EPISODE · Mar 12, 2026 · 51 MIN
#80 Jillian Vose: From Cheeky Hustle to World Class Bartender
from Serves You Right · host Andrew Roy
Some of the most influential people in the cocktail world started the exact opposite way. Making drinks by color. Recreating drinks that already existed...and hoping nobody noticed.Before the awards. Before running one of the most famous cocktail bars in the world. Before menus with dozens of original drinks, we have a story of trying one’s luck in Arizona. Testing the waters in New York…let's say slightly over her head. Sleeping on an air mattress, commuting across the city, and learning everything the hard way.In this conversation, Jillian Vose explains how relentless work ethic, curiosity, and brutal honesty about failure pushed her from chaotic college bar shifts to helping lead one of the most respected cocktail programs on earth.Along the way she shares things only a world class BAMF can. If you care about hospitality, leadership, drink creation, or building something meaningful in this industry, missing this conversation would be a mistake.Because the difference between good and great bartenders is not talent.It is how they learn, show up, and keep fighting, day after day.Expect to learn:Why most bartenders misunderstand what actually makes a great drinkHow elite bartenders develop intuition for flavor and balanceThe hidden complexity behind designing world-class cocktail menusWhy guest experience matters more than technical perfectionLinks:Jillian Vose InstagramCocktail Omakase (Cocktail Kingdom Hospitality)Service starts now.Follow the show: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTubeI talk mostly to people in and around the service industry space. I'm looking to hear from the people I wish I could have talked to when I was coming up in restaurants. Said another way: I am trying to make sense of this wild, beautiful mess of a life, and help others that are feeling similarly confused and/or lost. Check out the Podcast Website Here and get in touch with me!Classic Episodes You May Like:#22:Doug Frost MW MS#23:Jeffrey Morgenthaler#31:ET: Entrepreneur (and creator of Surfer on Acid)#38:Aaron Goldfarb Hunting for Ancient Booze#39:Edward Slingerland's Masterful work on Intoxication#46:Andrew Hurley of Vegas.Wine#64:Chris Tunstall of A Bar AboveAs always, I’m just here taking notes, trying to figure out what it all means.Cheers
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Some of the most influential people in the cocktail world started the exact opposite way. Making drinks by color. Recreating drinks that already existed...and hoping nobody noticed.Before the awards. Before running one of the most famous cocktail bars in the world. Before menus with dozens of original drinks, we have a story of trying one’s luck in Arizona. Testing the waters in New York…let's say slightly over her head. Sleeping on an air mattress, commuting across the city, and learning everything the hard way.In this conversation, Jillian Vose explains how relentless work ethic, curiosity, and brutal honesty about failure pushed her from chaotic college bar shifts to helping lead one of the most respected cocktail programs on earth.Along the way she shares things only a world class BAMF can. If you care about hospitality, leadership, drink creation, or building something meaningful in this industry, missing this conversation would be a mistake.Because the difference between good and great bartenders is not talent.It is how they learn, show up, and keep fighting, day after day.Expect to learn:Why most bartenders misunderstand what actually makes a great drinkHow elite bartenders develop intuition for flavor and balanceThe hidden complexity behind designing world-class cocktail menusWhy guest experience matters more than technical perfectionLinks:Jillian Vose InstagramCocktail Omakase (Cocktail Kingdom Hospitality)Service starts now.Follow the show: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTubeI talk mostly to people in and around the service industry space. I'm looking to hear from the people I wish I could have talked to when I was coming up in restaurants. Said another way: I am trying to make sense of this wild, beautiful mess of a life, and help others that are feeling similarly confused and/or lost. Check out the Podcast Website Here and get in touch with me!Classic Episodes You May Like:#22:Doug Frost MW MS#23:Jeffrey Morgenthaler#31:ET: Entrepreneur (and creator of Surfer on Acid)#38:Aaron Goldfarb Hunting for Ancient Booze#39:Edward Slingerland's Masterful work on Intoxication#46:Andrew Hurley of Vegas.Wine#64:Chris Tunstall of A Bar AboveAs always, I’m just here taking notes, trying to figure out what it all means.Cheers
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