Elayne duff biography

Despite a jet-set lifestyle that can have her styling cocktails in Hawaii one day and filming for national TV the next, independent consultant & educator Elayne Duff, first love is talking craft cocktails with bartenders and consumers alike. 

Nominated for a James Beard Award, Elayne has spent her career learning and teaching others everything she could about spirits and cocktails.

She was Diageo’s first-ever Luxury Brand Mixologist and spirits educator; she graduated from the first-ever class of the grueling 5-day B.A.R program in New York, earned her WSET Level 3 Spirit certification & a Level 1 Cicerone.

To perfect her skills, she interned at globally recognized, award-winning New York bars, The Dead Rabbit, the three-Michelin-star restaurant Le Bernardin, and the Nomad. 

"Elayne is an absolute joy to watch working; her energy and enthusiasm is unrivaled," says