Lynnette Marrero, Mixologist
Lynnette Marrero is an award-winning bartender, Beverage Director, partner, Milly's BK, educator, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Speed Rack. She received Tales of the Cocktail's prestigious "Tales Visionary Award" in 2025 and has consistently placed in the top ranks of Drinks International's "Bar World 100" from 2019 through 2025. Her book, A Quick Drink: The Speed Rack Guide to Winning Cocktails for Any Mood (April 2024), earned nominations for the 2025 James Beard Media Awards® and Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. As partner and Liquid Creative Director for non-alcoholic spirits company Aplós, teacher Masterclass.com Mixology platform, and Head of Education for Bar Convent Brooklyn since 2022, Lynnette has built a career defined by bringing craft cocktail expertise to the widest possible audience.
Speed Rack, co-founded with Ivy Mix (2011), stands as one of her most enduring contributions to the industry. In its 14th season, the all-femme high-speed competition has raised more than $1.85 million for breast cancer research and prevention while launching countless careers and reshaping who the industry sees behind the bar. This work has earned Lynnette two 2019 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards for "World's Best Bar Mentors" and the inaugural "Philanthropy Award," as well as The Pink Agenda's "Icon Award" in 2023. In 2021, her peers recognized her influence directly with the coveted "Altos Bartenders' Bartender Award" from The Global World's 50 Best Bars.
Lynnette began at NYC's Flatiron Lounge alongside cocktail pioneer Julie Reiner, and has since taken her Brand Ambassador to Masterclass educator to industry visionary. From building award-winning bar programs at Llama Inn & Llama San, which earned a 2022 James Beard Award nomination® for "Outstanding Bar Program," to launching Delola in partnership with Jennifer Lopez and opening Milly's Neighborhood Bar in Brooklyn. Lynnette consistently finds new ways to push the industry forward.
