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On the next episode of The Cocktail Guru Podcast, we talk accounting, life insurance, and real estate—wait, what?!—oh, and rum with Steven Gubb, Founder, President & CEO of Boston-based Paradise Imports, suppliers of Gubba Rum, plus go behind the scenes at Bar Convent Brooklyn 2024!
On this edition of THE COCKTAIL GURU PODCAST, hosts Jonathan & Jeffrey Pogash talk accounting, life insurance, and real estate—oh, and rum and rum cocktails!—with CPA, insurance executive, real estate developer, and rum entrepreneur Steven Gubb, Founder, President & CEO of Boston-based Paradise Imports, suppliers of all-natural, organic Gubba Rum. Plus Jonathan & Jeffrey go "On the Road" to Bar Convent Brooklyn, snagging impromptu interviews with industry standards Tony Abou-Ganim, Dale DeGroff, H. Joseph Ehrmann, Reza Esmaili, Jamie Gordon, Trish Rossiene, and Lucinda Sterling, and to Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery to visit the resting places of Charles Feltman, creator of the hot dog, and William Niblo, theatre impresario and pioneering New York restaurateur. All brought to you by The Cocktail Guru Shop, now selling fine spirits!
THE COCKTAIL GURU PODCAST is produced by 1st Reel Entertainment and distributed by EatsDrinksTV, a service of the Center for Culinary Culture—Home of The Cocktail Collection, and is available wherever fine podcasts can be heard. The Center for Culinary Culture—Telling the Story of Food & Drink…One Taste at a Time.
The Modern Mixologist
Tony Abou-Ganim is widely regarded as one of the world's pioneering and leading bar professionals. He has made dozens of national TV appearances on shows including TODAY, Iron Chef America, Good Morning America, CNBC, FOX News, and more. Abou-Ganim is the author of The Modern Mixologist: Contemporary Classic Cocktails (Agate, 2010). which offers readers an in-depth look into spirits and ingredients available to today’s mixologist, both professional and amateur. This entertaining and informative journey takes readers from the early stages of the cocktail to what Abou-Ganim deems “Modern Mixology.” Abou-Ganim also has a DVD to his credit, Modern Mixology: Making Great Cocktails at Home, and hosted the Fine Living program Raising the Bar: America’s Best Bar Chefs. Abou-Ganim has also won three Iron Chef America competitions, pairing cocktails with Iron Chef Mario Batali; Iron Chef Jose Garces, and, most recently, challenger Chef Sean McClain. His signature branded line of Modern Mixologist bar tools and his second book, Vodka Distilled: The Modern Mixologist on Vodka and Vodka Cocktails (Agate, 2013), are available at www.modernmixologist.com.
Abou-Ganim grew up in the bar business, learning the craft from his cousin Helen David at the Brass Rail Bar in Port Huron, Michigan. His introduction to the business was steeped in the tradition of classic cocktails and professional barmanship, teaching him the necessary steps to become a leader in the beverage industry. After graduating from college, Abou-Ganim further developed an appreciation for a hand-crafted cock…
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Steven Gubb, a certified public accountant and licensed real estate broker in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, holds a BA from American University in Washington, DC, and completed the MS in accounting program at Northeastern University in Boston. An auditor for three years with the accounting firm of Laventhol & Horwath, he took that training with him and became contro‖er of Diversified Funding, Inc. in early 1982. He has extensive real estate experience in development, apartment rentals, property management, and condominium conversions.
Since 2009, Mr.Gubb has been affiliated with Healthcare Solutions Team in Chicago and Broker Service Marketing Group in Wellesley, MA. He is a licensed health and life insurance agent in 14 states, offering life insurance of a‖ kinds, including term, whole life, universal life, Iong-term care, annuities, and more. He markets his services through stevengubbinsurance.com.
In April 2011, Mr.Gubb founded Paradise imports, LLC, with the purpose of bringing two new, a‖-natural, organic rums to market, and Gubba Rum's Gold and Silver expressions are now distributed in Massachusetts, Florida, and Louisiana, specifically in and around New Orleans, and soon will expand to Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada, and Tennessee.
