Tony Conigliaro (mixologist)

Tony Conigliaro is a bartender and mixologist, and a pioneer of the use of molecular mixology in cocktails.

He has worked at Isola, Hakkasan and The Lonsdale in London, and now works with Rainer Becker, overseeing drinks at the award-winning Roka restaurant in London.

His cocktail creations include a re-invention of the Prairie Oyster, the Apple White Lady, Tanqueray No.10 Clover Club, the Twinkle, Champagne No.5 and the Smoked Old Fashioned.

Tony Conigliaro has written for industry magazines "Theme" and "Class", and has been featured in articles in the mainstream UK media, in the likes of The Guardian [ [http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/drink/story/0,,2117437,00.html Couture cocktails | Life and style | guardian.co.uk ] ] and The Daily Telegraph. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/wine/main.jhtml?xml=/wine/2003/12/13/edand13.xml Cooler shaker - Telegraph ] ] The New York Times has acclaimed him as the "No.1 Bradsell protégé", [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/dining/07lond.html?pagewanted=3&ei=5124&en=c358b65d46b4ff16&ex=157680000&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink The Best Town to Make an Upper Lip Stiff - New York Times ] ] comparing him to renowned bartender Dick Bradsell, and he has also been called "one of mixology's global poster boys". [ [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/bars/article-23479962-details/Down+a+test-tube+cocktail/article.do Down a test-tube cocktail| Pubs & Bars | This is London ] ]

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