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THE MIXOLOGIST
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CHEERS TO PIPPA GUY , SENIOR BARTENDER AT THE SAVOY ' S STORIED AMERICAN BAR .
Contributed BY JEANETTE HURT
Around The Savoy , 24-year-old Philippa Guy is a bit of a superstar . The first woman to be named senior bartender at the American Bar in more than a century , she ' s also on the road to fame within the insular cocktail and spirits world .
But Pippa , as she is known , describes herself in more modest terms . " My strength and my talents are that I am just calm and have a lot of patience , under pressure especially ," says Guy , before she returns — not rushes — to a bustling Tuesday night behind London ' s longest-surviving cocktail bar . " When it gets super busy , I don ' t tend to get stressed . I ' m very much like the mother of the bar with all the guys , and I ' m the calming figure ."
Guy ' s promotion to senior bartender is steeped in history . " This is a particularly lovely story as it reminds us all of Ada Coleman , who is arguably the most admired and cited female bartender from history ," says Charlotte Voisey , director of brand
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