April Wachtel

Location: Brooklyn, New York

Education: Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts College of Art

Expertise: Cocktails

April is a mixologist, cocktail instructor, and recipe developer whose recipes have appeared in Serious Eats, Lincoln Center Kitchen, MetLife Stadium, Whiskey Advocate, Forbes, Greatest, and more.
She's the host of the Movers and Shakers podcast.
She's the founder of Cheeky Cocktails, a company that offers cocktail mixers, syrups, and juices.

Experience

April Wachtel is an experienced mixologist and a cocktail and spirits instructor. In addition to Serious Eats, her recipes have appeared in Lincoln Center Kitchen, MetLife Stadium, Whiskey Advocate, Forbes, Greatest, and more.

As an entrepreneur, April is founder and CEO of Cheeky Cocktails, a cocktail mixer and content development company. April is also the host of the Movers and Shakers podcast and the former director of programming for the Enthuse Foundation, which facilitates pitch nights for female entrepreneurs.

She has made appearances on The Today Show, Fox & Friends, the Heritage Radio Network, and the Sundance Channel. In her off-time, you can find April rockclimbing, riding bikes, doing yoga, or dancing tango.

About Serious Eats

Serious Eats, a Dotdash brand, is an award-winning food and drink website visited by over 7 million hungry readers every month. Our audience comes to us for rigorously tested recipes, science-driven cooking techniques, robust equipment reviews, and stories that offer cultural and historical context to the foods we love to eat.

Dotdash is among the largest and fastest growing publishers online, and has won over 50 awards in the last year alone, including Digiday's 2020 Publisher of the Year. Dotdash brands include Verywell, Investopedia, The Balance, The Spruce, Simply Recipes, Serious Eats, Byrdie, Brides, MyDomaine, Lifewire, TripSavvy, Liquor.com, and TreeHugger.