Speed Rack

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Ivy Mix is co-owner of Whoopsie Daisy and Fiasco! in Brooklyn, New York; the co-founder of Speed Rack, the women+, high-speed bartending competition that raises money for breast cancer research; and the author of two award-winning cocktail books, Spirits of Latin Americaand A Quick Drink: The Speed Rack Guide to Winning Cocktails for Any Mood. She opened three-time James Beard–nominated Leyenda, Brooklyn’s agave-forward cocktail darling, in May 2015. It garnered many awards and was recognized as one of the best bars in America by Eater, GQ, Thrillist, and more before shutting its doors after ten years in 2025. Over the tenure of her career, Ivy has been recognized within the culinary and cocktail industry as one of the best bartenders in the country. She was named American Bartender of the Year at Tales of the Cocktail’s 2015 Spirited Awards and Mixologist of the Year by Wine Enthusiastin 2016. Her work with Lynnette Marrero garnered the pair the honor of two Tales of the Cocktail 2019 Spirited Awards: Philanthropy and World’s Best Bar Mentors.

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Lynnette Marrero has led award-winning bar programs at Llama Inn and Llama San—where her work earned James Beard and Spirited Awards recognition—before opening her first bar, Milly’s, in Brooklyn in 2025. A champion of equity in hospitality, she co-founded Speed Rack, the global competition uplifting women+ bartenders, earning multiple Spirited Awards for mentorship, philanthropy, and industry impact. Her book A Quick Drink was nominated for a James Beard Award, and she’s also launched MasterClass’s mixology platform and received the Altos Bartender’s Bartender award. In 2025, she was honored with the Bar & Restaurant Expo Industry Impact Award and named a Tales of the Cocktail Visionary for her contributions to a more inclusive, forward-thinking drinks world.

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Caer Maiko is a bartender and creative based in Los Angeles, where she manages the iconic gastropub Father’s Office. A top-4 finalist for the 2023 Spirited Award for Best US Bartender, she’s also the co-creator of Daijoubu Pop Up: Super Asian Cocktails, a traveling experience that blends bold, unexpected Asian flavors with a mission to elevate Asian voices in hospitality.

Originally from Santa Monica, she studied animation and film at Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, where she also entered the world of bartending. In 2015, she moved to Austin and worked at or managed Peche, the Roosevelt Room, the Eleanor’s Miracle on 5th Street Christmas pop-up, and Last Straw. Her accolades include Beverage Media’s Bartenders to Watch 2019, Austin’s Bartender of the Year 2019, and Punch’s Bartender in Residence 2021, and she is a certified “Bar Ready” graduate of the BarSmart’s BAR 5-Day Program. She’s also a beloved S&S alum with many great cocktails to her name.