E248 Calliope Draper

This weeks guest is Calliope Draper who joins us from Montreal, Quebec. Calliope has dedicated herself to building a brighter and more inclusive hospitality sector. Her vision to provide unfailingly warm hospitality to LGBTQ+ folks, and her passion for educating those both in front of and behind the bar is baked into everything she does. In 2024, Callie founded Places You are Welcome, a spirited award nominated cocktail-zine devoted to spotlighting queer stories and excellence across the hospitality industry. A regular speaker at cocktail events and conferences across Canada, and the global winner of the 50 Best Bars Roku Scholarship 2024, Callie has become a rising star in hospitality. As the first ever transgender person to win a global cocktail competition she has traveled the world on a mission to make every bar a gay bar and spread some good old fashioned Canadian hospitality. Now you can find her at Montreal's iconic Bisou Bisou sharing her love of sherry, apéritifs and the city of Montreal.

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The Alchemist is presenting the Toronto Cocktail Festival which is occurring from October 22-26, 2025. The first annual Toronto Cocktail Festival will be a toast to the art of the cocktail and so much more. It will be a destination event that celebrates the vibrant culture of food and drink in a city that is a hub of culinary and cocktail creativity. The city’s multi-award-winning bartenders, brand ambassadors and chefs make this an exciting culinary event that will give them the showcase they deserve—and serve up delicious fun for consumers, too.

A big thank you to Jean-Marc Dykes of Imbiblia. Imbiblia is a cocktail app for bartenders, restaurants and cocktail lovers alike and built by a bartender with more than a decade of experience behind the bar. Several of the features includes the ability to create your own Imbiblia Recipe Cards with the Imbiblia Cocktail Builder, rapidly select ingredients, garnishes, methods and workshop recipes with a unique visual format, search by taste using flavor profiles unique to Imbiblia, share recipes publicly plus many more……Imbiblia - check it out!

Contact the host Kypp Saunders by email at [e-mail] for products from Elora Distilling, Malivoire Winery and Terroir Wine Imports.

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