian is a peripatetic bartender who's slung drinks in his native Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Philadelphia, New York, and, with the recently opened Vieux Carre, back to Pittsburgh. He's also been a fighter, starting with...

  • Episode #161

    Aarón Díaz, founder, Carnaval (Lima), beverage director Super Group, chef & mixologist

    Jun 2, 202656 min

    I met Aarón in Europe when he was visiting, and I've wanted to sit down with him for ages. From a childhood in kitchens to teaching culinary arts around the world and falling sideways into mixology after a stint at...

  • Episode #160

    Mike Paladini and Danny Polise, founders, Penelope Bourbon

    May 25, 20261h 49m

    I bumped into Mike at NY's legendary Irish bar Swift in 2020, when a mutual friend who'd been showing Mike around Manhattan bars introduced us. I'd heard a story or two about this new-to-the-market MGP-sourced bourbon...

  • Episode #159

    Rakshay Dhariwal, founder, Maya Pistola Agavepura Indian agave spirit, co-founder Passcode Hospitality and India Cocktail Week

    May 20, 20261h 27m

    I met Rakshay a few years back on one of the legendary Blueblazer press tours of bars in Italy, and he let me taste the agave spirit he produces in India, Maya Pistola Agavepura. Its distilled with traditional tequila...

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