Tobin Ellis

Most recognized for his recent appearances on Throwdown with Bobby Flay, On the Rocks: The Search for America’s Top Bartender, and the Food Network Challenge, Tobin has logged 19 years behind the wood in New York, DC, and Las Vegas including as head bartender for Caesars Palace. He still can’t get an olive onto a cocktail pick on the first try. Or the second.

Tobin is a 15-time finalist in national and world bartending competitions, has titles that include 2009 Tales of the Cocktail USBG National Champion, and has organized & judged many major competitions including NBC’s On the Rocks, Legends of Bartending, USBG World Cocktail Cup, Hendrick’s Cocktail Competition, Cocktails for the Cure, and many more. He has also been a technical consultant for NBC, A&E, Travel Channel, and Food Network related to cocktails and bartending.

Tobin is the principal consultant and owner of BarMagic of Las Vegas. Established in 1997, BMLV provides concept & cocktail development, training, operations, and special event bar catering for resorts, casinos, restaurant groups, and major spirit brands on four continents.

Tobin and his team’s work have won a slew of accredited awards and have been featured on a number of television networks around the world (ABC, NBC, USA, E!, A&E, Food Network, Travel Channel, Bravo, Discovery) and in international newspapers (NY Times, LA Times, El Heraldo, London Sunday Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal) over the years. He secretly loves Karaoke, macaroni & cheese out of the box, and Christina Aguilera.