Joe Gilmore

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Joe Gilmore (born 19th of May 1922) was one of the longest running Head Barmen at The Savoy Hotel's American Bar. Joe Gilmore started as a trainee barman at The American Bar in 1940, and was appointed Head Barman in 1955, a position he held until he retired in 1976. Over his years as Head Barman, Gilmore invented numerous cocktails to mark special events and important guests, a longstanding tradition at the American Bar. Joe Gilmore has invented cocktails in honor of a number of royalty, politicians and celebrities including Prince Charles, Prince William, Princess Anne, Queen Mother, Prince Andrew, Sir Winston Churchill, American President Harry S. Truman and President Nixon, and Julie Andrews. He also invented cocktails to commemorate the first walk on the moon in 1969 by Neil Armstrong, and the American and Russian link-up in space in 1975.

In addition to serving five generations of royals at private receptions and parties, Joe has also served Errol Flynn, Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Princess Grace, George Bernard Shaw, Earnest Hemmingway, Noel Coward, Agatha Christie, Alice Faye, Ingrid Bergman, Julie Andrews, Laurence Olivier Joan Crawford, Judy Garland, Liza Minelli, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.


Cocktails created by Joe Gilmore

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