Benny Roff began cooking professionally at 24 and graduated from the California Culinary Academy in 2001. He has cooked at Le Bernadin in New York City, Jardini re in San Francisco and Kensington Place in London. He moved to cocktails in 2006 and managed Borsch, Vodka and Tears in Melbourne's Windsor for three years, where he conducted extensive empirical research into vodka. He currently lives and works in Brunswick, Melbourne.