Awards & Winners

Dale DeGroff

Date of Birth 21-September-1948
Place of Birth Rhode Island
(United States of America, New England, Northeast United States, United States, with Territories, Southern New England, Contiguous United States)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as King Cocktail, Dale Degroff
Profession Bartender, Author
Dale DeGroff, aka King Cocktail is a master mixologist who developed his techniques tending bar at many establishments, most notably, New York’s Rainbow Room, where in the late 1980s he pioneered a gourmet approach to recreating the great classic cocktails. DeGroff is the founder and president of The Museum of the American Cocktail, the first museum in the world dedicated to education in mixology and preserving the rich history of the American cocktail and has been credited with reinventing the profession of bartending and setting off a cocktail explosion around the world. He is the author of The Craft of the Cocktail, and The Essential Cocktail. DeGroff provides consulting and bar training to beverage companies, hotels, and leading restaurants, and is a partner in Beverage Alcohol Resource, a provider of training and credentialing in distilled spirits and mixology. "Dale DeGroff, who has done more than anyone to bring baroque standards back to the bar, encountered Jerry Thomas' [work] for the first time in the early 1980s, when Joe Baum, who wanted a different kind of bar for his new restaurant Aurora, directed him to “The Bon-Vivant’s Companion.” -William Grimes, New York Times

Awards by Dale DeGroff

Check all the awards nominated and won by Dale DeGroff.

2009


James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional
Honored for : Dale DeGroff Co., Inc.

Nominations 2009 »

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James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional Dale DeGroff Co., Inc.

2008


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James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional Dale DeGroff Co., Inc.

2007


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James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional

2006


Nominations 2006 »

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James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional The Museum of the American Cocktail trade

2005


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James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional