THE SLMAN PODCAST: Cocktail Guru Mr Lyan Talks Career, Spirits & Cool Destinations
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🗓️ 4 April 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Mr Lyan is the ground-breaking, taste-making bar owner & mixologist who has redefined London’s cocktail scene & won more awards than you’ve had martinis. Real name Ryan Chetiyawardana, he knows everything about the best booze & where to drink it – so we jumped at the chance to talk bars, hangovers & at-home drinking with him…
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this SL-Man podcast in which some of the biggest names in business, fitness, fashion and more tell us about their careers, their style, their routines, their mental health and much more. |
| 0:11.0 | Welcome to the SL-Man podcast with me Charlotte Collins. This week I'm joined by Heather Steele and Ryan Chetyawardana. Mr Lyon, as he's otherwise known, is at the forefront of innovation within the drinks industry and has been involved in opening |
| 0:24.7 | several of the UK's best bars for over a decade, as well as launching in the US and Amsterdam. |
| 0:29.5 | It all began with his first bar, White Lion in Hoxton in 2013. The bar was voted World's Best New International |
| 0:36.1 | Bar in 2014 at Tales of the Cocktail and was included in the world's 50 Best Bars list in 2014 and 2015. |
| 0:42.1 | He has since been named UK bartender of the year twice and in 2015 was |
| 0:45.4 | named International Bartender of the Year at Tales of the Cocktale. Most recently Ryan opened |
| 0:50.0 | the cool news space Seed Library and 100 Shorlitch Hotel in March 2022, where the drinks |
| 0:55.6 | are focused around the heritage of certain cocktails. I'm sorry Ryan I'm nearly |
| 0:58.2 | done as well as bars. The Mr. Linebrand includes a retail range of five bottled |
| 1:02.3 | cocktails available to buy from salvages and master of |
| 1:05.3 | most. |
| 1:06.3 | Welcome. |
| 1:07.3 | Thank you. |
| 1:08.3 | That is quite a CV you've got there. |
| 1:09.3 | It's a lengthy bit that you've included. |
| 1:11.3 | It's very nice to hear some of those bits back. |
| 1:13.4 | I guess. |
| 1:14.4 | Remembering those heavy days of 2013. |
| 1:17.0 | Can you give us a bit of background? |
| 1:18.2 | How does one become best bartender in the UK? |
| 1:21.4 | Oof. Well, I mean, that's a specific point that was, I suppose, much later in the career, actually. |
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