

Karl McElligott brings more than fifteen years of food and beverage experience to the Harvard Bartending Course. He grew up working in bars in Ireland and is currently the Senior Restaurant Manager at the Boston Newton Marriott hotel. He has a love for all things bartending. Karl is our head instructor of mixology.
"Before the class, I didn't know a Gimlet from a jigger, much less a Buffalo Sweat (it involves wringing the bar rag into the glass). But Mr. Tocci, whose animated delivery sounds a bit like Jay Leno's, sets us at ease from the start."